tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174517361077024872024-03-04T20:04:28.203-08:00Just a Knit Among the Purls of LifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717451736107702487.post-16812276127003920612012-02-23T10:18:00.003-08:002012-02-23T10:18:56.519-08:00New Name, New HomeHello everyone! I just wanted to let you know that Just a Knit has both a <i>new domain and a new name</i>, Herringbone Designs. My new website is
on Tumblr where I will be better able to keep up with the constant stream of things. All the content that has been posted on this blog over the past two or so years will remain up and functional. If I make any changes or edits to patterns that have been previously listed here, I will be sure to update them.<br />
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All future designs and updates can be found at <a href="http://herringbonedesigns.tumblr.com/">Herringbone Designs</a><br />
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1. <a href="http://herringbonedesigns.tumblr.com/">http://herringbonedesigns.tumblr.com/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717451736107702487.post-91512034205730012552012-02-22T10:47:00.000-08:002012-02-22T10:48:30.054-08:00Ms. Adler Boot Topper<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today marks the release of my latest pattern, and an ongoing obsession on my part; boot toppers. The pattern is a simple "waffle" stitch knitted in the round with a twisted rib border on the top and bottom. A great project for someone who has some experience with working in the round but would like to try a more challenging stitch. Wear tucked into the top of you boots, over leggings or jeans, or just with you skirt for an instantly laid back style. For a boho chic take on them, introduce ribbon, lace, beading, or fringe to the top to add a glam element. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My favorite way to wear them is over skinny jeans, with black knee high boots, and a chunky sweater. I also made a second pair in cream.</span></div>
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Though it's January, it's never too early to dream and start planning your spring/summer wardrobe.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717451736107702487.post-88371229148522545482012-01-05T11:48:00.000-08:002012-01-05T11:48:53.118-08:00January Updates:: Postcards from OzHi all! So It's been a long time since I posted, let alone logged in (I feel like Dorthy, just back from Oz..."there's no place like home"!)<br />
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I just wanted to update everyone that yes, I still exist, yes, I am still knitting and thinking up designs. Things have become increasing busy these past eight or so months which has prevented me from catching up. Don't worry though, I still plan on posting with anything interesting or such on my blog in the near future so please don't think that I've abandoned you all.<br />
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Sometime in the near future (very definite don't you think?) I plan on posting on these topics:<br />
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<li>My "floating stitch" theory which comes up in my <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cabled-boot-topper">Cabled Boot Topper</a> pattern</li>
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Happy knitting!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717451736107702487.post-25252501229129262402011-06-01T08:24:00.000-07:002011-06-01T08:25:27.229-07:00Knitting for Victory: A Few Historical Poems.I recently found this poem about knitting and fell in love with it, and so I thought I would share it with you along with a few odds and ends on historical knitting. It's circa 1918 and taken from C. Fox Smith's, <i>Sailor Town.</i> Here is a great online collection of old ballads and poems also, <a href="http://beck.library.emory.edu/greatwar/poetry/contents.php?id=eaton.xml">link</a>.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In streets that are humming<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> With the city's stair...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Or where leaves fall rustling<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Through the quiet air...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">There are women knitting<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Everywhere...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Knitting and waiting<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Through hours like years—<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Not with loud grieving<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Nor' sighing nor tears—<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In their hands the needles<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Flash like spears.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Every thread a sorrow,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Every strand a prayer—<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">("Oh, where sleeps my dear one?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Or how does he fare ? ")<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">There are women knitting<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Everywhere... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>“The Knitters”</i> From, Sailor Town: Sea Songs and Ballads by C. Fox Smith</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">While we may knit for recreation today, knitting was once a vital part of the war effort during WWI. Many men, and children even, knit to help supplement the clothing being sent overseas. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">The shear number of knitted articles turned out by the Red Cross is hard to imagine. One fort received 2,488 mufflers and 43,547 pairs of socks during February alone of 1918. The simple fact was, everyone knitted.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;"> In May 1918 one school bulletin printed this patriotic knitting song:</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"></span></span></div><blockquote>Johnnie, get your yarn, get your yarn, get your yarn;<br />
