Pattern: Tea-Stained Sheep Hat

So I found some neat yarn on sale with no idea what I would do with it, but a need to buy it when I saw it. Sounds familiar eh?

I needed a new, warmer winter hat and I thought Pooch would make a wonderfully warm hatband. I had enough Softee Chunky left over from the Anthro sweater and they were a perfect match.

So viola! After a bit of swatching and experimenting the Tea-Stained Sheep Hat was born.

Stitches used:
Cast On (CO)
Knit (K)
Purl (P)
Garter Stitch (G St)

• In-The-Round: Row 1: K all, Row 2: P all. Rep Row 1-2.
• Flat Knit: Row 1: K all. Rep Row 1.

Stockinette (St St)

• In-The-Round: Row 1: K all. Rep Row 1.
• Flat Knit: Row 1: K all. Row 2: P all. Repeat Row 1-2.

Bind Off (BO)


Materials:
Yarn:
Hat Brim: Patons Pooch, Wooly.
Hat Crown: Bernat Softee Chunky, Natural
Needles: #10 / 6mm
Extras: Tapestry Needle for seaming and weaving in ends

Gauge: Bernat Softee Chunky: 4.5 rows per inch: 3 stitches per inch

In-The-Round Knit Instructions:
CO 60 stitches

Hat Brim
With Patons Pooch; knit in Garter Stitch for 3”.

Cut yarn leaving a 6-8” tail for weaving in.

Hat Crown
Join Bernat Softee Chunky; knit in Stockinette Stitch for 4”.

Hat Crown Shaping
Row 1: *K10, K2Tog; repeat from * (55 sts)
Row 2 and all Alt Rows: K all
Row 3: *K9, K2Tog; repeat from * (50 sts)
Row 5: *K8, K2Tog; repeat from * (45 sts)
Row 7: *K7, K2Tog; repeat from * (40 sts)
Row 9: *K6, K2Tog; repeat from * (35 sts)
Row 11: *K5, K2Tog; repeat from * (30 sts)
Row 13: *K4, K2Tog; repeat from * (25 sts)
Row 15: *K3, K2Tog; repeat from * (20 sts)
Row 17: *K2, K2Tog; repeat from * (15 sts)
Row 19: *K1, K2Tog; repeat from * (10 sts)

Cut yarn leaving a 6-8” tail for weaving in.

Finishing
With Tapestry Needle thread tail through the remaining stitches then weave in.

Fold the Hat Brim (the Patons Pooch portion) of the hat up, plop it on and you’re good to go!

Flat Knit Instructions:
CO 60 stitches

Hat Brim
With Patons Pooch; knit in Garter Stitch for 3”.

Cut yarn leaving a 6-8” tail for weaving in.

Hat Crown
Join Bernat Softee Chunky; knit in Stockinette Stitch for 4”.

Hat Crown Shaping
Row 1: *K10, K2Tog; repeat from * (55 sts)
Row 2 and all Alt Rows: P all
Row 3: *K9, K2Tog; repeat from * (50 sts)
Row 5: *K8, K2Tog; repeat from * (45 sts)
Row 7: *K7, K2Tog; repeat from * (40 sts)
Row 9: *K6, K2Tog; repeat from * (35 sts)
Row 11: *K5, K2Tog; repeat from * (30 sts)
Row 13: *K4, K2Tog; repeat from * (25 sts)
Row 15: *K3, K2Tog; repeat from * (20 sts)
Row 17: *K2, K2Tog; repeat from * (15 sts)
Row 19: *K1, K2Tog; repeat from * (10 sts)

Cut yarn leaving a 8-10” tail for seaming and weaving in.

Finishing
With Tapestry Needle thread tail through the remaining stitches, then begin to sew the back seam of the hat weaving in ends when complete.

Fold the Hat Brim (the Patons Pooch portion) of the hat up, plop it on and you’re good to go!

Please contact me if you have any questions!

Anthropology Sweater

Finished this a couple of weeks ago but just got around to uploading pics. Probably not the best dress to pair it with according to my husband, lol. Said it gave me a decidedly "frau" look...

Materials: #13 Circular Needles and 2 skeins of Bernat's Softee Chunky (which is both... soft and chunky )

I found the pattern on Craftster, I'll post the link as soon as I can find it. I made a few small changes to the original pattern, adding a few more rows to the sleeves and working them in the round.

