These are about 8cm tall and are made with 4 ply wool
Materials
Lucet fork
4 ply wool
4 prong knitting dolly
4 2.5 double pointed knitting needs
tapestry or darning needle
scissors
optional - sleeping cat
Cord
Make about 140 cm of lucet cord with 2 strands of 4 ply - alternatively use same length of cord or paracord or just plain icord knitted to correct lengths http://www.wikihow.com/Knit-an-I-Cord
cut
head and legs 25cm
body and arms 35cm
Lucet cord is icord knitted with 2 stitches on a lucet fork
Head and Legs
Make a lanyard knot or simple turks head knot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-bVfokOb2w without the loop and making sure the ends are even length knot http://www.animatedknots.com/lanyard/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.png&Website=www.animatedknots.com#ScrollPoint
use your prefered knot if you wish
Body and Arms
with the head at the bottom do a cobra knot http://www.animatedknots.com/cobra/#ScrollPoint with about 5 strand accross. Place botton about 3-5 mm before head. Whats left over is the arms.
Trousers
with a 4 prong knitting dolly knit length for just over double the length of the legs.
fold in half thread cord though tube
Skirt
with 4 ply cast on 11 or twelve stitches knit 5/6 rows cast off sew seem.
Alternatively knit a 10st tube
finish ends to correct length, you could knot the hands and feet here
to finish lucet cord unpick by pulling the centre thread between the two loop until thread long enough to pull through 2 loops sew end in.
Links
Celtic button knot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_button_knoticord http://www.wikihow.com/Knit-an-I-Cord
cobra knot paracord suvial braclett http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paracord-550-Bracelet-Without-Buckle-(Cobra-Stich-Followed-by-King-Cobra)
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Cobra-With-Plastic-String
When looking up knots and thing on the internet look up paracord
Variations
forget the cobra knot and just knit the clothes, icord or dolly cord for the sleeves
Could start off with a scooby square knot for head to provide head legs and arms
I am thinking of a footballer type thing with shorts ect and therefor looking into different colours
Inspiration Paracord Buddies
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Paracord+buddies&espv=2&biw=1309&bih=654&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj84OD136TNAhXG8RQKHX70ClUQsAQIGw
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