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My mom taught me how to knit and crochet when I was a little girl. I remember making my first creations, a pink broomstick crocheted scarf. Who knows where that got to now, but I was proud. I spent summers as a teen with cross-stitching. My biggest undertaking was a large cross-stitch work with 3 ducks for Mom’s kitchen. It is still hanging above her pantry.
Last October I was inspired to pick up those knitting needles again when a co-worker, Whitney, was always telling me of a new hat she made or a scarf or bear. I had to get back at it. My first work this time was a blue multicolored hat for my son. Wow! How satisfying!
Then I was hooked. I began scouring the internet in search of patterns. Then I discovered Speed Stix. Oh yeah, an afgan was born!
Last October I was inspired to pick up those knitting needles again when a co-worker, Whitney, was always telling me of a new hat she made or a scarf or bear. I had to get back at it. My first work this time was a blue multicolored hat for my son. Wow! How satisfying!
Then I was hooked. I began scouring the internet in search of patterns. Then I discovered Speed Stix. Oh yeah, an afgan was born!
In April I began hunting again for more patterns for baby blankets when I found out my friend, Angela, was expecting a baby in November. I had plenty of time to get something in the works. The Hancock Fabrics was going out of business, and some Velvet Spun baby yarn landed in my knitting basket next. I can’t say I’d ever use this stuff again because I got little fibers of lint all over myself anytime I sat down to knit. On a 7-8 hr. trip to Ft. Walton Beach with the ladies of Mt. Olive, I completed the bulk of working up this snuggly wrap. The feather and fan pattern worked fine with a size 10 needle. I knit every row for 5 rows for the bottom border, then keeping 5 stitches on each side for the border I interchanged colors frequently for the “fanning”. I changed the color on the border midway through for a hint of where it could be folded.
Feather and Fan Baby Blanket
3 skeins of each color, Velvet Spun LionBrand Yarn
Use multiples of 18 stitches + border.
After completing border repeat these 4 rows until the blanket is the length you want:
1) Knit
2) Purl
3)k1, *k2tog 3 times, (k1, yo) 6 times, k2 tog 3 times* repeat from * until last stitch k1
4) Knit
3 skeins of each color, Velvet Spun LionBrand Yarn
Use multiples of 18 stitches + border.
After completing border repeat these 4 rows until the blanket is the length you want:
1) Knit
2) Purl
3)k1, *k2tog 3 times, (k1, yo) 6 times, k2 tog 3 times* repeat from * until last stitch k1
4) Knit
This past weekend I found myself in the car again for another long long voyage which yielded 2 chemo caps for my sister, Lena. Her favorite color is pink, so I hope she’ll like what I did to add a little flair to a basic stockinet stitch with a little basket weave accent around the lower bo
dy of the cap. I was happy with how great stockinet stitch curls at the brim. Too cool!Here’s the pattern for an adult sized head 22in. Circumference, guage is 3 stitches to the inch.
1 Skein Caron Simply Soft Yarn
Size 10 straight needles or what will fit the guage
I only had straight needles, so I had to do quite a few rows purling
Cast on 60 stitches
Knit in stockinet stitch until hat measures 3 inches from the beginning row
(this means knit the front and purl the back)
Then *Knit 5, Purl 5 , repeat across
*Purl 5 Knit 5 for the next row and repeat * rows again,
this will stack four rows for a small basket weave accent
Continue in stockinet stitch until the piece measures 6-7 inches from the beginning
Decrease by :
Knit 8, knit 2 tog, place marker and repeat around
Purl row
From that point on you can knit and knit 2 together before each marker, you won’t need to count this way
Purl row
Knit stitches, knit 2 tog before each marker
Cut yarn tail long and draw tight when you have 8-10 stitches left on the row
Use blunt end needle to sew together sides and hide yarn inside seem
One thing that could be done to this hat to add a little more flair is to add beads to the purled rows of basket weave stitches, I’m not sure if I’d just add those after the piece was completed. I think that would be the best. My sister isn’t a flashy person, so she probably wouldn’t like the beaded look.
Lena is a neutral dresser, so a khaki color would coordinate with most of her wardrobe choices.I used the same sort of pattern as above instead I did a garter stitch border for the first 8 rows, then continued in stockinet stitch until it measured 6-7 inches from the beginning before I began decreasing.
I will probably add a few loops and buy some ribbon for her to interchange on this hat for an accent if she’s not sleeping in it.
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