Friday, January 23, 2009

Rust scarf

Cascade 220 on size U.S. 8 needles.Cast on 28.Knit 6 rows garter stitch.Slip1,k5,yo,k2tog.tbl,p2,yo,p2tog,k2,yo,k2togtbl,p2,yo,p2tog,k2,yo,k2togtbl,k4repeat this row over and over until you have the length you want.knit 5 rows garter stitch and bind off.

Friday, January 16, 2009

The Green scarf/ der grüne Schal.

scarf.jpg

*X*O*X*O ,
*X*O*X*O ,
*X*O*X*O ,
OO*X*OOO ,
O*SOZ*OO ,
O=Knit/Recht Masche
S=knit 2 together/2 zusammen rechts
Z= knit together through back loop/ 2 zusammen, verdreht
X= knit 3 together/ 3 zusammen rechts
*= yarn over/ Umschlag

Cast on multiples of 8, I did 40. 4 stitches on each side are the border, these will always be a knit.
Slip the first stitch on every row.
Knit garter stitch for 6 rows.

Row 1: Begin pattern, working from bottom right. (read chart from right to left, bottom to top.)
Row 2,4,6,8,10,etc. Knit or purl as stitch indicates, I just worked them all as knit stitches.
Continue pattern.
Finish with 6 garter stitch rows.

Aufschlag so viele Maschen die durch 8 teilbar sind. Bei mir war es 40.
4 Maschen am Beide Ende sind Randmaschen, die sind immer rechts gestrickt.
An jede Reihe hebe die erste Masche nur ab.
Stricke 6 Reihe mit rechte Maschen.

Reihe 1: Fing mit der Muster an. Arbeite von unten rechts. ( lese die Karte von rechts nach links, unten nach oben.
Reihe 2,4,6,8,10, u.s.w. Stricke die Maschen wie sie sich zeigen. Ich habe die Alle nur als rechts Maschen abgestrickt.
Weiter machen nach der Muster.
mach der Schal denn mit 6 Reihe rechts Maschen fertig.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

I've not been entirely idle.

Someone over on the Men Who Knit site was looking for a simple hat pattern, so, here's my basic hat instructions, the variation possibilities are endless.

Cast on multiples of 6 stitches. I generally go for 96 on size 8 DPN.
Knit 1, purl 1 or K2,P2, or K2, P1, your choice of ribbing for however far you want it to go up the hat.
If you want the ribbing to turn up like in the picture work ribbing for 2 inches and purl 1 row as a crease line.
After you have about 4 inches of the hat "body" start working the decreases. I generally put in a decorative row or two at his point to transition from what ever stitch pattern I'm using, i.e. cables, before going in to the decreases. I often use the "braid" as described in this entry.
The decreases are worked every other row. divide number of stitches by 6 and knit two together where this number falls,
for example; 96 divided by 6 = 16, so every 15th and 16th stithes are knit together.
knit 1 row
next row every 14th and 15th stitches are knit together
etc.
when you're down to 5 or 6 stitches between dividing points work the decrease every round.
when you have only 6 stitches left on the needles break off the yarn, thread it through remaining stitches, pull through to inside and weave in.
Weave in any loose ends.
You have a hat.