Knitting has a charm, has a charm, has a charm,<br />
See us knitting two by two,<br />
Boys in Seattle like it too.<br />
Hurry every day, don’t delay, make it pay.<br />
Our laddies must be warm, not forlorn mid the storm.<br />
Hear them call from o’re the sea,<br />
‘Make a sweater, please for me.’<br />
Over here everywhere,<br />
We are knitting for the boys over there,<br />
It’s a sock or a sweater, or even better<br />
To do your bit and knit a square.</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717451736107702487.post-47018016836040394652011-05-23T15:01:00.000-07:002011-05-23T15:14:02.688-07:00Humble BeginningsA few assorted weeks ago I bought three lovely skeins of Debbie Bliss Rialto in steel. I had originally purchased it for a shawlette knit-a-long that I was leading ...and it was quickly frogged. There was nothing wrong with the pattern, in fact I loved the pattern, but it was not worthy of my yarn. I know I know, I'm a cheap knitter and 100% merino is a luxury. So here I am with a small heap of kinky yarn that I love but won't commit to a project. You see the problem with three skeins of lovely yarn is that you can't make very much with it.<br />
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I must have tried at least ten different projects (probably more) since my original cast on and I think the yarn was beginning to hate me. Every time I passed by my project tote I saw it sticking out, mocking me. <i>Use me already, 'ya wuss. Commit to something. Anything!</i><br />
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I feel like I need to give a little bit more background before I continue with the "Rialto Saga". I like complex patterns. I love garments, and shaping, and new techniques. And I love lace. If I find myself questioning my sanity for choosing it I know that I have found a "keeper". I am a knitting masochist. And so, not just any pattern would do for my Rialto.<br />
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Fast forward to the present and take a peek into the dark recesses of my project tote and what will you find? A simple, scarf. Plain moss stitch with no edge, no insertion, no maddening charts or pain-inducing focus required. It dawned on me that for all of the complexity of knitting, sometimes it's just better to go back to basics, the familiar stitches you botched when you first learned them. And you know what, my humble scarf kicks ass. It's true. So next time you're scouring your stash of patterns looking for "the one" maybe you'll think back to the simple stitches.<br />
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2/24/11 Update: I had originally planned on this pattern being a Rav download and in then in print at local shops (fingers crossed), but I have decided to release it as free download for the first 50 projects (Oooo shinny). It should be out and in the world of knitting by the end of March.<br />
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Size: 7.5 foot circumference, customizable leg height and calve diameter.<br />
Yarn: Berroco Vintage (though any dk or sport yarn would work, *see gauge.)<br />
Needles: 5 US 5--3.75 mm<br />
Gauge: 22 st in 4" of St. st.<br />
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Notes: This is a toe up sock with short row heels. Also it increases along a seam in the back to accommodate the calf. Calf sizes from 9.5" to 20" in diameter.<br />
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This website does a great job of explaining how to CO on and work toe up sock: <a href="http://www.wendyjohnson.net/blog/sockpattern.htm">http://www.wendyjohnson.net/blog/sockpattern.htm</a>.<br />
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1) Using the above method work the toe until you have <u>40</u> stitches <u>total.</u> Distribute 10 st over four needles.<br />
Needle #1 and #2: top of foot, cable.<br />
Needle #3 and #4: bottom of foot, St st.<br />
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2) Work the Wandering Cable over half (20) st [top of foot], and k the other 20 [bottom of foot].<br />
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3) Continue until you reach desired foot length minus 1". This will ensure a snug fit, note if you are worried about sizing (ie making these for someone who's foot is not readily available) you might change this to 1/2" less than foot length.<br />
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4) Work short row shaping over the needles #3 and #4 [bottom of foot] until you have 6 wrapped st, 8 live unwrapped st, and 6 wrapped st. Finish short row shaping.<br />
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5) Redistribute st so that are three needles with:<br />
Needle #1: has 12 st.<br />
Needle #2: has 12 st.<br />
Needle #3: has 16 st.<br />
