Magical Mini Backpack Charms

Parents may breathe a sigh of relief at the beginning of each new school year, but their children certainly don't feel the same way. Use knitted toy patterns like the Magical Mini Backpack charms to help ease your children's transition by adding a little magic to their school day. Free knitting patterns for toys make great lunchbox surprises and key chain charms, especially when they're perfect miniatures of everyday school objects. Your kids will be enchanted to find that these little charms even have straps, just like their real backpacks.

Knitting Needle Size6 or 4 mm, Double-Pointed Knitting Needles (DPNs)

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Gauge1 stitches, 2 rows, 3 inches. stockinette stitch