9 posts tagged “knitting patterns”
pedicure socks
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=18194805
fibonacci scarf
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_1&listing_id=18193885
and the fibonacci scarf pattern for you DIY folks!
READY
10: K1, *sl 1, K1, psso but before dropping slipped st K into back of it* K1.
20: *P2tog, do not sl sts off needle, P first st again, sl both sts off needle*
30: GOTO 10
RUN
see the start of the project and the stitch pattern detail here.
Awhile back I saw a sample scarf in a yarn store that was absolutely gorgeous, but it took me 15 minutes of internal debate to convince myself it was actually knit and not crochet. Even then I had no clue how to do it – was it knit horizontally? Vertically? The pattern was advertised as free with the purchase of a skein of yarn… and of course the yarn was what I consider crazy expensive ($32.95). So then I spent another 15 minutes debating whether to buy it or not…
I bought it.
Anyway, get to the paying part and ask about the free-pattern-with-yarn, thinking it is from the yarn manufacturer or was designed by someone in house or something. The gal turns to the computer, goes to a website, and prints the pattern. As in, I could have gotten it without buying a skein of yarn if I’d known where to look. The yarn I bought wasn’t even the yarn the pattern calls for – I’m using Lorna’s Laces ‘Lion and Lamb’ 50% silk 50% wool yarn with size 9 needles instead of what the pattern calls for. But OMG this yarn is GORGEOUS and SOFT.
Anyway, the pattern looks crazy complicated, but it is actually insanely easy. After doing the first 2 rows a couple times, I don't need to follow the pattern and I can work on it in autopilot without meticulously counting stitches on every row like my other work-in-progress, which I can't detail here because it is a Christmas gift for someone I know reads my blog. Anyway, I expect I’m going to make many more of these (using more than one skein of a less expensive yarn) and experiment with making them wider and longer (I like long scarves, and this is going to end up being a fairly short and narrow scarf when its done).
I got this done over a hair appt today.
Elle sent me this link, and I had to make one... It whipped up pretty quickly. If you try it, the original blog the pattern was on has an error on line 25 (at least it did when I copied the pattern), it should be:MB4, K3, P5, K5, P1, K2, P3, K2, P1, K5, P5, K3, MB4.
this is right after I finished knitting it, once it is washed once it should lay nicely flat and not ripple at the sides... I think.
Since their birth, my kids have been gifted with a wide variety of unusual critters from us and our friends. They've got stuffed monsters (probably a couple dozen), a number of dragons, and many random odd critters such as hedgehogs, a moose, a squirrel, a prairie dog, a phoenix... (think plush stuffed animals, not taxidermy. ew.)
So it is probably no surprise that on my list of Things I Want to Knit are stuffed cephelopods and octopus, both of which i first saw on Window's blog. The person selling the knit octopus pattern (on Etsy!) also sells patterns for squid, jellyfish, starfish... I think these would go nicely with the rest of my kids stuffed critters.
Yesterday at Ikea, we found what might be the holy grail of offbeat funky stuffed toys. I give you, the trilobite. Photo found online, as my daughter has hers is in bed with her right now and I didn't want to risk waking her up just to take an original picture. She spent all day today cuddling it on the couch or using it as a pillow while she was home sick with the flu. it currently has a little (approx the size of a medium-large apple) pink stuffed elephant hidden in its zipped shut mouth, with room to spare. in the bottom picture you can see someone's fingers in the lower left corner - that should give you an idea of the size of this thing.
best. stuffed animal. ever.
About four hours ago I wrote to Nikol Lohr (author of Naughty Needles) with a question about the pattern for Felt Up. (for the security geeks out there, I thought I'd identified an architectural design flaw that would result in a bust overflow vulnerability). She got back to me SUPER FAST - way faster than I expected - with friendly and helpful info. AND she has already posted the pattern correction on her blog and even thanked me. *blush* I've partied around the world with famous (and infamous) hackers, but I'll admit being a little starstruck that a published knitting designer wrote me back at all, let alone quickly. Can't wait to get home and get back to knitting, I think I can finish the knitting on this project tonight, do the seaming tomorrow... By Wednesday I'll be looking for a top-load washer to start felting (this is the first time I've ever regretted having a front loader)!
By the way, if you are doing size M of Felt Up, I was able to make the side panels (2) and the back panels (2) with two skeins of yarn. The back panels knit up from one skein, but the side panels did not - I had to use some of the leftover yarn from the back panels for the last few rows of the second side panel. So I'd suggest doing a side and back from one ball of yarn, and a side and back from the second ball of yarn to avoid the yarn join.
Happy knitting!
My new books are in my hot little hands today and I have to say that I can't knit fast enough to whip out all the new thinks I want to make! I've gotten a couple books before that were marketed as sexy knits, but Naughty Needles really is, uh, naughty! Now when asked by annoying people what I'm knitting I can shock them and say a corset (or a garter belt, or crotchless panties, or pasties, or...)
I don't actually plan on knitting the crotchless panties. But it is fun to know I have a pattern and could if I wanted to. hee hee.
I knit pretty fast, but need to knit faster. There is too much stuff I want to make (not just in this book, but the many others I have too). As usual, I'm working on two projects simultaneously (at least). On March 1 (first day of craft month challenge!), I FINALLY finished the shawl I knit for a friend out of a gorgeous varigated faux mohair... The photo below doesn't do it justice. The shawl was a late Christmas gift I started before Thanksgiving. eeesh. It would have been done several weeks earlier, but I bound off too tightly and was arguing with myself about ripping the cast-off back out and unknitting a couple rows, then re-doing it on larger needles to have a nicer finish. Deep down I knew I'd eventually re-do it, but I still debated it for two weeks. But I finally quit procrastinating, and it was worth it.
My current WIP - the Plain Jayne Jumper (PJJ) - I'm making my daughter should be done tomorrow - depends on how bad traffic is since that is when I do a fair amount of work on it. I've already done the seaming that I whined about when I last posted about that project, I did it yesterday. Now I'm just finishing up the straps which should go lickety-split fast, they are only a few inches long and 8 stitches wide, and I'll use the three needle bind-off technique and avoid having to stitch them together once done.
Since the PJJ is so close to done, I've started a second project for variety when I'm sick of looking at the green wool. Last night I started working on a shell top for myself out of Bernat Matrix that I naively hope to finish in time to wear on a business trip two weeks from today. Wish me luck, it is worked on size 4 and size 6 needles. Maybe I should drop that and work on the corset instead, that is going to be a lot faster on size 13 needles, though I can't really wear it out in public...
I'll get photos of the PJJ and shawl up tomorrow since they are on my office computer. And I SWEAR I'll get my etsy shop set up this weekend. I just have to take photos of the merchandise!
for those of you keeping score: I finished a UFO, spent at least 15 minutes a day on crafting.
This is the coolest knitting pattern I've seen lately, I can't wait to find an excuse to try it out. Found the website thanks to my 2007 Stitch-n-Bitch desk calendar, so I assume everyone else with this calendar is also visiting this site today... Anyhoo, I'm glad I took the time to nose around the website since this skull & crossbones lace pattern isn't the featured pattern on the calendar.
http://www.knitting-and.com/knitting/patterns/stitches/skully.htm
the other awesome thing about the pattern is that it is available in both chart and word forms - I don't use charts to knit, so the author's making it available in both formats saved me a lot of conversion time.
so what do you think - lace curtains for the office? funky lightweight sweater edge? lacy washcloth? how would you use this pattern?