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6) Work st as follows:<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Needle #1: K.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Needle #2: K.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Needle #3: Row 1 of Cable.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">7) Continue to work St st and Cable pattern on the needles indicated. A quick note, the number of m1's will be dependent on calf shaping (see section below). This mock up is just to show that in the middle of the back of the leg there is "seam", in reality it is the st you increase on either side of.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Needle #1: K to last st, m1, k1.</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Needle #2: m1, K the rest of the stitches.</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Needle #3: Cable.</div></div><br />
*On future rows k the m1 when you get to it.<br />
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Modification: When testing this pattern I found several of my testers had concerns about the "stay-up-ness" (technical term) of the sock and so they worked rib instead of St st and they incorporated the increases in the patten of the rib as they went along. Just a thought.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><u>Calf increasing</u></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The diameter of the calf can be altered from 9.5" to 20". Measure the widest part of your calf and multiply the number by 5. This number is the amount of stitches you will need to have total. Measure from the base of your heel how high you want your sock to be, take your calf increase number and divide it by the height. This gives you how many st per inch you will increase.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Calf increase= </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">[(your calf)(5) -41] divided by height of leg from heel=how many st per inch you will increase.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The increases per inch comes in handy so that there aren't as many rows or st to count, just use markers to mark where you last increased and make sure these increases are evenly distributed per inch.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">8) Continue working cable pattern and increases per in until you reach 2" from your target leg length. Work K1, P1 rib for 2" and bind off in pattern. For a more traditional Scottish flare ribbon can be treaded through the top couple of rows and tied to the side.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">1/1RPC= sl1 back, K1, P1.<br />
1/1Lpc= sl1 front, P1, K1.<br />
2st RC= sl1 back, K1, K1.<br />
2st LC= sl1 front, K1, K1.<br />
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I searched and I searched...and I searched some more. There aren’t very many “man scarves” out there that I think are worth the time and yarn. Maybe I’m too much of girly-girl in my quest for my man to be well "scarfed"...but a lot of guy scarves out there are well, ugly. And boring. The list goes on. So I decided to design a really simple but crowd pleasing, interesting don’t forget interesting, scarf. Here are my results. </div>
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Cast on 40</div>
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Row 2—K 8, P 24, K 8.</div>
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Row 11—k 8, P 24, K 8.</div>
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Row 12—K 40.</div>
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Repeat rows 11 and 12 ten times. 20 rows total. Go back to repeating rows 1 and 2 ten times, then repeat rows 11 and 12 ten times. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">This creates an alternating St st stripe with a garter st border.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Note, depending on the yarn and gauge you may need to increase or decrease the <u>total</u> stitches used. I like wide scarves so that is why I set 40 stitches as the starting point. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717451736107702487.post-1311071190600266482010-12-07T12:17:00.000-08:002010-12-07T12:17:59.076-08:00The Frantic Knitter<div class="MsoNormal">So with the holidays coming up and the inevitable "holy crap I should have started this project a long time ago?!" I thought I would put together a library of easy to make, quick knitting projects. Most of these can been done in one evening (like on Christmas Eve!) but there are a few that might take a day or two. But don't worry, you still have 17 days. Plenty of time to procrastinate a while longer...</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Scarves/Neck:</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/81019C.html?r=1">http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/81019C.html?r=1</a></div><br />
<a href="http://smartypantsknitspatterns.blogspot.com/2008/09/first-pattern.html">http://smartypantsknitspatterns.blogspot.com/2008/09/first-pattern.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bernat.com/pattern.php?PID=4483">http://www.bernat.com/pattern.php?PID=4483</a><br />
<a href="http://mnsfibers.livejournal.com/49044.html">http://mnsfibers.livejournal.com/49044.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.malcolmandmarcus.com/malcolm-and-marcus/2010/04/free-superquick-cowl-pattern.html">http://www.malcolmandmarcus.com/malcolm-and-marcus/2010/04/free-superquick-cowl-pattern.html</a><br />
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<b>Accessories:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.knitonthenet.com/issue5/patterns/chanelesquebowbelt/">http://www.knitonthenet.com/issue5/patterns/chanelesquebowbelt/</a><br />
<a href="http://crazydaisy60.blogspot.com/2009/09/copyright-alison-hogg-2009.html#">http://crazydaisy60.blogspot.com/2009/09/copyright-alison-hogg-2009.html#</a><br />
<a href="http://undeaddesigns.blogspot.com/2010/01/big-bow-winter-headband.html">http://undeaddesigns.blogspot.com/2010/01/big-bow-winter-headband.html</a><br />
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<b>Clothing:</b><br />
