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Do You Know Where Your Needles Are?

Sofiya Cremin

The K and P instructions stand for Knit and Purl, the two stitches used in knitting, which is why you need to know where your needles are. Unlike some past Mystery Hunt puzzles, this knitting puzzle actually depends on knowing how knitting works. Specifically:

The sample puzzle helps you figure all these points out if you don't already understand them. When you solve it correctly, it spells A-OK!

Then you can solve the main puzzle, which makes a little Paint-by-Numbers puzzle:

Solve this puzzle:

The answer is spelled out in the white areas of the solved grid: OUTFIT.