Toy Bat

You need to make:

• One 14 x 24 square; for the body's front. 
• One 7 x 24 rectangle for the body's back. 
• Three 7 x 12 squares; one for the head and two for the ears. 
• Two wings

Knitting all the body parts is straight forward but for the wings you need to follow a specific  pattern:

Wing Pattern:

• Cast on 14 stitches. 
• All odd numbered rows are a simple knit pattern. 
• Row 2: s1, k, psso, (k) "13 stitches"
• Row 4: (k), kpr. "14 stitches"
• Row 6: s1, k, psso, (k), kpr. 
• Row 8: (k), k2tog. 
• Row 10 & 14: s1, k , psso, (k), k2tog. 
• Row 12, 16, 20, 24 & 28: (k).
• Row 18: kpr, (k), k2tog. 
• Row 22: kpr, (k).
• Rows 26 & 30: kpr, (k), kpr. 
• Rows 32, 34, 36, 42, 44, 46 & 48: s1, k, psso, (k), k2tog.
• Rows 38 & 40: s1, k, psso, (k), kpr. 

Other material:

Stuffing

Wire

Knitting needle 

Key chain size bat

• One 7 x 12 square; for the body's front. 
• One 3 x 12 rectangle for the body's back. 
• Three 3 x 6 squares; one for the head and two for the ears. See
• Two wings... 

Wing Pattern:

• Cast on 7 stitches. 
• Row 1 & 2: (k) 
• Row 3: s1, k, psso, (k).
• Row 4: (k), kpr.
• Row 5: (k) 
• Row 6: (k), k2tog.
• Row 7: (k). 
• Row 8: s1, k,  psso, (k), k2tog. 
• Row 9, 10 & 11: (k).
• Row 13 & 14: (k). 
• Row 15: kpr, (k).
• Row 16: (k), kpr. 
• Row 17: (k) 
• Row 18: k2tog, (k), kpr. 
• Row 19: (k), k2tog.
• Rows 20: k2tog, (k). 

Putting it together

• To make the head fold one of the squares in half to make a triangle, stitch on the eyes and mouth. 
• For the ears.... 
• For the body shape the front square into a pear shape and stitch stitch it to the back piece. 
• Stitch on the wings 
• Get a piece of wire through the body and wrap yarn around it fixing it to the wings and forming the bats fingers; the wire will make the bat's wings flexible but you can skip it. 
• Leave a piece of yarn on the back for the tail. 

Abbreviations

• k: Knit
• k2tog: knit two stitches together
• Kpr: knit stitch of previous row to add an extra stitch to the current row. 
• sl1: slip on stitch as if to knit
• sl1, k, psso: slip one stitch, knit a stitch then pass the slipped stitch over the knitted stitch . When you slip a stitch before a psso, it should be slipped purlwise, meaning from back to front as if you were making a purl stitch, unless otherwise noted in the pattern