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cuddles123

Finished my Chain Chomp Hat







Have no idea if he will like it as I've never seen one so just followed the pattern!

PepPop

Cuddles that is brilliant!!

cuddles123

PepPop wrote: »

Cuddles that is brilliant!!

Is it?
I really have no idea

Keiss_21

Love the hat cuddles, well done!!! :T:T

Glad you had a good holiday Orkney....and that it involved yarn...every holiday should!!

Been dyeing some cotton today, my first time and had a great time at my quilting beginners club. I will leave the material soaking overnight and will rinse it out tomorrow...can't wait t see what the results are. I have a bit of dye left over from one of the other members, may dye some more cotton, or try my hand at dyeing some wool...though it's not really the right sort of dye for that. We'll see how this first batch turns out...I may do more of this! :j

maman

Catwoman was kind enough to post this pattern for baby Uggs last month. I decided to give them a go last night and I'm having problems with the instep. One side is fine but the other is just a big gaping hole! I'm not a very experienced knitter but I'm sure the problem because I don't really understand the abbreviations. I'm sorry the whole pattern is below but it won't let me delete part of it. I've highlighted the bits of the instep where I'm going wrong. How do I work the S1 and SSK? TIA mamanx




Baby Booties - Ugg Boots Knitting Pattern


Designed by Jennifer Gontier

These baby booties are adorable and so easy to knit. Every baby needs a pair of Ugg Boots!
Size:
0-6 months
Materials:
Light worsted weight yarn in main color and contrasting color
Size 8 US (5 mm) needles or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge:
21 sts and 28 rows = 4" (10 cm)

Instructions
Bootie is knit all in one piece with a seam along the back of the leg and down the middle of the sole of the foot. The sole is knit in garter stitch (knit every row); the rest of the bootie is knit in Stockinette stitch (knit RS, purl WS).
Sole
With main color, CO 22 sts. Knit one row.
Row 1 (RS): k1, yo, k9, yo, k2, yo, k9, yo, k1
Row 2 and all subsequent WS Rows: knit all stitches, but knit the yarn over twisted, i.e. into the back loop of the yarn over
Row 3: k2, yo, k9, yo, k2, yo, k2, yo, k9, yo, k2
Row 5: k3, yo, k9, yo, k7, yo, k9, yo, k3
Row 7: k4, yo, k9, yo, k5, yo, k4, yo, k9, yo, k4
Row 9: k5, yo, k9, yo, k6, yo, k6, yo, k9, yo, k5
After Row 10, continue in St st for 8 more rows.
Instep
Row 1: k26, ssk, turn work (ignore the remaining stitches on the needle for now)
Row 2: sl1, p7, p2tog, turn work (again ignore any remaining stitches)
Row 3: sl1, k7, ssk, turn
Row 4: sl1, p7, p2tog, turn
Rows 5-12: Rep Rows 3 and 4 four more times.
Row 13: sl1, k7, ssk, knit to end of row, turn
Row 14: p19, p2tog, p to end of row
Work 2 " (5 cm) of stockinette across all sts.
Change to contrasting color and knit 2 rows (garter stitch).
BO knit wise.
Finishing
Sew back seam using mattress stitch.
With contrasting color, make a fake stitch line down the "side seams" and across the instep to imitate Ugg Boots.

NannyJanny

lynseydee wrote: »

I'm knitting a baby blanket and was wondering the best way of joining a new ball of yarn. I've had a look on the internet and as there are so many different ways of joining yarn I wasn't sure which was best.

Thanks.

Just had a bit of catching up to do on this thread.

I am also researching darning in ends at the moment as DIL bought some Millmia for me to knit cowls for GD's. The wool knits up so beautifully that I feel I need to finish off likewise beautifully!

http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/FEATfall04TT.html may help.
I haven't read the whole article yet, but I have found Knitty to be a good source of information for techniques.

Good luck

NannyJanny

maman wrote: »

Catwoman was kind enough to post this pattern for baby Uggs last month. I decided to give them a go last night and I'm having problems with the instep. One side is fine but the other is just a big gaping hole! I'm not a very experienced knitter but I'm sure the problem because I don't really understand the abbreviations. I'm sorry the whole pattern is below but it won't let me delete part of it. I've highlighted the bits of the instep where I'm going wrong. How do I work the S1 and SSK? TIA mamanx




Baby Booties - Ugg Boots Knitting Pattern


Designed by Jennifer Gontier

These baby booties are adorable and so easy to knit. Every baby needs a pair of Ugg Boots!
Size:
0-6 months
Materials:
Light worsted weight yarn in main color and contrasting color
Size 8 US (5 mm) needles or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge:
21 sts and 28 rows = 4" (10 cm)

Instructions
Bootie is knit all in one piece with a seam along the back of the leg and down the middle of the sole of the foot. The sole is knit in garter stitch (knit every row); the rest of the bootie is knit in Stockinette stitch (knit RS, purl WS).
Sole
With main color, CO 22 sts. Knit one row.
Row 1 (RS): k1, yo, k9, yo, k2, yo, k9, yo, k1
Row 2 and all subsequent WS Rows: knit all stitches, but knit the yarn over twisted, i.e. into the back loop of the yarn over
Row 3: k2, yo, k9, yo, k2, yo, k2, yo, k9, yo, k2
Row 5: k3, yo, k9, yo, k7, yo, k9, yo, k3
Row 7: k4, yo, k9, yo, k5, yo, k4, yo, k9, yo, k4
Row 9: k5, yo, k9, yo, k6, yo, k6, yo, k9, yo, k5
After Row 10, continue in St st for 8 more rows.
Instep
Row 1: k26, ssk, turn work (ignore the remaining stitches on the needle for now)
Row 2: sl1, p7, p2tog, turn work (again ignore any remaining stitches)
Row 3: sl1, k7, ssk, turn
Row 4: sl1, p7, p2tog, turn
Rows 5-12: Rep Rows 3 and 4 four more times.
Row 13: sl1, k7, ssk, knit to end of row, turn
Row 14: p19, p2tog, p to end of row
Work 2 " (5 cm) of stockinette across all sts.
Change to contrasting color and knit 2 rows (garter stitch).
BO knit wise.
Finishing
Sew back seam using mattress stitch.
With contrasting color, make a fake stitch line down the "side seams" and across the instep to imitate Ugg Boots.

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/knitting-glossary is my go to reference for abbreviations. Hope it helps.

mardatha

It's got colder and I'm starting to want to knit again. has wool gone up, like everything else ? Keiss, if those socks at the top of the page are yours then I knitted a pr in the very same wool, the winey/burgundy ones at the right hand side. Funny how you want to start knitting the very first day yer toes get cold eh I need to go and find who has good offers on wool now. MUCH better idea than doing the hoovering eh !

maman

NannyJanny wrote: »

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/knitting-glossary is my go to reference for abbreviations. Hope it helps.

Thank you so much NannyJanny. I'll give it a go later and let you know how I do. I realised it had to be the sort of reverse of p2tog but I was interpreting ss as slip stitch not slip, slip. Fingers crossed!

Mikazaru

cuddles123 wrote: »

Finished my Chain Chomp Hat




Have no idea if he will like it as I've never seen one so just followed the pattern!

That's brilliant! Very impressed :j

My knitting has come to a bit of stand still at the moment, I seem to knit so slowly, haven't even got the knack of holding the needles independently yet
How long does it take for people to knit a little project like a hat, blanket square etc?