Free Optimistic Mitt Pattern « For Making's Sake. OK, This is kind of a moment for me.
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Size: one size Materials: 2 balls of Merino 5, superwash merino from Crystal Palace Yarns in Charcoal set of DPN ( double pointed needles) size 5 Darning needle for finishing scrap for contrasting yarn for making thumb 2 medium sized buttons Gauge: 6 Stitches per inch on size 5 needles ( 3 3/4 mm) with Stockinette stitch Abbreviations: K -Knit P-Purl K2tog – Knit two together Body of Gloves Make 2. With size 5 needles, cast on 45 stitches Divide on three DPNs, join and work in round Row 1: *K2, P1* 15 times to complete row Row 2: Knit all stitches Repeat rows 1 and 2 (17 times) Top Cuff Thumb bind off Finishing. Mary Jane Slippers. When I was seven I relished any chance I could get to wear my black patent leather Mary Jane's.
No event was too insignificant! Now I like to shuffle around my apartment in these knit slippers reminiscent of the classic style. Some historical perspective: Mary Jane was sister to Buster Brown, star of the early 20th century comic, Buster Brown. The Brown Shoe Company licensed the names and characters of the strip and made Mary Jane Shoes what they are today. Cute and sassy! Enjoy! Materials I kept these slippers pretty simple, but they'd also be really cute modified for a button or decorated with a knit flower. Gauge 5 stitches = 1 inch in garter stitch Size Fits medium size woman's foot (shoe size 7-9) Pattern Make the Sole Note: If you slip the first stitch of every row, it will be a little bit easier to pick up stitches later.
Cast on 8 stitches. Magazine > issues > fall 2008 > patterns > art deco > directions. Abbreviations Please see our standard list of abbreviations.
Pattern Notes This piece is worked in two separate pieces: first the two sides are worked from outside ends into the center, then a diamond panel is worked using k2togs, ssks, and cdds to join the live stitches from the two sides seamlessly together. This piece uses both hemmed edges and a slipped stitch rolled edge. The twisted stitch cable has twisted stitches on both the RS and the WS. This yarn grows tremendously after blocking. Stitch Patterns Edge stitch pattern Row 1 (RS): beg of row: sl1k, sl2p; end of row: k3Row 2 (WS): beg of row: sl3p; end of row: p3 Woodgrain panel Row 1 (RS): kfb, k12, cdd, k11, kfb, k1 Row 2 (WS): purl across Cable panel (Adapted from Elsebeth Lavold’s ‘Wide Panel with Little Lattice’ in Viking Patterns in Knitting) Worked from chart.
Sides Using Crochet chain provisional cast on, CO 63 sts Work 8 rows stockinette, starting with a knit row (slip first stitch of every row) Joining the two Sides Finishing. Pocket Book Slippers. Magazine > issues > fall 2008 > patterns > art deco > directions. Mary Jane Slippers. Krissie - Cable Leg Warmers.