A friendly little sprout is the perfect way to recycle your le fermiere crocks.

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Finished Dimensions

Sprout: 3 x 3.5” (7.6 x 8.9 cm)

In crock: 3 x 5.5” (7.6 x 14 cm)

Yarn & Yardage

Soil: 4g/14 yds fingering weight in brown

Sprout: 2g/7yds fingering weight in green

Needles

US 2 (2.75mm) using preferred small circumference method (DPNs, magic loop, 2 circulars)

Gauge

24 sts and 36 rows in 4”/10cm in stockinette stitch in the round

Tools

Tapestry needle
Polyfil stuffing
Clean & empty La Fermiere crock

Key

BO – bind off
CO – cast on
CDD – centered double decrease; slip two stitches knitwise, then knit the next stitch. Pass 2 slipped stitches over as if to bind off (2 stitches decreased)
K - knit
K2TOG – knit 2 stitches together (right-leaning decrease)
KFB – knit front and back (increase)
M1L – make one left (left -leaning increase)
M1R – make one right (right-leaning increase)
P - purl
SL1KW – slip one stitch knitwise with yarn in back
SSK – slip 2 stitches knitwise, knit these 2 sts together through the back loops (left-leaning decrease)
ST/STS – stitch/stitches

Note: instructions written inside square brackets are worked as a repeat across the round

Construction

Soil is knit starting at the bottom in round stockinette and then shaped with simple directional decreases. With remaining live stitches, color is changed and sprout stem is knit in icord. Finally, stitches are split to create leaves in flat garter stitch.