At
My House
March
2017 Pattern of the Month Machine Knit
Tea Towel Topper and
matching Soap Bottle Apron
© 2015 By N Banks
Sample was made on a SK700 4.5 machine.
Materials:
Tamm 3 ply Astracry in
Blue Yarn Color # C1264
White Color # C1201
Sewing machine or hand sew
2 one inch buttons in blue or white
1 tea towel, cut in half and hemmed, with two rows of gathering
stitches at top
Silver Reed Card # 249A
2 1 inch pieces of Velcro
Thread to match your colors
Soap Bottle Apron (to
fit a 30 fl oz bottle)
With blue cast on with
e-wrap 37 stitches. (18 – 0 – 19)
1. Set machine to plain
knit, ten. 7. K 10 R. hang weights.
2. COR: cut blue yarn.
Change to white.
3. Knit 1 row to left.
Starting at left move every other stitch to the right Leave needles in working
position. (WP).
4. Ten 8. Knit 1 row to
right.
5. Ten 7. Knit one row to
left. Cut white, attach blue. RC 0
6. Knit 9 rows. Hang hem.
Ten. 8. Knit 1 row to left. Remember to
move weights up.
7. Insert Silver Reed Card
249A into machine, and set machine to order 1. RC 0. Ten 7.
8. Knit one row to the
right.
9. Attach white yarn, and
set machine to order 2 as shown above.
Knit 20 rows.
10. Mark sides with contrast
yarn, and move 1 stitch at each end to the next stitch. Leave needles out
of work. Knit 5 rows &
repeat the decreases until you have 29
stitches left. Remember to move the weights up.
11. Put 2 stitches out of
work at each end by moving them in over
to the next 2 needles.
Leave needles out of work,
move weights up and knit 10 rows.
12. Cut white yarn, remove
card and set machine to plain knit.
13. RC 0 knit 5 rows.
Staring on left, move every other stitch to next needle, leave needles in
working
position.
14. Ten 8, knit 1 row to
left. Ten 7, knit 4 rows. Hang hem by
picking up the first row of blue above the last row of white, knit 1 row. Bind off all
stitches. Work in loose threads and steam piece lightly.
15. With wrong side facing
you, pick up 2 stitches at top right and re-hang. Attach blue and knit 35 rows.
Hold piece down with your left hand as you knit. Re-hang two stitches on the
left side of apron on top of the first two stitches and bind off all. Weave in
the loose threads. This is the neck opening of the apron.
16. With wrong side facing
you, re-hang at first marker on 2 stitches, attach blue and knit 50 rows, bind
off. Repeat at other marker. These are the ties for the apron. Work in loose
threads. Place on soap bottle.
Towel Topper
With White cast on with
e-wrap 61 stitches. (30 – 0 – 31)
1. Set machine to plain
knit, ten. 7. K 10 R. hang weights.
2. COR: cut white yarn.
Change to blue.
3. Knit 1 row to left.
Starting at left move every other
stitch to the right. Leave needles in working position. (WP).
4. Ten 8. knit 1 row to
right.
5. Ten 7. knit one row to
left. Cut blue, attach white. RC 0
6. Knit 9 rows. Hang hem.
Ten. 8. Knit 1 row to left. Remember to
move weights up.
7. Insert Silver Reed Card
249A into machine, and set machine to order 1. RC 0. Ten 7.
Below diagram below.
8. Knit one row to the
right.
9. Attach blue yarn in yarn
feeder A and put white in yarn feeder B. Set machine to order 2 as shown above.
Knit 10 rows.
10. On this row only mark 1
st each side of 0 with yarn on wrong side of work (side facing you) for Velcro
and button placement with another color of yarn.
11. On each end move 2 stitches to next 2 needles
in on both sides and leave needles out of work.
12. Knit 4 rows. Repeat
steps 11 and 12 until 21 stitches remain
13. Knit 20 rows.
14. Cut white yarn, set
machine to plain knit. RO 0: knit 8 rows, bind off.
15. Steam piece
lightly. Mark center towel topper at
where you hung the hem and tea towel. Gather tea towel to topper with centers
matching. Hand or machine sew in place.
16. Sew one side of Velcro
to center of blue at top of topper, sew the other side of Velcro at center area
on marked row. Sew button on same area of this piece of Velcro on front. Repeat
for second towel.
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