Salami

As part of an ambitious project to knit the entire Hungry Caterpillar food set, I needed to knit salami. I had a look online and couldn’t find any patterns so decided to make my own. The idea behind this is that it’s the end of the salami sausage with a slice just about fully cut out, which the caterpillar can ‘eat’. Some embroidery is needed for the chunks of fat in the salami meat as well as for the netting.

Materials
-3mm double-pointed needles (or size required to obtain a dense fabric)
-Stitch marker
-Colour A (a light red/orange for the salami meat)
-Colour B (a darker red/brown for the salami skin)
-Small amount of white for embroidery (fat and netting)
-Tapestry/yarn needle for seaming

Abbreviations
St(s) = Stitch(es)
CO = Cast on
K = knit
P = purl
Inc = Increase by your preferred method (I prefer to M1)
M1 = Increase by inserting the left needle from front to back into the horizontal strand between the two stitches: Knitting the stitch through the back loop
Dec = Decrease by knitting 2 stitches together
BO = Bind off

Gauge
Not important, as long as a thick fabric is achieved

Salami sausage
The salami is worked in the round starting at the end that has been ‘sliced’.

CO4 sts in colour A, divide across four needles marking the start of the row with stitch marker (4sts)
1 – Inc every st (8sts)
2 – K 1 row
3 – (M1, K1) X 8 (16sts)
4 – K 1 row
5 – (M1, K2) X 8 (24sts)
6 – K 1 row
7 – (M1, K3) X 8 (32sts)
8 – K 1 row
9 – (M1, K4) X 8 (40sts)
10 – K 1 row
11 – (M1, K5) X 8 (48sts)
12 – Change to colour B. K 1 row
13 – (M1, K6) X 8 (56sts)
14 – P 1 row
15-32 – K 18 rows
33 – (K5, K2tog) X 8 (48sts)
34-35 – K 2 rows
36 – (K4, K2tog) X 8 (40sts)
37-38 – K 2 rows
39 – (K3, K2tog) X 8 (32sts)
40-41 – K 2 rows
42 – (K2, K2tog) X 8 (24sts)
43 – K 1 rows
44 – (K1, K2tog) X 8 (16sts)
45 – K 1 rows
46 – (K2tog) X 8 (8sts)
47 – K 1 rows
48 – (M1, K1) X 8 (16sts)
49 – K 1 row
50 – (M1, K2) X 8 (24sts)
51 – K 2 rows
52 – (M1, K3) X 8 (32sts)
BO all sts

Salami slice
CO4 sts in colour A, divide across four needles marking the start of the row with stitch marker (4sts)
1 – Inc every st (8sts)
2 – K 1 row
3 – (M1, K1) X 8 (16sts)
4 – K 1 row
5 – (M1, K2) X 8 (24sts)
6 – K 1 row
7 – (M1, K3) X 8 (32sts)
8 – K 1 row
9 – (M1, K4) X 8 (40sts)
10 – K 1 row
11 – (M1, K5) X 8 (48sts)
12 – Change to colour B. K 1 row
13 – (M1, K6) X 8 (56sts)
14 – P 1 row
15 – (K5, K2tog) X 8 (48sts)
16 – K 1 row
17 – (K4, K2tog) X 8 (40sts)
18 – K 1 row
19 – (K3, K2tog) X 8 (32sts)
20 – K 1 row
21 – (K2, K2tog) X 8 (24sts)
22 – K 1 rows
23 – (K1, K2tog) X 8 (16sts)
24 – K 1 rows
25 – (K2tog) X 8 (8sts)
Cut yarn and thread through remaining sts.

Finishing
Work netting on the body of the salami then work white spots onto the salami meat. See the edge of the salami slice onto the salami sausage.

Enjoy!