I'm thinking to make another one in black since it only took a couple nights to finish. And I've got a new addiction in sweaters that are worked from the top down... They're awesome, you can try them on as you work on them and you don't have to worry about seams after it's done. Just weave in your ends and ta-da!

Oh and did I mention this cute lil' thing is reversible?? I've worn it both ways, though I think the reserve stockinette side is my favorite.

Pattern Link

Fade to Grey Shrug

Shrugs are notoriously easy and the idea for this one came about when I was trying to make an Asian style poncho. The way the colors faded so nicely made me instantly think of sleeves that started and stopped on the same color.

So I gutted a ball of the same yarn and cut it starting and ending with black and then just worked a rectangle wide enough enough for sleeves until I ran out of yarn. Luckily it worked out to the perfect length for me.

Materials: #10.5 needles and Joann's Rainbow Boucle

A fashion photographer I am not, and neither is my husband, heh. Alas this is my pic, I didn't take one of the back but it fades from the black, up to the grey, there's a white span in the back and it fades back to grey and black.

This yarn is incredibly warm and stretchy especially when done with slightly bigger needles than recommended on the label.

Pattern: Tri-Color Mini Tote

Here's a lil' bag/tote that I made over the weekend. Knitting this lil' baby up took about 5 hours total once I got my plan of attack in place.

I took it with me to work today and got a lot of compliments on it (and not just from my stitch'n pals, heh).

It's nice and sturdy and big enough to hold a paperback (a prerequisite for all my purses), a wallet, and some other goodies. No pattern per se, just a general idea of what I wanted and how to go about it, and suddenly... fa-waaa!

Dimensions: 7" high, 8" wide, 3" deep
 
Materials: 
3 strands of worsted weight yarn (held together)
#13 needlesa big fat needle for weaving the ends in

Gauge: 1" = 3.0 sts / 4.0 rows 4" = 12.0 sts / 16.0 rows

Stitches used:
Cast On (CO)
Knit (K)
Purl (P)
Garter Stitch (G St) - Row 1: K all. Rep Row 1.
Stockinette (St St) - Row 1: K all. Row 2: P all. Repeat Row 1-2.
Seed (Seed St) - Row 1: K1, P1, repeat. Row 2: P1, K1, repeat. Repeat Row 1-2.
Bind Off (BO)

Instructions:
CO 26 sts
Row 1-2: G St across.
Row 3: K7, BO12, K7
Row 4: K7, CO12, K7
Row 5-8: G St across.
Row 9-28: St St across. (20 Rows)
Row 29-40: Seed St across. (12 Rows)
Row 41-60: St St across. (20 Rows)
Row 61-64: G St across.
Row 65: K7, BO12, K7
Row 66: K7, CO12, K7
Row 67: G St across.
BO all sts

Finishing: Fold in half inside out and seam up left and right sides of bag. Attach new yarn or use tails to weave in and reinforce handles. Weave in and clip all ends. Fini.

Please contact me if you have any questions!

Pattern: Lichen Symphony Scarf

Lichen Symphony Scarf



(I know this is a terrible picture, not to mention it makes my neck look fat [lol], I'll do my best to get some more out here.)

Yarn: Red Heart Symphony - Juniper (I used less than half a skein on this scarf)
Needles: US #13 / 9.00mm

Note: Slip first stitch of each row knitwise on knit rows, purlwise on purl rows. This will create a smooth edge along your scarf.

CO 18.
Row 1-7: K all. (piece should measure about 3")
Row 8-126: St st. (piece should measure about 42")
Row 127-134: K all. (piece should measure about 45")
BO.

Weave in ends. Block to 6" wide and 45" or longer.

Still broke, but here's some pics

So the sites still broke. The backup template's MIA, I'm still looking for it but I'm thinking I'll end up redoing it all. =/ Blah.

I've actually been thinking to go to a different blog system, maybe Xanga since a paid account comes with the web server package we buy. That way I'd be hosting it as well. *shrug*

Some new stuff...

