Chirstmas Gift done

 I have started early this year making Christmas gifts, and here is a finished hand woven scarf

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April 2023 Pattern of the Month Machine Knit

 

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April 2023 Pattern of the Month Machine Knit

Heart and Arrow Scarf

©2015 by N Banks

 

Learn to use the Russel Levers on the Sk 700. by knitting this easy to knit Heart and Arrow scarf. The scarf is 4 inches wide and 34 inches long from the tip of the heart to the tip of the arrow. This pattern is written for beginners.

Materials needed

Silver Reed Card #4

3/11 Bright Pink yarn

3/11 Red, small amount.

1. With waste yarn, cast on 6 stitches,

   3 – 0- 3. Knit 11 rows.

2. COL. Using ravel cord, knit 1 row to the right.

3. Pull all 6 needles to “d” position and with main yarn, e-wrap these 6 stitches. Knit 1 row to the left.

4. COL, Ten 8, RC 0. Insert Silver reed card #4 into machine. Set in order 1 as per your manual. See below. Knit to the right. 

 

5. Set machine as in order number 2 as per your manual, see above.

6. Ten 8, Upper Ten 5. RC 0 knit 2 rows.

7. Pull 1 needle on carriage side to d, and e-wrap it. Knit 1 row.  Repeat this row until you have 41 stitches in work. Remember to add weights as you need them.  NOTE: when you e-wrap the stitch, move yarn under the brushes.  

8. Write pattern row here: ________(Mine 39). Write RC here: ____________ (Mine 39)

9. Put all stitches left of 0 and 2 stitches right of 0 out of work, or D position. You will have

19 working needles.

10. Put Russel levers to I,

Picture below shows the russel levers in the II position. Move them to I position.

 

11. Ten 8 RC 39, knit 2 rows.

12. Move both first and last stitch to the next working needle. Leave needles out of work.

You now have 17 working Stitches.

NOTE: watch the needles in “D” position to make sure they stay in non working position.

13. Repeat 12 until you have 4 stitches left.

14. RC 57, bind off remaining 4 stitches.

15. COR. Reset RC and pattern row to what you wrote down in 8.

16. Reset Russel levers to II.

17. Put stitches in hold or D back to B. With main yarn, starting on right side, bind of 4 stitches (the 2 right and left of 0). You will have 18 stitches in work. Needles 20 to 3 left of 0.

18. Ten 8, knit 2 rows.

19. Repeat 12 until you have 4 stitches left. Then bind off these 4 stitches.

20. Worm edging:  With wrong side facing you, re-hang 2 stitches on needles, * knit 6 rows, hang next 2 stitches on these two needles, repeat from * all the way around heart.

21. With tuck side facing you, center heart on 26 needles. (13 – 0 – 13).   Hang weights on the worm edging so that the brushes will not hang up on them. Ten 10. With main and carriage on the right, knit slowly across to the left.

22. Ten 8, RC 0. Insert Card #4 into machine, set machine to order 1 per your manual,  see #4 above, slowly knit one row to the right.

23. Ten. 8, RC 1. Set machine in order 2 as

 per your manual, see #4 above. Knit 27 rows.

24. Note RC here   _________  mine was 27,

      Note Patt. row here ______ mine was 27.

 

25. Put all needles left of 0 on hold, (you now  have 13 working needles to the right of 0.) Put Russel levers to I, see #10 above.

26. COR. Ten 8, RC 27, Pattern row 27, knit 61 rows.  Remember to move the weights up as you knit. Watch the non working needles so that they stay out of work.

27. COR. Brake yarn, reset set RC to 27, and Pattern row card to 27. Put all needles left of 0 to working position. Put all needles right of 0 to hold.

28. RC 27, Ten 8, Pattern row 27, knit 61 rows.

29. Brake yarn, set Russel levers to II, (see # 10 above.). Bring all needles to working position,

30. Ten 8 RC 0 knit to 130 rows.

31. Ten 7.2 RC 130, knit 325 rows.

32. Ten 7. RC 0. Remove card from machine, and set machine to plain knit. Change to Red yarn.

 

33. RC 0, Ten 7. Knit 2 rows.

 Move both end stitches to next working needle.

