Wednesday, November 30, 2011

My winter coat!

It is finally getting close to done. months of on and off knitting. Its starting to get cold here inTexas and boy do I hate the cold! I am making this coat out of 100% baby alpaca to keep me extra warm.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

This missing slouchy hatpattern!!!

After having a few people message me asking for the pattern( that mysteriously disappeared!) I found a old ruff draft, knit up the hat, and revised.
Before it was in Emily knitting language, apparently not to understandable always by others


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The Slouchy Hat
By Emily Sansonetti
yarn purchased at The Old Spinning Wheel Yarn Shop, Killeen,TX

Yarn Used: Cascade Cherub DK
Neddles: size 6 and 8

With size 6 needles, cast on 88 sts

K2,P2* for 13 rows, for the band

Switching to size 8 needles, work increase row
Increse row:K7, M1, (K2, M1) 37 times, K7

knit as follows(9 st repeat)
Row1: yo,psso,k2,k2tog,yo,k3
Row2:knit
Row 3: k1,yo,psso,k2to,yo,k4
Row4: knit
Row 5: k2,yo,psso,k5

work pattern repeat a total of 4 times

Decreasing
next row: psso,k2tog to end of round (63sts)
Knit rows 1-5 of pattern repeat
Next row: K9, [psso,k2tog]* onto DPNS, if not already using(36sts)
Knit row 1-5 of pattern repeat
next row: K3tog through back loops till last st, k3tog(12sts)
next row:psso,k2tog to end of round(6sts)
Last row: k1,yo,psso,k2tog,yo,k1

stitches used:

psso: slip1,knit1, pass slip stich over
m1:pick up bridge between stitches