Vegetarian Haggis for Burns' Night

a knitting project not a recipe

modification of a ball
uses short rows
end pieces added afterwards
stuffed with entrails

2 balls brown (green,red...)wool in different shades 
any weight wool (i used double knitting ) 


haggis pattern 

using 2 strands of wool (different shades)
size 5mm needles (or close size)

cast on 31 stitches (provisional cast-on is neater)

Row  1       : Slip 1 purlwise, K28, wrap yarn around next stitch, turn.
Row  2       : Slip 1 purlwise, P26, wrap next stitch, turn.
Row  3       : Sl1 purlwise, K24, wrap & turn. 
Row  4       : Sl1 purlwise, P22, wrap & turn.
Row  5       : Sl1 purlwise, K20, wrap & turn.
Row  6       : Sl1 purlwise, P18, wrap & turn.
Row  7       : Sl1 purlwise, K16, wrap & turn.
Row  8        :Sl1 purlwise, P14, wrap & turn.
Row  9       : Sl1 purlwise, K11, wrap & turn.
Row 10       : Sl1 purlwise, P8, wrap & turn.
Row 11       : Sl1 purlwise, K to end (19 sts), knitting wraps with stitches.
Row 12       : Sl1 purlwise, P to end (30 sts), knitting all wraps with stitches.

Repeat these 12 rows 3 more times (4 times in total),

Cut yarn, leaving a long tail.
sew up the side of the haggis

(using kitchener stitch to graft the loops of the cast-on to the live stitches still on the needle is neater...)

 

Cast on 8 stitches
Row  1       : increase 1 in each stitch (16stitches)
Row  2       : knit to end
Row  3       : purl to end   
Row  4       : knit to end
cast off loosely
sew cast edge to one end of haggis


Cast on 8 stitches
Row  1       : increase 1 in each stitch (16stitches)
Row  2       : knit to end
Row  3       : purl to end   
Row  4       : knit to end
cast off loosely
sew cast edge to other end of haggis

stuff through end
with toy-filling 




or make a few yards of entrails using a mini knitting mill 

or 
cast on as many stitches as will fit on needle
k row, purl row, k row, p row, k row cast off
sew up along long end