A simple square with some quick and clever finishing is transformed into a fun and spooky Halloween decoration!

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Finished Dimensions

21 x 21” (53.3 x 53.3 cm)

Yarn & Yardage

1 ball of Mode at Rowan Alpaca Haze
58% Alpaca, 22% Wool, 20% Polyamide

212m/233yds, 25g

Sample color: 013 Silk

Needles

US 9 (5.5 mm) 40” circular

Gauge

15 sts and 21 rows in 4”/10cm

Tools

LED tealights Click to Purchase
60mm clear fillable ornament balls Click to Purchase
Clear fishing line for hanging
Black Sharpie for making face

I have put together component kits so you don’t have to chase down all the little pieces! Includes 1 x 60mm ornament ball and 1 x LED tealight. Click HERE to purchase kit.

Key

BO – bind off
CO – cast on
K – knit
K2TOG TBL – knit 2 stitches together through the back loops
P – purl
PU – pick up (sts)
ST/STS – stitch/stitches

Construction

A large square is knit in stockinette stitch using mohair held double. Square is bound off using a 3-stitch icord and then stitches are picked up all the way around the square and bound off continuing the 3-stitch icord. Mohair square is -draped over a clear fillable ornament ball with a clear string tied to the top for hanging.