Fingerless Gloves

I made a pair of these for myself and didn't write down the pattern, now I'm going to try to make a set for a friend and write it up as I go.

Materials:
size 1 double-pointed needles
baby ull

Cast-on 72 stitches
K2 P2 for 20 rows

K1, knit into stitch 2 rows below needle, knit into stitch 1 row below next stitch, k1, p2, k2, p2 across
k4, p2, k2, p2 across
k4, p2, k2, p2 across
k2, knit into stitch 2 rows below needle, knit into stitch 1 row below next stitch, k2, p2 across
k2, p2 across
k2, p2 across
k2, p2, knit into stitch 2 rows below needle, knit into stitch 1 row below next stitch, p2, k2, p2 across
k2, p4, k2, p2 across
k2, p4, k2, p2 across

and so forth until there are enough stitches between the initial 2 stitches to go around the thumb.

will need to measure the gauge later.

Cotton bags

Recently I knit two small bags in cotton yarn from my stash on size 000 needles. One is small and sized to hold my iPod shuffle and its headphones. The other is larger designed to fit the iPhone, but ended up bigger than that and can probably hold a whole lot more.


The small one is 60 stitches around. The color pattern is pulled a bit too tight, but the fabric it made is lovely.

The larger one is 80 stitches around and I wrote out the pattern. The tension is better, but it has some really long floats (I chose not to anchor them) that show some indication that it may be too loose.

Some of the tensions issues on both bags can probably be improved by blocking them which I may or may not do.

The cords on both bags are 4-strand braids. Bring left strand under 2 strands to the right and back over 1 strand to the left, bring right strand under 2 strands to the left and back over 1 strand to the right. The structure is similar to Viking whipcord but I didn't have the set up for that where I was braiding.

Moorish Stockings for Summer Part III

I finished the Moorish stockings the other evening. Tonight I took pictures. They aren't quite as long as I'd like them to be, but I didn't have more yarn and I can't get more in that color. They will, however, be good enough for taming my Moorish pants in the summer months.

The pattern:

Cast-on 80 stitches. Knit until desired length or you run out of yarn, bind-off loosely.

Easy-peasy and boring.

Moorish Stockings for Summer Part II

I took this photo a while ago. I'm pretty sure the knitted bit on the left was the wrong size and shape and got frogged to be knitted into the right size and shape.

The yarn is Camila from Elann.com. 50% cotton, 50% linen. 113m/50g. Color 8007. I can't tell you what they call this color because it's not currently available. Despite what it looks like in the picture, the yarn is a slightly purple-ish grey.

The needles are Addi Aluminum double points in 3.25mm size, which is approximately a US size 3, but not close enough to size 3 be mixed with size 3 needles from other manufacturers.

The pattern so far: Cast-on 80 sts. Knit in stockinette until almost out of the 2nd skein. Bind off loosely.

They're going to be a bit shorter than I'd really like, but I'm sure I can live with it, as they'll also be a lot cooler for having less fabric scrunching around my lower leg.

Flat Cap the First

These are the promised pictures of the wool for the flat cap project. Sorry about the focus on the singles. I took 3 photos of that stage, and none of them look good. The yarn is slightly darker than it looks in the photos with the black background, and not quite as dark as the photo with the white background.

Jacob Top


Single on Spindle


2-ply yarn

Yarn on White Background

Productive Craft Day

A couch to Dye for

The burgundy procion I have is very muddy, so I mixed it with scarlet. Unfortunately I don't think I had enough dye and the slip cover to my couch is now VERY interesting.

Charitable warmth

The first scarf of this winter's charity knitting is about 14" long. Off-white acrylic in brioche stitch. 20 sts wide on size 8 needles.

Skirting the Issue

Sewed another seam on the skirt where I'm trying out a seaming technique I learned from the Attack Laurel's blog. There is one more panel to sew in. If my math worked after that I'll be ready to add the waistband and sew the hem. If my math didn't work, I'll be adding more gores to make room for my butt.

You Spin me Right Round, Baby

All of the Jacob is spun into 2-ply. I took the pictures of the yarn off the camera today (they'll get their own post when I decide which ones to upload). While I did finally figure out how to use the macro setting on my camera. Unsurprisingly, I'm not happy with the focus. I really need to get a tripod so I can mess around more with my camera's settings. A light tent wouldn't be a bad addition, either, but shooting outside would probably be easier to store :)

Fuzzy Yak

My wee tiny Golding spindle and I had some more fun with mostly pink yak down. I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do with this stuff when it's all spun up.

A Pattern!

Or at least the chart for the design that I used on a pouch.