FRONT FINS
(MAKE 2) Cast on 17 sts using 4mm needles and Yarn A. Row 1 Knit. Row 2 P8, K1, P8. Repeat last 2 rows 5 times more. Row 13 Sl1, K1, psso, K13, k2tog. [15 sts] Row 14 P2tog, P5, K1, P5, p2tog tbl. [13 sts] Row 15 Sl1, K1, psso, K9, k2tog. [11 sts] Row 16 P2tog, P3, K1, P3, p2tog tbl. [9 sts] Row 17 Sl1, K1, psso, K5, k2tog. [7 sts]
Row 18 P2tog, P1, K1, P1, p2tog tbl. [5 sts] Row 19 Sl1, K1, psso, K1, k2tog. [3 sts] Thread the end of the yarn through the remaining stitches and through the loop of the yarn itself. Draw up the knitting tightly and finish off. You will need a clean plastic bottle. Milk bottles are great because they are flat rather than curved and they tend to be transparent and therefore invisible beneath the knitting. Cut the bottle open so that it is flat. From the plastic cut two 6.5x3cm rectangles. Along one of the long sides mark 3.5cm from the end. Cut from the marker to the opposite corner, snipping off the corner. Alternatively use the template on the final page of the pattern. Fold the knitted Front Fin in half with RS together so the fold is along the central stitch. Sew the row ends together. Turn RS out. Push one plastic fin inside the knitted fin so the knitting is stiffened and so that you can’t see the plastic. Repeat with the second Front Fin. Hold the fins up to the nose cone. The fold edge of the fin faces forwards and the seam faces towards the main part of the cosy. You will notice the diagonal of the fin is shaped to fit the nose cone. Identify the two bottom ‘corner lines’ on the nose cone – this is where the nose cone turns upwards to make the vertical sides of the cone. The bottom of the diagonal edge of the fin rests just above these bottom corner lines. Bring the front of the fins to the tip of the cone so that from the front they appear to make a horizontal line. Sew into place.