How to make Sally, the i-cord snake! For more details see my blog JustBCrafty.com

Here's what you'll need:

- 2 US size 5 Double Pointed Knitting Needles
- worsted weight acrylic yarn
- scrap yarn for eyes, and tongue
- yarn needle

Step 1:

1. Cast on 5 stitches

2. Slide stitches to the other end of the needle

Step 2:

3. Do not turn the work and keep the working yarn strand in the back and...

4. Knit like you normally would

Step 3:

5. Keep repeating: "Knit 5 stitches, slide the work to the other end of the needle, do not turn work, knit 5 stitches." After a couple of rows, photo 5 shows what the back will look like.

6. After a while, your i-cord should look like photo 6. As you go, pull on the i-cord to even out the back. It's supposed to look the same all the way around. It's basically just a long skinny stockinette tube.

Keep knitting until the i-cord measures 20 inches.

Step 4:

Shaping the head:

7. kfb, knit 3, kfb (7 stitches)

Keep knitting the i-cord for 6 more rows.

8. Photo 8 is a view of the back of the work after a couple rounds of forming the head.

(Note: kfb means to increase by knitting into the front and back of the stitch)