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Knitting Girls Lovely Laptop Snuggler Knitting Pattern. Library.ravelry.com/litlnemo/796/feltbook.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJNNSUP6J3RN4WZYQ&Expires=1372722789&Signature=vqYG5hclvNnXVL545z0WRNtA2%2BA%3D. Great last-minute gift! A pattern by Designated Knitter This pattern results in a bar of soap which is encased in knitted fabric – it should be a fairly snug fit.

Great last-minute gift!

As the soap is used, warm/hot water and agitation will felt the fabric around the soap, and it will shrink around the soap. You have both lather and scrubbing action, and the sweater keeps the soapy liquid from leaving a mess on the sink. (This pattern is the property of DesignatedKnitter and may not be reproduced except for one copy for individual use. If you otherwise print or distribute this pattern without DesignatedKnitter's written permission, you are stealing.) Abbreviation note: Kfb is Knit into the Front & Back of the stitch. Cascade 220 (or 100% wool, worsted weight which felts well. Size 8 DPN’sBar of Soap (Bath & Body Works Glycerin Soap or any soap you choose.)PATTERN Cast on 6 stitches on one DPN.Row 1 – Kfb, pick up new needle, Kfb 2, pick up new needle, Kfb, pick up new needle, Kfb2.Round 2 – Join, being careful not to twist.

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Wraps, blankets, etc. Cochet. Hands and feet. Belts and skirts. Scarves & shawls. 25 Free Beginner Knitting Patterns. Knitted Elephant Children's Toy (Free Pattern) Knitted Felt Bag Pattern. Total time required to knit and felt the bag: about 5.5 hours.

Knitted Felt Bag Pattern

I dry the bag overnight. If it is still damp in the morning, I put it into the dryer for a few minutes. 1Materials. What I have on hand is 1 - 4 0z. skein of Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Bulky, which was just enough to make this bag with none left over. The yarn is 85% wool and 15% mohair. Grocery Bag “Yarn

When people see the handbags some of us carry around they never believe that we’ve made them from regular grocery bags.

Grocery Bag “Yarn”

I bet I’ve been asked about 65,000 times in the last few years–”How can you possibly crochet with a grocery bag?” Consequently, this story has been told quite a bit, but never here on the blog. So, for those of you who’d like to know—this is how you do it. Take one innocent looking grocery–the thin, noisy kind–and smooth it out flat. Fold it in half lengthwise and smooth out again. Fold in half again, and smooth out. Cut off the bottom seam, and the handles at the top. Color Block Pillow. Easy Color Work: Some people are intimidated by working with different colors in the same row of knitting, but it's really not that difficult.

Color Block Pillow

All you need is a bunch of balls or bobbins of the different colors you are working with so you can leave that color yarn right where you need it. This makes for a cleaner back of the work than in stranded knitting. Materials: one skein Lion Suede in one color, plus 25 to 50 yards of two other colors (I used Mocha for color A, Denim for color B and Olive for color C) yarn bobbins (optional) one pair size 9 US needles scissors yarn needle one 14-inch square pillow form Gauge 14.5 stitches and 20 rows make four inches in stockinette stitch. Cable Phone Cozy - Knit a Cabled Phone Cozy. Keep Your Phone Cozy: Telephones that double as PDAs or mini computers are a lot of fun, but they're also kind of bulky compared to less well-equipped models.

Cable Phone Cozy - Knit a Cabled Phone Cozy

Knitting a cozy for your phone is a great way to protect it from scratches and to make it easy to find in a purse or briefcase. This cozy features a cool Braid cable, which looks complicated in the instructions but is really not that difficult, and it gives your cozy a cool look. Materials: 20 yards of bulky weight wool yarn or yarn of your choice (I used Valley Yarns Berkshire Bulky in Mistletoe) one pairs size 10.5 US needles one cable needle scissors yarn needle Gauge Sixteen stitches and 20 rows per four inches (4 stitches and 5 rows per inch) in cable pattern. Size Finished size is three inches wide and 10 inches long unsewn.

Instructions: Cast on 13 stitches. Cabled iPad Sleeve (Pattern) « haramis knits. As promised, I tinkered with the Kindle sleeve pattern, and now have an iPad version available.

Cabled iPad Sleeve (Pattern) « haramis knits

I should have anticipated that there would be a demand for the pattern in the first place, as right after I finished my Kindle sleeve, my friend Abbie, also known as The Green Wife, asked if I could make her one for her iPad. If I’d listened to her at the time, I would have had both patterns ready at the same time! Instead, I spent the last couple of days knitting one up for her, this time out of some lovely The Plucky Knitter Superwash Merino Worsted in Love Letters, and I dropped it off at her house yesterday.

She sent me some lovely photos of it today, so I can now share the pattern with her photography. Knitting Needle Vase. In its Place:

Knitting Needle Vase