This I would still rank in the easy peasy camp but how beautiful to be able to give a gift you’ve made with your own fair hand (and time and love) rather than just ordered out of the Next Directory. I just love giving home made things wherever I can.

Pattern:

Using 5mm needles, cast on 38

K1P1 rib for four rows 

Change to 6mm needles 

Row 5 knit

Row 6 purl

Continue in SS for ten more rows 

Row 17 k10, ssk, ssk, knit k10 ssk, ssk, knit 8, ssk (33 stitches)

Row 18 purl

Row 19 k8, ssk, ssk, k8, ssk, ssk, k7, ssk (28 stitches) 

Row 20 purl

Row 21 k7, ssk, k7, ssk, k7, ssk (25 stitches) 

Row 22 purl

Row 23 k6, ssk, k6 ssk, k6 ssk (22 stitches)

Row 24 purl

Row 25 k2 tog to end of row (11 stitches) 

Row 26 p2 tog p2 tog p3 p2 tog p2 tog (7 stitches)

Row 27 k1 k2 tog k1 k2 tog k1 (5 stitches)

Row 28 p2 tog p1 p2 tog (3 stitches) 

Cut your yarn with a long tail and thread it through the last three stitches. Pull tight and seam on the wrong side of the work. 

Make a little Pom Pom and attach with a long tail and knot on the inside.