34. Repeat #33 until you have 2 stitches left.   Bind off.

35. With heart on the right and with wrong side facing you, re-hang scarf on 2 needles just to the left of the heart behind the worm edging.  * knit 6 rows, hang next 2 stitches on these two needles, repeat from * all the way scarf including the arrow, work all the way to the edge of heart. Weave in all yarn ends. Block and stream lightly.

 This pattern is copyrighted, and may not be used on any media, including websites, lists, newsletters, nor sold or recopied without  permission.   It is for your personal use only.

    

                

 

New living room rug

 I had made a living room rug to fix it front of the sofa about 35 years ago, and it was worn out, so I made a new one, using jelly rolls, turned out I think very nice.

April 2023 Stitch of the Month Crochet

 

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April 2023 Stitch of the Month Crochet

 

Moss Stitch

This stitch is worked on a multiple of 2 stitces.

For base, chain 26 stitches

Starting row:

Sk 1 ch, *sc in next ch, dc in next ch, repeat from * across row, ch 1, turn.

All Rows:

*sc in dc, dc in sc, repeat from * across row, ch 1, turn.

Repeat until it's the size you want, or until square.

          

More hats I knitted

 More hats I knitted  

March 2023 Pattern of the Month Crochet

 

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March 2023 Pattern of the Month Crochet

Flowers Doily Pattern

Star #124, Doilies

 

Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY

The Famous "PURITAN" MERCERIZED CROCHET COT­TON, Article 40

1 ball each White and Shaded Pinks or colors of your choice

Steel crochet hook No. 7

Approximate size: 19 inches in diameter; or

"GEM" MERCERIZED CROCHET COTTON, Article 35, size 20

1 ball each White and Shaded Pinks or colors of your choice

Steel crochet hook No. 12

Approximate size: 13¼ inches in diameter

With White ch 6, join to form a ring, ch 6, d c in ring, * ch 3, d c in ring, repeat from * 5 times, ch 3, join in 3rd st of ch.

2nd Round. Ch 1, * 4 s c in next loop, repeat from * all around, join.

3rd Round. Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), 1 d c in same space, * ch 4, skip 3 s c, 2 d c in next s c, repeat from * all around, ch 4, join in 3rd st of ch.

4th Round. Ch 3, 1 d c in same space, 2 d c in next d c, * ch 4, 2 d c in each of the next 2 d c, repeat from * all around, ch 4, join in 3rd st of ch.

5th Round. Ch 3, 1 d c in each of the next 3 d c keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and work off all loops at one time, * ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 2, d c in same loop, ch 4, 1 d c in each of next 4 d c keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and work off all loops at one time (cluster), repeat from * 6 times ending with ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 2, d c in same loop, ch 4, join in top of 1st cluster.

6th Round. * Ch 5, skip 1 loop, 4 d c in next loop, ch 5, skip 1 loop, s c in top of next cluster, repeat from * all around, join.

7th Round. Sl st to center of loop, ch 5, * cluster over next 4 d c group, ch 5, s c in next loop, ch 5, s c in next loop, ch 5, repeat from * all around ending with s c in same space as last sl st.

8th Round. Sl st to center of loop, ch 3, 1 d c in same space, * ch 5, 2 d c in next loop, repeat from * all around ending with ch 5, join in 3rd st of ch.

9th Round. Ch 3, d c in same space, ch 3, 2 d c in next d c, ch 2, * 2 d c in next d c, ch 3, 2 d c in next d c (shell), ch 2, repeat from * all around, join in 3rd st of ch.

10th Round. Sl st to center of shell, ch 3, 2 d c in same space, ch 2, 3 d c in same space, s c in next loop, * 3 d c, ch 2, 3 d c (shell) in center of next shell, s c in next loop, repeat from * all around, join in 3rd st of ch.

11th Round. Sl st to center of shell, ch 1, s c in same space, * ch 4, 2 d c in next s c between shells, ch 4, s c in center of next shell, repeat from * all around ending with ch 4, 2 d c in next s c, ch 4, join in 1st s c.

12th and 13th Rounds. Sl st to center of loop, ch 3, 1 d c in same space, * ch 4, 2 d c in next loop, repeat from * all around ending with ch 4, join in 3rd st of ch.

14th Round. Ch 3, d c in same space, 2 d c in next d c, * ch 4, s c in next d c group, ch 4, 2 d c in each of the next 2 d c, repeat from * all around ending with ch 4, s c in next d c group, ch 4, join in 3rd st of ch.

