Knitted Ornament for Hanukkah

Sue Caskey asked about a knitted ornament for a Jewish co-worker, how about a dreidel? Blue and/or white or silver would be more traditional than gold but what the heck? Anyhow, I've been playing with the idea as a cute way to wrap Hanukkah presents. All you're looking at is a box with a four sided pyramid at the bottom.

I did one with this as a rough guide (forgive me for lousy pattern writing):

Cast on 8 sts

Knit in stocking until the piece reaches 1" (or desired length)
Cable cast on 20 more stitches

Divide on to 4 needles, join and begin a sequence of knit 6, purl 1 until sides reach 1" (or desired length).

Next round -- k5, [slip 2 knitwise (the 1st stitch to be slipped will be the purl stitch) k1, p2sso, k4] 3 times, slip 2 knitwise (the 1st stitch to be slipped will be the purl stitch) k1, p2sso (20 stitches)
Next round knit
Next round k3, (slip 2 knitwise k1, p2sso, k2) 3 times, slip 2 knitwise k1, p2sso (12 stitches)
Next round knit
Next round k1, (slip 2 knitwise, k1, p2sso) 4 times (4 stitches)
Cut yarn, thread through remaining stitches pull up and knot on inside.

Stuff with whatever, sew top flap to sides and thread string through center of top to hang.

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