Edging: Join whichever color you wish at any point on the Straight EDGE, ch 1 and sc evenly around the open end of the hat and join. Try it on. This will give you an idea of how many rows you will need to make the edging band and if your hat is just a little too big around you can do a few evenly spaced decreases until it’s as snug as you like it.
Monday, May 5, 2014
There Go All Those Little Alleyways...
Edging: Join whichever color you wish at any point on the Straight EDGE, ch 1 and sc evenly around the open end of the hat and join. Try it on. This will give you an idea of how many rows you will need to make the edging band and if your hat is just a little too big around you can do a few evenly spaced decreases until it’s as snug as you like it.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Up Up and Away! Aviator Inspired Scarf
Pattern:
Materials:
Color A - 1 skein of Bernat Felting Natural Wool, 2.60 oz / 75 g, 84 yd / 77 m – Colorway: “Iris”
Color B - 1 skein of Stitch Nation Bamboo Ewe, 55% viscose from Bamboo, 45% Wool, 177 yd (162 m) per 3.5 oz (100 g) Colorway: “Twilight”
Hook: J – 6.0
Nations: Yarn needle
With Color B, Ch 22.
Pick up Color A, and carry it along under your stitches.
Row 1 – Sc in 2nd chain from hook. *ch1, sk1 chain, sc in next stitch** repeat from * to ** ending the row with a sc. Ch1, turn. Loop color A up gently so you can stitch over it in the next row.
Row 2 – Sc in first stitch, *ch1, sc in sc made in row below**. Repeat from * to **.
Row 3-Finish – Repeat Row 2.
You may wish to smooth your rows as you finish them to ensure an even edge and the roving doesn’t pull your stitches inward.
Finish: Weave ends in. Block gently, if desired.
Here's the chart!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
The Journey of 1000 Stitches begins with an idea.
I have had the vision of exactly what I want in a garment floating around in my head for several months now. I tried several times to modify existing patterns to my idea and always the finished product wasn't quite right.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Doggie Dentures Skinny Scarf
Monday, August 30, 2010
Things I've Learned:
You can make a garment and dye it, rather than bending a yarn to your will. Like so:
I was a little disappointed in the red blobs everywhere, but this is a learning process, right? Learn from the red blobs and move on. With this jacket, I also learned how to lay in a zipper.
It's okay to make things you wouldn't necessarily wear just for the practice because you may end up liking them enough to wear them:
oooooohhhh....stripey.....
And I can probably get away with this at work. This was actually entered for judging at the Allentown Fair last weekend along with the toilet paper cozy, a baby set, a sushi pillow, a shawl, and some other things I can't remember right now.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Yeah, I was THAT kid.
You know the one. Weird shirts. Boy's shoes. Riding a bike without a left pedal. The one who could be counted on to be the only one being yelled by the teacher for disrupting the class. I was probably walking backwards in line or something.