Lichen Symphony Scarf - (Pattern coming) - This was a fun but simple knit project made out of Red Heart's super soft and fuzzy Symphony yarn. It was worked up on big needles so the stitches are big and airy but this scarf is still incredibly warm. =)


Red Mesh Hearts Tote - I made this a while back but didn't have a camera to take pics of it. I generally use it to drag my WIP to Open Stitch. I've been getting a lot of compliments on it so I figured I'd show it off here. =)


I finally got pics of all my Blue Squares goodies, I'll post them when they've been resized to something reasonable (versus the 2000+px the camera takes them at, hehe).

And for the craziest news of the week...

I've been nominated for President of our Stitch'N Club! I was floored when I received the email. Now I have to work up a Bio and all that good jazz for the vote on Dec. 16th.

Pattern: Ribbed Sports Fan Scarf

Functionality + Personality = Ribbed Sports Fan Scarf

Skill level: Easy (++)
Yarn: Worsted weight (4), in three colors of choice (example shown in Cleveland Browns colors) Needles: US #9 / 5.5mm

CO 36 sts.
In 4x4 ribbing (K4, P4) complete the following color changes:

Orange: 20 rows
Brown: 4 rows
White: 8 rows
Brown: 4 rows
Orange: 162 rows
Brown: 4 rows
White: 8 rows
Brown: 4 rows
Orange: 20 rows

234 rows total.

Bind off, weave ends in. Block to 7" wide and 5' long.


*Click to enlarge*

Feeling a lil' Irish

I've felt uber lazy this weekend but I managed to get a couple small things done. =)

I don't know if it's because I'm half Irish but I've always been fasinated by anything Irish and Celtic. Once upon a time I had plans to attend art school in Ireland. Unfortunately I could never scrape together enough funds even with grants and loans. *sigh*

I still want to visit there one day, so does Hash. And I'm half certain once we get there we'll end up calling my mom or my in-laws telling them, "Hey! Yea we're gonna stay here. Do us a favor? Sell all our shit and Western Union us the cash. Okaythanksbye."

So this weekend I made a cute lil' bag with some kelly green and cream yarn out of clover shapes. I'm very happy with how this turned out! =D

Clover Bag

And I was just playing around but I came up with a lil' Celtic Knot. I've always enjoy drawing Celtic Knots so it was a lot of fun making one of yarn, heh.

Celtic Knot

Pattern: Mini Butterfly Garden Square

While looking for square to make for the Blue Squares Too swap I came across a very pretty 12". I was able to easily alter it down to 6" and the original creator, Chris Simon, has been kind enough to let me post the alterations here. =D Make sure to check out the bigger version too!

Mini Butterfly Garden 6" square

Hook: H/8 - 5.00mm hook
Yarn: Basic Worsted Weight

Ch 4, join with slip st to form ring.

Rnd 1: Ch 3, 15 dc in ring. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of beginning ch 3.

Rnd 2: Ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp. *# Dc in next 3 dc. # (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next dc. Repeat from * twice, then from # to # once. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of beginning ch 3.

Rnd 3: Sl st in next dc and in ch 2 sp. Ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp. *# Ch 6, sk next 7 dc, # (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next corner ch 2 sp. Repeat from * twice, then from # to # once. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of beginning ch 3.

Rnd 4: Sl st in next dc and in ch 2 sp. Ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp. *# Dc in next 2 dc, ch 6, sk ch 6 sp, dc in next 2 dc, # (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next corner ch 2 sp. Repeat from * twice, then from # to # once. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of beginning ch 3.

Rnd 5: Sl st in next dc and in ch 2 sp. Ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp. *# Dc in next 4 dc, ch 2, tr around ch 6 of both Round 3 and Round 4, into 4th of 7 skipped dc stitches in Round 2, Ch 3, dc in next 4 dc, # (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next corner ch 2 sp. Repeat from * twice, then from # to # once. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of beginning ch 3.

Rnd 6: Sl st in next dc and in ch 2 sp. Ch 1, (dc, ch 2, dc) in same sp. *# Dc in next 6 dc, 2 dc in ch 2 sp, dc in tr, 2 dc in ch 2 sp, dc in next 6 dc, 2 dc in ch 2 sp, dc in tr, 2 dc in ch 2 sp, dc in next 6 dc, # (dc, ch 2, dc) in next corner ch 2 sp. Repeat from * twice, then from # to # once. Join with sl st in beginning sc.

Fasten Off. Weave in ends.