Showing posts with label Pattern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pattern. Show all posts

Saturday, 7 September 2019

Almond Checkers Baby Blanket

Decided to change the name of this blanket to include some of the name of the colourway, Caron has really creative names for their Caron Cakes. Seems a waste not to use them.

Another little car-seat blanket. I rather like these as a way to keep your baby warm and safe since tucking anything under the seat-belt straps is not safe, with these blankets you just slip the section between the two holes under the chest buckle. It doesn't interfere with the car-seat straps and the baby can't kick it off. Well, as easily anyway; never under estimate the creativity of a toddler. I moved the strap holes up a bit higher on the blanket from the first one of these that I did, it occurred to me that the straps on the car-seat are in the middle of the chest so you need more blanket at the bottom.

Pattern: My own
Yarn: Caron Big Cakes in Jordan Almonds
Needle: 5.5mm
Gauge: not critical



Here is the pattern for this blanket, it's so simple it's hardly worth writing down but here goes anyway.

Cast on 90 stitches and work a 10 row seed stitch boarder. 
Keep 10 stitches on each side in seed stitch and work the rest in “Checkerboard” from the “Knit Stitch Dictionary” by Debbie Tomkies. 
When you reach the point where you want the seat-belt holes cast of the center 10 stitches. On the next row cast on 10 stitches. Repeat where you want the second hole.
End with a 10 row seed stitch boarder.


Current Weather
12C and foggy. We don't usually get much fog here but it was pretty misty this morning. It will probably be gone the next time I look out a window.

Thursday, 6 August 2015

A$$ Juice Cozy Part II

For Part I click here.

Here it is in all it's glory. Currently being modeled by a wine bottle. It's wool so it I don't imagine there will be any problems getting it to stretch over the A$$ Juice bottle; I think that one is a bit wider around than a standard wine bottle.

Pattern: see below
Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Worsted Weight
Needle: 5.0mm
Gauge: 6.4 stitches / inch (gauge not critical)


Pattern
(Please note that I wrote this out without testing, expect errors.)

Cast on 6 stitches.
Join in the round being careful not to twist.
Place stitch markers between all stitches.
Rnd 1 - kfb into all stitches
Rnd 2 (and all even rounds) - knit
Rnd 3 - kfb twice, *sm kfb twice, rep from * to end of round
Rnd 5 - kfb, knit to 1 stitch before the marker, kfb, *sm, kfb, knit to 1 stitch before the marker, kfb, rep from * to end of round

Continue until the circle is slightly smaller than the bottle you want it for, you want it to stretch at bit to fit. This does not need to be exact, it will stretch, especially if you use wool. Once you have reached your desired circumference remove the stitch markers leaving only one to mark the beginning of the round.

Switch to working 2X2 rib in the round.
Continue in rib until you reach desired length.
Bind off.
Enjoy beverage.