Knit your own Christmas crackers that actually crack! These striped knitted Christmas crackers are knit in halves so you can add cracker snaps in between the halves and pop them open just like a traditional cracker. Knit a “paper” crown to go inside along with some jokes and trinkets and these crackers are sure to be a hit at any holiday party.

About the Pattern

Skill Level
Intermediate

Yarn
Knit Picks Palette (100% Peruvian Highland wool; Fingering weight; 231yds/50g). 
Samples shown in MCs “Lichen” and “Tea Rose”, CC “Cream”
Yardage: 96 yds (88 m) total; 65 yds (59 m) of MC and 31 yds (28 m) of CC.

Needles
US 3 (3.25mm) needles (preferred method for working small circumferences), or size to obtain gauge
 
Notions
Yarn needle
Cardboard tubes, such as toilet paper rolls (2 for each cracker)
Cracker snaps
Optional: i-cord maker
Optional: paper crowns, jokes, and trinkets for filling the crackers

Gauge
26 sts and 36 rows = 4” (10cm) in Stockinette stitch in the round, blocked

Finished Measurements
11” (27.5 cm) length (fully assembled)
6” (15 cm) circumference
 
Pattern Notes
This pattern is knit in the round in halves. Each half is knit from the outside in with a picot hem, stripes, and i-cord ribbons to cinch the ends. The knitted pieces are sewn around cardboard tubes, which are then assembled into crackers with cracker snaps and various fillings. (See www.juliettepecautdesigns.com/products/yuletide-paper-crown-knitting-pattern for a “Paper” Crown knitting pattern to go in your cracker.)