tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81298266233648106842024-03-13T01:08:33.602-07:00Alone TogetherLong distance knitting with Liz and HavenHaven and Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029885874446063484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129826623364810684.post-80018142269633365322011-01-26T21:05:00.000-08:002011-01-26T21:12:23.665-08:00DigressionHey Knitter,<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsH1cMXJ1A4h_5YU77tJziA1BdY5ThvfNS-VcuxeXPZlLOjhEPrzs_nJlf6sGl86j_DI3xpgrKB0ab8-ZuYFHr3jqhAYf7QJ-pMZ5FucPEQ56n7PrvhQmyvd9PlJ1bGttSfaj5gVdF1Y/s1600/IMG_1964.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsH1cMXJ1A4h_5YU77tJziA1BdY5ThvfNS-VcuxeXPZlLOjhEPrzs_nJlf6sGl86j_DI3xpgrKB0ab8-ZuYFHr3jqhAYf7QJ-pMZ5FucPEQ56n7PrvhQmyvd9PlJ1bGttSfaj5gVdF1Y/s400/IMG_1964.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566727981585187186" /></a><br /><br />I feel like this is somewhat knitting related, and entirely adorable.<br /><br />Also, the brioche class last night went well. Brioche can be challenging. Picking up dropped brioche stitches is more challenging. Cao and I are working hard on <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/still-light-tunic">Still Light</a> in <a href="http://www.knit-purl.com/store/pc/Swans-Island-Fingering-Yarn-210p5628.htm">Swans Island fingering</a>. What an amazing yarn in amazing yardage!<br /><br />xoxo,<br /><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/havenaht">Haven</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129826623364810684.post-85681838833088432702011-01-25T09:50:00.000-08:002011-01-26T18:54:21.492-08:00Newsprint Cowl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Heeeyyy Knitter,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I'm teaching a class on the brioche stitch at one of our local yarn stores, </span><a href="http://www.stixyarn.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Stix</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">. I wanted to do brioche in the round, and I love the </span><a href="http://madelinetosh.com/patterns-honey-cowl.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Honey Cowl</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> that we've all made, and this is what I came up with:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/newsprint-cowl">The Newsprint Cowl</a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazoJP01fsSdHL3Dyh3sbs4PzlQ_FCHo15fi0ZMLava94_T1JG4lzDhN8dMnAf8JRyHyDpZEf6pUWRupDoE7S2-6dKYs1_pLzNbEIuQxRr2k4xPZ6YcYA3axOi5ao08Vk47GyALCVtfDIb/s1600/Photo+on+2011-01-23+at+09.00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazoJP01fsSdHL3Dyh3sbs4PzlQ_FCHo15fi0ZMLava94_T1JG4lzDhN8dMnAf8JRyHyDpZEf6pUWRupDoE7S2-6dKYs1_pLzNbEIuQxRr2k4xPZ6YcYA3axOi5ao08Vk47GyALCVtfDIb/s400/Photo+on+2011-01-23+at+09.00.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This is an oversized brioche cowl, knit in the round. Two skeins of yarn are worked in paired rows. During the first round, the dark is worked, and carried over the light, which is slipped, via yarn over. The next round, the light is worked and carried over the dark.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The width of this cowl may be adjusted by casting on any even number of stitches.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Please note: </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">some abbreviations are not traditional.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Yarn</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">: Two different colors of any worsted weight yarn. For the purpose of clarity, one skein will be called dark (</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">D</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">), one will be called light (</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">L</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">). </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Needle</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">: Size 8 US (5.0 mm) 24” circular needle.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Abbreviations</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">:</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">k - knit</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">p - purl</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">s - slip (as if to purl)</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">yf - yarn forward (bring your working yarn to the front)</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">yo - yarn over</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">st - stitch</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">p2tog - purl the slipped D stitch and its corresponding L yarn over together.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">k2tog - knit the slipped L stitch and its corresponding D yarn over together.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Pattern</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">:</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">With D</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">: cast on 160 stitches using a long tail cast on. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Join<b> L</b> at the end <i>opposite </i>your working <b>D</b> yarn and begin next round.</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Set up round with L</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">: *k1, yf, s1* repeat between the *’s to end of row. </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Be sure to leave the yarn in back at the end of the row, laying across the slipped stitch. This maintains</span></span></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the last yo. </span></span></i></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">After completing this, you should see one knitted </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">L</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> stitch, then a </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">L</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> yarn over that </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">crosses over </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the slipped </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">D</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> stitch, repeated around. There should be a yarn over that </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">crosses over</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> every slipped stitch throughout the pattern.