Easy Knit Dishcloth Pattern
- At July 13, 2014
- By Kelly
- In Knitting
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Knitted dishcloths are one of my favorite things. Plus, they are really good to practice on. (And I really need practice!) This is last night’s work:
Super simple pattern:
CO4
R1: K4
R2: K2, yo, K to end
Repeat R2 until you have 48 stitches
R3: K1, K2tog, yo, K2tog, K to end
Repeat R3 until you have 4 stitches
Bind off
I used a pair of size 8 needles, but a little smaller or bigger is okay. This one is about 8.5″ square, or mostly kinda square. I’m still pretty new to knitting. The dirty dishes don’t mind that things are a little off.
Since you are knitting it on the diagonal, you can move to R3 whenever you decide the size is good for you. Every stitch you add will mean two more diagonal rows in your dishcloth.
What are you making?
Kelly
Quick Knitting – A Hat for the Teen
- At January 10, 2014
- By Kelly
- In Knitting
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This is actually hat #2 for Alex. He lost the first one shortly after he got it.
The pattern is a freebie from Michaels. It’s an easy pattern. I started it at my daughter’s basketball practice last night and then finished it when I got home. The yarn was a super bulky wool, so it knit up very quickly. Sorry about the camera phone pic, I wanted to grab a picture before I gave it to him and that was easiest.
Pattern Changes:
I wanted to knit this in the round, so I cast on 52 rather than 50 stitches and did 8 rounds of ribbing.
When switching to the 13s, for the first round, it was K13, K2tog, K22, K2tog, K13. Then I knit a round and then for the next round it was K13, K2tog, K20, K2tog, K13. I followed the pattern from there, just replacing the purl rows with knit rounds.
Oh, and I left off the pompom. I didn’t think Alex would appreciate a pompom.
This hat comes down far enough to cover the ears. It doesn’t look like it will in the pattern picture, but it does.
We’ll see how long he keeps track of this one.
Happy stitching!
Kelly
Knitting Notes: Yarn Weights
- At November 14, 2013
- By Kelly
- In Knitting
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Since I’ve been making scarves, I thought it would be nice to make hats. Trying this on a smaller scale seemed like a good way to start, so I found a pattern for a hat for my daughter’s American Girl doll.
I had some yarn leftover from Zoe’s scarf, so I tried using that, following the directions here. However, the pattern is not written for bulky yarn, and this is the result.
Zoe likes it because she thinks it looks like a beret. However, it is so loose that it is very likely to fall off when the doll is picked up, which is not a good feature.
Using a size 6 needle, I cast on 42 rather than 66 and tried again. I used a size 8 needle for the larger needle in both attempts because I don’t have a size 9. This time it fit.
Zoe hasn’t seen the second version. I still have a bit of yarn left, so I’ll make a matching scarf and give her the set for her birthday. There is a really cute sweater on the same pattern page, but I’m not feeling brave enough to tackle a sweater yet. Simple projects I can do while watching the kids at hockey or basketball practice are perfect right now.
The pattern was easy to follow, especially for a beginner like me. And I’m sure the first one would have fit just fine if I’d had the right type of yarn. :)
This yarn is called Serenity Chunky Weight from the Deborah Norville Collection. The colorway is PuppyDogTails.
Next post will be sewing again!
Kelly
Easy Knitting – Scarves!
- At October 30, 2013
- By Kelly
- In Knitting
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Here’s my first scarf. This one is for my daughter.
The yarn is from premier yarns and it’s called Serenity Chunky Weight. It’s a bulky #5 yarn. This is an acrylic variegated yarn called Puppy Dog Tails. It’s basically like a really long dishcloth, since the stockinette stitch dishcloth was the first thing I learned to do and this was my second project. I’ve since learned that if I had done a purl stitch at the beginning and end of each row, it wouldn’t try to curl under.
This is my second scarf –
The yarn is super bulky Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in #149 Charcoal. It’s an 80/20 Acrylic/Wool blend, so it can be machine washed and dried. That’s important around here.
Equally important is that this is a simple pattern. I used size 17 needles, cast on 14 and then it’s a simple pattern with just two rows alternating. The first row is K2 P2, repeating both the knit and purl stitches until there are only 2 stitches left on the row. Knit the last two stitches in the row and then knit the entire next row. I just repeated until I had just enough yarn left to bind off. :)
Kind of looks like a big blob, but hopefully you can see the pattern in there. It’s nice. My husband said, “Oh, I think I would actually wear that.” Ummm, thanks? I’m still trying to figure out what that means in terms of the other things I make, though…
This knitting thing is working out pretty well for hockey practice!
Happy Stitching!
Kelly
Learning to knit – my stitches are leaning!
- At October 16, 2013
- By Kelly
- In Knitting
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I finished my dishcloth the other day and took it to class last night. It’s amazing how long it took to make such a small thing, but I’m excited to have a portable craft for hockey season.
The instructor looked at it and said it didn’t look right, so she watched how I was purling, thinking I was doing that wrong since that was what I taught myself with the help of knitpicks.com and youtube. As it turned out, my purling was correct, but I was knitting through the back loop rather than the front. This caused all my knit stitches to lean.
Ooops! They looked okay to me, but I didn’t know any better. :) Good news, though. Now that I know how to do it properly, it’s much faster! And this one still works, so I’m counting it as a successful project. The pattern is from Bunchberry Studio and it’s the Stockinette Stitch Dish Cloth. (craftsy affiliate link, though it’s a free pattern!)
The kids have three days off school, I have a million projects in my head and they have the living room covered in Hot Wheels cars. Yikes!
Happy Fall!
Kelly