<a href="http://knit-fish.blogspot.com/2008/12/sunday-market-shawl.html">http://knit-fish.blogspot.com/2008/12/sunday-market-shawl.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.lrvictor.bravepages.com/Free/3-HOUR.htm">http://www.lrvictor.bravepages.com/Free/3-HOUR.htm</a><br />
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<b>Hats:</b><br />
<a href="http://knitsofthecaptain.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/beginner-hat-pattern/">http://knitsofthecaptain.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/beginner-hat-pattern/</a><br />
<a href="http://knitandtonic.typepad.com/knitandtonic/2008/02/going-to-vote-a.html">http://knitandtonic.typepad.com/knitandtonic/2008/02/going-to-vote-a.html</a><br />
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<b>Hands:</b><br />
<a href="http://townsene.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-give-up.html">http://townsene.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-give-up.html</a><br />
<a href="http://store.tangleonline.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4_90&products_id=215">http://store.tangleonline.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4_90&products_id=215</a><br />
<a href="http://craftylittlesewnsew.wordpress.com/category/knitting/free-knitting-patterns/">http://craftylittlesewnsew.wordpress.com/category/knitting/free-knitting-patterns/</a><br />
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<b>Baby:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/50722.html?r=1">http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/50722.html?r=1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/buddybears.html">http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/buddybears.html</a><br />
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<b>Socks:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=112&d_id=18&lang=us">http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=112&d_id=18&lang=us</a><br />
<a href="http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=b16&d_id=7&lang=us">http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=b16&d_id=7&lang=us</a><br />
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<b>Bags:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.bellafilati.com/free-knitting-patterns-details.asp?BBProject_ID=4">http://www.bellafilati.com/free-knitting-patterns-details.asp?BBProject_ID=4</a><br />
<a href="http://www.knitblog.com/onmymind/Rag%20Bag%20Pattern.gif">http://www.knitblog.com/onmymind/Rag%20Bag%20Pattern.gif</a><br />
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<b>Other:</b><br />
<a href="http://ingridnation.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/george-a-basic-coffee-cup-cosy-pattern/">http://ingridnation.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/george-a-basic-coffee-cup-cosy-pattern/</a><br />
<a href="http://platformninedesigns.blogspot.com/2008/12/super-last-minute-gift-ideas.html">http://platformninedesigns.blogspot.com/2008/12/super-last-minute-gift-ideas.html</a><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Also, enjoy this humorous video, it sure lends a new meaning to what “desperate knitting” looks like.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Enjoy, and remember even when you're on 1" of 25" of garter stitch there is hope and an end.<br />
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<a href="http://www.playlist.com/playlist/18150817035">http://www.playlist.com/playlist/18150817035</a><br />
<a href="http://www.playlist.com/playlist/20930641931"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717451736107702487.post-57948756464297490082010-10-28T12:04:00.000-07:002010-12-13T08:00:19.796-08:00[Mod.] Irish Cable ScarfThis is a modified version of a cable pattern I found years ago. Enjoy!<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">CO 40 st</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Row 1</span>—sl 1 kwise, P1, K1, P2, YO, k2tog, P2, K3, YO, k2tog, K3, P2, YO, k2tog, P2, K3, YO, k2tog, K3, P2, YO, k2tog, P2, K1, P1, K1.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Row 2</span>— sl 1 pwise, *knit the k and purl the p*, ending with P1.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Row 3</span>— sl 1 kwise, P1, K1, P2, ssk, YO, P2, K3, ssk, YO, K3, P2, ssk, YO, P2, K3, ssk, YO, K3, P2, ssk, YO, P2, K1, P1, K1.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Row 4</span>— sl 1 pwise, *knit the k and purl the p*, ending with P1.<br />
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Repeat rows 1-4 once.<br />
Repeat row 1-2 once.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Row 11</span>– sl 1 kwise, P1, K1 P2, ssk, YO, P2, K8, P2, ssk, YO, P2, K8, P2, ssk, YO, P2, K1, P1, K1.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Row 12</span>— sl 1 pwise, *knit the k and purl the p*, ending with P1.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Row 13</span>— sl 1 kwise, P1, K1 P2, YO, k2tog, P2, C8L, P2, YO, k2tog, P2, C8L, P2, YO, k2tog, P2, K1, P1, K1.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Row 14</span>— sl 1 pwise, *knit the k and purl the p*, ending with P1.<br />
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Repeat rows 1-14 until desired length is reached. BO all st.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTES:</span><br />
C8L— slip 4 kwise onto cable needle, hold to front. K4 from left needle, K4 st from cable needle.<br />
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If you run into any problems or the pattern gives you any trouble feel free to email me at annatempler@gmail.com. <span style="font-style: italic;">Remember, it's just one knit among the purls of life!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1