15th Round. Ch 3, * cluster over next 4 d c group of previous round, ch 4, d c in next s c, ch 3, d c in same space, ch 4, repeat from * all around, join in top of 1st cluster.

16th Round. Same as 6th round.

17th Round. Same as 7th round.

18th and 19th Rounds. Same as 8th round.

20th Round. Ch 3, 1 d c in same space, 2 d c in next d c, * ch 5, s c in next 2 d c group, ch 5, 2 d c in each of the next 2 d c, repeat from * all around ending with ch 5, s c in next d c group, ch 5, join in 3rd st of ch.

21st Round. Same as 15th round but working ch 5 before and after each cluster.

22nd Round. Same as 6th round.

23rd Round. * Ch 6, cluster over next 4 d c group, ch 6, s c in next s c, repeat from * all around ending with ch 6, join.

24th and 25th Rounds. Same as 8th round but work ch 6 between each d c group.

26th Round. Ch 3, d c in same space, ch 2, 2 d c in next d c, * ch 3, 2 d c in next d c, ch 2, 2 d c in next d c (shell), repeat from * all around, ch 3, join in 3rd st of ch.

27th Round. Sl st to center of shell, ch 3, 1 d c, 1 tr c in same space, ch 3, 1 tr c, 2 d c in same space, * s c in next loop, 2 d c, 1 tr c, ch 3, 1 tr c, 2 d c in center of next shell, repeat from * all around, join in 3rd st of ch, cut thread.

FLOWERS: With Shaded Pinks ch 7, join to form a ring, ch 1, and work 14 s c in ring, join.

2nd Round. Ch 3, 3 d c in same space keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and work off all loops at one time, * ch 3, skip 1 s c, 4 d c in next s c keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and work off all loops at one time (cluster st), repeat from * all around, ending with ch 3, join to top of 1st cluster st (7 cluster sts).

3rd Round. Sl st to next loop, ch 3, 3 d c in same space keep­ing last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and work off all loops at one time, join to center of any shell on doily, ch 3, sl st in same space on flower, s c in next cluster st on flower, ch 3, s c in same space, sl st in next loop on flower, ch 3, 3 d c in same space keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and work off all loops at one time, join to center of next shell on doily, ch 3, sl st in same loop on flower, s c in next cluster st on flower, ch 3, s c in same space, * sl st in next loop on flower, ch 3, 3 d c in same space keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and work off all loops at one time, ch 3, sl st in same space (petal), s c in next cluster st on flower, ch 3, s c in same space, repeat from * 4 times, join, cut thread (7 petals on flower).

2nd FLOWER: Work 1st and 2nd rounds same as 1st flower.

3rd Round. Sl st in next loop, ch 3, 3 d c in same space keep­ing last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and work off all loops at one time, join to 1st free petal on right hand side of 1st flower, ch 3, sl st in same space, * s c in top of next cluster, ch 3, s c in same space, sl st in next loop, ch 3, 3 d c in same space keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and work off all loops at one time, join to center of next shell on doily, ch 3, sl st in same space on flower, repeat from * once, finish 2nd flower same as first flower, cut thread. Work 34 more flowers same as 2nd flower joining in same manner. Join last flower to 1st flower to correspond.

 

March 2023 Stitch of the Month crochet

 

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March 2023 Stitch of the Month crochet

 

Chain a multiple of 4 plus 3.

For a large coaster or square, ch 19. For a dishcloth ch 31 or for a larger one, try using a ch of 35 or 39. You can also try cutting netting into small long strips and use a larger hook, ch 19, and use it as a pot scrubber.

Foundation Row:

1 sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch to end.  Ch 1, turn.

Pattern rows:

Row 1: 1 sc in first sc, *ch 4, 1 sc in each of next 4 sc; rep from *, ending ch 4, 1 sc in last sc. Ch 1, turn.

Row 2: Holding ch-4 at back (right side), work 1 sc in each sc to end. Ch 1, turn.        

Row 3: 1 sc in each of first 3 sc, * ch 4, 1 so in each of next 4 sc; rep from *, ending ch 4, 1 sc in each of last 3 sc. Ch 1, turn.        

Row 4: Same as Row 2.

Repeat from Row 1 for pattern or until square.