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Being cautious not to twist, join in the round and begin.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The remainder of the pattern is knitted by repeating these next two rows.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Round 1 (with D)</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">: with yarn in front, *s1, yo, p2tog* repeat between the *‘s to end of row. </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">D will always hang in front of the work at the end of the row.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 24.3px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Please note</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">: When making a yarn over, because your yarn is already in front of the needle, the yarn will be going from front to back then around the needle to the front again - wrapped completely around the needle, and </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">crossing over</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> the slipped </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">L</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> st.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 24.3px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Round 2 (with L)</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">: *k2tog, yf, s1* repeat between the *’s to the end of the row. </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Again</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">be sure to leave the yarn in back at the end of the row, laying across the slipped stitch. L will always hang to the back of the work at the end of the row.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Repeat rounds 1 and 2 until the cowl has reached desired length (the pictured cowl is around 10”), then bind off loosely using the following technique: </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">*knit 2 together through the back loop, return the stitch to the left hand needle* repeat between *’s until end all stitches have been completed.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Didot; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Weave in ends, and block, stretching width-wise to emphasize the stitch.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small; line-height: 20px;">By using this pattern, you agree to use it only for your personal non-commercial use. Please do not reproduce or sell the pattern without explicit consent from Haven Leavitt.</span></div>Haven and Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029885874446063484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129826623364810684.post-29814388454391078362011-01-25T08:53:00.000-08:002011-01-25T09:03:35.336-08:00A Harbinger...Once upon a time, there were two young ladies, born and raised in the arctic. Many long, cold nights gave way to a passion for time-consuming crafts and woolen wares. Alone Together sprung from their mutual affection for knitting.<br /><br />On Ravelry:<br /><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/lidped">Lidped</a><br /><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/people/havenaht">Havenaht</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129826623364810684.post-5463747646447353172010-11-06T14:43:00.000-07:002011-01-26T21:46:25.859-08:00Man Hat Here<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">A no-fail hat, perfect for the man that is hesitant to wear knitwear. Both yarns are super soft for their ever-so-sensitive heads. Makes a fairly large hat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Needles</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">: 16” US Size 8 (5.0mm) circular needle, 4 US Size 8 (5.0mm) double pointed needles.</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Yarn</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">: Plymouth Yarn Baby Alpaca Grande or Malabrigo Yarn Chunky, one skein of either.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">CO 64 stitches using a long tail cast on. (For smaller or larger sizes, add or subtract CO stitches in multiples of 8, or change yarn size.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Round 1: *k1, p1*</b> repeat between *’s until the end of the round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Round 2</b>: knit around</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Repeat until hat measures 7”, ending with a Round 1. Divide stitches evenly onto double pointed needles and begin decrease rows.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Decrease Rounds</b>:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">1: *k6, ssk* repeat between *’s to end of round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">2: *k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1* repeat between *’s to end of round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">3: *k5, ssk* repeat between *’s to end of round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">4: *k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1* repeat between *’s to end of round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">5: *k4, ssk* repeat between *’s to end of round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">6: *k1, p1, k1, p1, k1* repeat between *’s to end of round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">7: *k3, ssk* repeat between *’s to end of round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">8: *k1, p1, k1, p1* repeat between *’s to end of round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">9: *k2, ssk* repeat between *’s to end of round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">10: *k1, p1, k1* repeat between *’s to end of round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">11: *k1, ssk* repeat between *’s to end of round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">12: *k1, p1* repeat between *’s to end of round.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">13: *ssk* repeat between *’s to end of round.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Eight stitches remain. Break thread, leaving around 8” of yarn. Pull through remaining 8 stitches with a tapestry needle. Weave in ends.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Pattern copyright Haven Leavitt 2010. This pattern is for personal use only. By using this pattern, you agree to use it only for your personal non-commercial use. You may not distribute this pattern in any way, but you may sell items produced using the directions in this patten</span>.</span><br />
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