Professor Fungi

Available in English and German.

Professor Gortabello Fungi lives behind a little round door in a shady cave made comfy by an impressive assortment of pillows, carpets, and several adorable pets.

Undergrowth University supplies the housing right on campus so that professors are less likely to wander off in the forest on the way to class. Professor Fungi’s research focuses on how tree roots communicate and share resources.

Skills Used

•knit and purl 

•working in the round 

•short rows 

•stranded colourwork 

•mosaic colourwork 

•i-cord 

•slipping sts 

•kfb 

•k2tog, ssk, ssk-M

Multiple video tutorials including assembly are included in the pattern.

Materials

Fingering Weight Yarn 

Black Sheep Dyeworks Sock Weight 4 Ply Superwash Merino & Mini Skeins (100% merino); 87 yd / 79 m per 20g skein; colours shown: 

Yarn A Greige 

Yarn B Driftwood 

Yarn C Undyed 

Yarn D Cinnabar

Approximate Yardage 

(with a 15% buffer) 

Yarn A - 78 yd. / 72 m (18 g) 

Yarn B - 26 yd. / 24 m (6 g) 

Yarn C - 26 yd. / 24 m (6 g) 

Yarn D - 70 yd. / 64 m (16 g)

•Needles

US 1 / 2.25 mm and US 1.5 / 2.5 mm needles for knitting small circumference in the round, or size needed to get gauge. If you are a tiny circs user, you will need a second needle method for when the stitch count is small.

•Notions 

yarn needle, stitch markers, roving/polyfill stuffing, weighted stuffing like poly pellets/aquarium gravel/dried beans

Gauge

30 sts and 44 rounds = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette in the round on smallest needles

Size

Height: 7” / 18 cm 

Cap Circumference: 14.75” / 37.5 cm

This pattern has been tech edited and test knit.