Samstag, 25. April 2020

Sømløs top - No Assembly Required Top in Danish

Marianne Holmen from strikkeglad.dk has written another Danish translation for one of my patterns - this time for my Not Assembly Required Knitted Top. Mange Tak!

The Danish translation can be found here.
The original (english) version of this pattern is available here.


A list of other translated versions of my patterns can be found in this blogpost.

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Freitag, 17. April 2020

Yet Another Heart-Shaped Potholder

In my part of the world, Mother's Day is celebrated on the 2nd Sunday in May. So here's a pattern for cute heart shaped potholders to accompany the cake you bake for your mum.
It's knitted in one  piece, which minimizes the number of ends you have to weave in - and all in garter stitch. They come in two sizes - a larger and a smaller one.
If you've never done short rows, this might be the project to learn it, because it's quickly done <3



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Materials
  • between 20 or 30 grams of DK weight 
  • 3mm knitting needles
  • a tapestry needle to weave in ends

Techniques

Sizes
The bigger heart measures 19 cm at its widest point - the small one 15 cm.


Instructions

Big Heart

CO21
Row 0 (setup row): sl1, k to end, do a knitted CO of 2 sts
Ridge 1: kfb, k1, ktbl, k up to last st, w+t, k up to last st, kfb
Ridge 2: kfb, k to 2 bef end, w+t, k up to last st, kfb
Ridge 3: kfb, k to 3 bef end, w+t, k up to last st, kfb
Ridge 4: kfb, k to 4 bef end, w+t, k up to last st, kfb
Ridge 5: kfb, k to 5 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 6: kbf, k20, w+t, k to end
Ridge 7: kfb, k to 6 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 8: kfb, k to 7 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 9: kfb, k to 8 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 10: k to 9 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 11: k 20, w+t, k to end
Ridge 12: k to 10 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 13: k to 11 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 14: k to 12 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 15: k to 13 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 16: k 15, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 17: k to 14 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 18: k to 15 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 19: k to 16 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 20: k2tog, k to 17 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Rigde 21: k2tog, k to 18 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Rigde 22: k2tog, k to 19 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Rigde 23: k2tog, k to 20 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 24: k2tog, w+t, kfb

Ridge 25: kfb, k to 20 bef end, w+t, k up to last st, kfb
Ridge 26: kfb, k to 19 bef end, w+t, k up to last st, kfb
Ridge 27: kfb, k to 18 bef end, w+t, k up to last st, kfb
Ridge 28: kfb, k to 17 bef end, w+t, k up to last st, kfb
Ridge 29: kfb, k to 16 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 30: kfb, k to 15 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 31: kfb, k to 14 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 32: kfb, k15, w+t, k to end
Ridge 33: kfb, k to 13 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 34: k to 12 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 35: k to 11 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 36: k to 10 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 37: k20, w+t, k to end
Ridge 38: k to 9 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 39: k to 8 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 40: k to 7 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 41: k to 6 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 42: k20, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 43: k to 5 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 44: k2tog, k to 4 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 45: k2tog, k to 3 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 46: k2tog, k to 2 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 47: k2tog, k to 1 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 48: BO2, k2tog, k to last st, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Row 49: k2tog, BO to end

Cut yarn and weave in ends.



Small Heart

CO16
Row 0 (setup row): sl1, k to end, do a knitted CO of 2 sts
Ridge 1: kfb, k1, ktbl, k up to last st, w+t, k up to last st, kfb
Ridge 2: kfb, k to 2 bef end, w+t, k up to last st, kfb
Ridge 3: kfb, k to 3 bef end, w+t, k up to last st, kfb
Ridge 4: kfb, k to 4 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 5: kfb, k12, w+t, k to end
Ridge 6: kfb, k to 5 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 7: kfb, k to 6 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 8: kfb, k to 7 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 9: k to 8 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 10: k12, w+t, k to end
Ridge 11: k to 9 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 12: k to 10 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 13: k to 11 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 14: k12, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 15: k to 12 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 16: k2tog, k to 13 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 17: k2tog, k to 14 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 18: k2tog, k to 15 bef end, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Ridge 19: k2tog, w+t, kfb

Ridge 20: kfb, k to 15 bef end, w+t, k to last st, kfb
Ridge 21: kfb, k to 14 bef end, w+t, k to last st, kfb
Ridge 22: kfb, k to 13 bef end, w+t, k to last st, kfb
Ridge 23: kfb, k to 12 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 24: kfb, k11, w+t, k to end
Ridge 25: kfb, k to 11 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 26: kfb, k to 10 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 27: k to 9 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 28: k12, w+t, k to end
Ridge 29: k to 8 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 30: k to 7 bef end, w+t, k to end
Ridge 31: k to 6 bef end, w+t, k to 2 bef end, ssk
Ridge 32: k to 5 bef end, w+t, k to 2 bef end, ssk
Ridge 33: k12, w+t, k to 2 bef end, ssk
Ridge 34: k to 4 bef end, w+t, k to 2 bef end, ssk
Ridge 35: k2tog, k to 3 bef end, w+t, k to 2 bef end, ssk
Ridge 36: k2tog, k to 2 bef end, w+t, k to 2 bef end, ssk
Ridge 37: k2tog, k10, w+t, k to 2 bef end, ssk
Ridge 38: k2tog, k to last st, w+t, k to last 2 sts, ssk
Row 39: k2tog, BO to end

Cut yarn and weave in ends.


Freitag, 3. April 2020

Domspitzen

If there's one knitting skill I don't have, it's fair isle color work. From time to time I try it again - only to find, that I'm not much good at it. Yes, I know, that doing it more would make me better at it, but until I've done it a lot, I stick to smaller fair isle projects. Like this phone sock here.
Since I think that it's a lovely piece to try out fair isle, here's a short how-to. It's NOT a line-by-line pattern, but there is a complete chart :)


I chose the name "Domspitzen", because somebody on Instragram suggested that the peaks reminded them of the silhouette of the towers of the Cologne Cathedral - and I rather agree.


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Materials
  • about 15 grams of fingering weight yarn in two colors; main color (MC, red in the pictures) and contrast color (CC, off-white in the pictures)
  • 3 mm knitting needles, you can use dpns, circulars with magic loop or Addi CrasyTrios
  • a tapestry needle to weave in ends

Gauge and Size
17 rows gave 5 cm in height, and 17 stitches 5 cm in width.
The finished piece measures about 15.5 cm in height and 15 cm in circumference.


Techniques

Instructions

Do a magic CO of 2x24 stitches, i.e. you have a total of 48 stitches with MC.
Knit one row in stockinette (in the round) in MC.

Then knit the charted pattern in the round according to the chart, with 48 stitches you will have 8 repeats of the stitch pattern.

After you've finished row 40 of the stitch pattern add 4 rows in stockinette in MC.
Finish with 8 rows of k2p2-ribbing in MC.

Bind off in ribbing pattern.

Weave in ends and block.