advent calendar. day twenty. wrapped present.

To make this I essentially knitted a flat box template (the same as if you were making it out of card) and then made it up with some foam inside. I wanted stripes so mine was in a 2 row red, 2 row green pattern but you could make it any color/pattern you wanted.

Materials 

Size 3 needles.
Lightweight (weight 3) yarn. I used this yarn in red and green.
1" thick normal density foam (I used a pad like this).


Pattern

Pattern is worked in stockingette stitch: knit on the right side and purl on the wrong side.

Cast on 10 stitches.
Rows 1-10 knit stockinette stitch in striped pattern (2 rows red, 2 rows green).
Switch to red and cast on 10 stitches using the backwards loop method.
Row 11 knit.
Cast on 10 stitches using the backwards loop method.
Row 12 purl.
Switch to green.
Row 13-22 knit stockinette stitch in striped pattern (2 rows green, 2 rows red).
Switch to green.
Cast off 10 stitches.
Row 23 knit.
Cast off 10 stitches.
Row 24 purl.
Switch to red.
Rows 25-49 knit stockinette stitch in striped pattern (2 rows red, 2 rows green). 
Cast off.


Finishing

I cut a 1" cube of foam, wrapped the knitted box template around it and sewed it up. Then I cut a made a long chain (using a crochet hook and a simple chain stitch) of silver yarn and wrapped it around it and tied a bow on the front.