There’s no need to buy tickets to this circus. Simply knit your own world- famous strongman! With his iconic leopardskin costume and his extraordinarily heavy dumbbells, it’s hard not to find this fella impressive. Keep your stitches neat and tidy by knitting DK yarn on 3mm needles.
And if you’re getting ahead with your knitting, we think he’d make a fab gift for Father’s Day…

Use 3mm needles throughout and cast on by using the cable (2 needle) method. This is most important when knitting the smaller pieces. Also begin all pieces with a K row, and always work ‘inc 1’ by knitting into the front and back of the stitch, otherwise your stitch count will not be correct. Be aware that shaping will commence on the first row for some of the pieces.