WAFFLE FIDGET TOY is designed as a small desktop maze. This cute fidget toy is packed with skills, using a tubular cast-on and bind-off combined with a bit of double-knitting. Designed for DK weight yarn or fingering weight held double. This piece is satisfying to make and satisfying to use. Scoot that marble into a corner and this doubles as a coaster.

Check out Textured Marble Fidget Toy for a cousin pattern with multiple yarn weights. $4 for both patterns.

YARN
Each toy uses 12-15 g of DK weight yarn or fingering weight yarn held double.

Sample 1: Theatre Kid Yarns Mezzanine DK, 100% Superwash Merino, 231 yd / 211 m per 100 g, www.theatrekidyarns.com. Colorway: Light a Candle. Sample used 23 yd / 21 m (10 g).

Sample 2: Fingering weight yarns by Leading Men Fiber Arts www.leadingmenfiberarts.com held double.
Sparkle Sock: 75% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon, 5% Lurex, 437 yd / 400 m per 100 g.
Soliloquy: 100% Superwash BFL, 657 yd / 601 m per 150 g. Colorways: Just Sayin’ (Sparkle Sock) and Tranquil (Soliloquy). Sample used 22 yd / 20 m (5 g) of Sparkle Sock and 20 yd / 18 m (5 g) of Soliloquy.

Samples 3-4: Woolens and Nosh High Twist DK, 100 % Superwash Merino, 243 yd / 222 m per 100 g, www.woolensandnosh.com. Colorways: Happy Camper and Percolated. Each sample used 24 yd / 22 m (10 g).

SIZE
3.2” wide x 3.5” tall / 8.1 cm wide x 9 cm tall

GAUGE
6 stitches & 8 rows = 1” / 2.5 cm in double-knit stockinette, measured on one side of fabric.
Gauge is not critical, but fabric should be firm enough so that marble does not poke through! If gauge differs, adjust rows as required to make sure marble can move freely within the fabric.

TOOLS
US 2 / 2.75 mm needles or size needed to get gauge
Spare needle in same size as working needle
Scissors
Crochet hook of similar size for provisional cast-on
Smooth waste yarn in contrast color for provisional cast-on
Tapestry needle
1 standard glass marble for each toy, 0.5” / 13 mm diameter. (A decorative glass craft bead or flat-bottomed glass drop may be used in lieu of a marble.)
OPTIONAL: 4 stitch markers to note seed stitch sections

Share your finished work on Instagram with #WaffleFidgetToy

Tech editing: Bronwyn Hahn
Test knitting: Cathy A., Kim C-G., Cathleen F., Tiffany N., & Kim R.