Christmas Post 1: Knitting
Posted by Som Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:31:00 GMT
Whew! It's been a while since I've updated my poor, neglected little blog. I'm updating twice tonight: once for the knitting gifts, and again for the crafty gifts I received.
Although I knitted gifts for five different people this year, I only managed to get photos of the hats and scarves I gave my daughters. To my grandmothers, I gave the Airy Scarf from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts. I started and frogged and restarted that scarf for three days before I realized that the instructions were wrong; to anyone who's interested, you should cast on 23 stitches, not 22. I have plenty of fingering-weight yarn leftover, so I'll probably make another one for myself and upload a photo of that sooner or later.
For my grandfather, I knitted a pair of fingerless mitts. It was my first project on double-pointed needles, so I'm pretty sore that I didn't get a snapshot of them before I gave them away. I have plans to use that same pattern for some longer striped fingerless mitts for myself.
The projects I did get pictures of are hats and scarves for my two little girls:
These projects are super-quick and super-easy, and I've never received more compliments for something I've knitted. If you'd like the pattern, click "read more" below.
Toddler's Hat and Scarf
Materials:
- 2 hanks super-chunky wool; I used Plymouth Yarn's "Handpainted Wool," one hank for the hat and one for the scarf.
- 1 set US 15 straight needles
- 1 set US 17 straight needles (for binding off)
- Card stock
- Yarn needle
- Scissors
Gauge: 5 sts/10 rows = 2"
Hat: Cast on 16 sts. Work in garter st, knitting every row, until the piece measures 14" from the beginning. Bind off loosely on the US 17 needles. Sew up the sides with yarn; weave in all ends. To make the pom poms, cut out a shape, as pictured below, from the cardstock. Wind the yarn 12 times around the cardstock, cut. Use a small piece of yarn to tie around the center. Cut through the wound yarn along the edge of the cardstock, trim the center tie, and remove. Sew two of these pom poms to the top corners of the hat.
Scarf: Cast on 7 sts. Work in garter st, knitting every row, until the scarf is as long as you want it to be. Bind off loosely; weave in all ends.
