You will need

A pair of 4mm knitting needles

Double knitting yarn in a ‘pastry’ colour

Double knitting yarn in a ‘jam’ colour
Large blunt needle to sew up
Wadding to fill

Needle and thread to sew the case to the jam

 To make

Cast on 5

Row 1: Purl across all stitches.

Row 2: knit 1, knit into the front and the back of the rest of the stitches.  (9 stitches).

Row 3: Purl across all stitches.

Row 4: knit into the front and then into the back of the first stitch, knit to last stitch, knit into the front and then into the back of the last stitch.  (11 stitches).

Row 5:  Purl across all stitches.

Row 6: knit into the front and then into the back of the first stitch, knit to last stitch, knit into the front and then into the back of the last stitch.  (13 stitches).

Row 7: Purl across all stitches.

Row 8: knit into the front and then into the back of the first stitch, knit to last stitch, knit into the front and then into the back of the last stitch.  (15 stitches).

Row 9: Purl across all stitches.

Row 10:  knit across all stitches.

Row 11: Purl across all stitches.

Row 12: knit across all stitches.

Row 13: Purl across all stitches.

Row 14: knit first 2 stitches together, knit to last 2 stitches, knit last 2 stitches together. (13 stitches).

Row 15: Purl across all stitches.

Row 16: knit first 2 stitches together, knit to last 2 stitches, knit last 2 stitches together. (11 stitches).

Row 17: Purl across all stitches.

Row 18: knit first 2 stitches together, knit to last 2 stitches, knit last 2 stitches together. (9 stitches).

Row 19: Purl across all stitches.

Row 20: knit first 2 stitches together, knit to last 2 stitches, knit last 2 stitches together. (7 stitches).

Cast off using purl stitches.

Leave a long tail to sew up later.

The Pastry case – make 1.

Cast on 3 stitches.

Row 1: knit into the front and then into the back of every stitch.  (6 stitches).

Row 2: knit into the front and then into the back of every stitch.  (12 stitches).

Row 3: (knit 1, knit into the front and then into the back of next stitch) – repeat to end.  (18 stitches).

Row 4: (knit 2, knit into the front and then into the back of next stitch) – repeat to end.  (24 stitches).

Row 5: (knit 3, knit into the front and then into the back of next stitch) – repeat to end.  (30 stitches).

Row 6: (knit 4, knit into the front and then into the back of next stitch) – repeat to end.  (36 stitches).

Row 7: (knit 5, knit into the front and then into the back of next stitch) – repeat to end.  (42 stitches).

Row 8: knit across all stitches.

Row 9: purl across all stitches.

Row 10: knit across all stitches.

Row 11: purl across all stitches.

Row 12: (knit 1, bring yarn under the needle to the front of the work so that the yarn loops over the top of the needle, knit the next 2 stitches together) – repeat to end.  The yarn over the needle replaces the stitch you have lost by knitting 2 together – so you should still have 42 stitches on the needle.

Row 13: purl across all stitches.

Row 14: knit across all stitches.

Row 15: purl across all stitches.

Row 16: knit across all stitches.

Cast off using the purl stitch.

To make up

Jam - Take the long tail of the jam and make running stitches all around the very edge of the knitting.  Put the wadding on the wrong side and pull up the tail so that the top gathers round the wadding and makes the round jam shape.

Case - Fold down the top of the pastry case to make the ’bumps’ stand proud and run a loose long running stitch around to secure the cast-off edge to the base. 

Sit the jam into the middle of the case and pull up all around the edge around the jam.  Use the thread and sharp needle – work from the outside –   and catch the layers together all the way round.  Work round the tart several times to make sure the jam is securely held in place.

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