Reindeer Chocolate Orange Cover Knitting Pattern PDF Christmas Gift Bag PDF

Create a festive reindeer chocolate-orange cover or miniature gift bag with this cheerful Christmas knitting pattern.

The finished reindeer features a Santa-style red hat, ruffled white top, bright green ribbon, shaped cream facial markings, a round red knitted nose, folded ears and separately knitted branched antlers.

Fill it with a chocolate orange, wrapped sweets or another small surprise for a charming handmade Christmas gift.

The cover is worked from the top down in one piece on straight needles and finished with a single seam at the back.

Pattern details:

• Finished height: approximately 12 cm

• Designed as a chocolate-orange cover or miniature gift bag

• Uses DK, 8-ply or light worsted weight 3 yarn

• Knitted flat on 3.25 mm straight needles

• Worked from the ruffled top down

• Stocking stitch and garter stitch construction

• Simple colour changes create the shaped face markings

• Separately knitted nose, ears and antlers

• Eyelet row for the ribbon or twisted cord

• Single back seam

• Written in English using standard knitting abbreviations

Materials required:

• Approximately 10g each of beige, dark brown, red, white and cream DK yarn

• Suitable glue-on eyes or black thread for embroidered eyes

• Black thread for the embroidered mouth

• Approximately 38 cm of ribbon, or yarn for a twisted cord

• 3.25 mm knitting needles

• Sewing needle

• Glue, if required

A lovely seasonal project for stocking fillers, Secret Santa gifts, Christmas table decorations, craft fairs or reusable handmade gift packaging.

Please note: This listing is for a digital PDF knitting pattern only. The completed reindeer cover, chocolates and other materials are not included.