Silver's Sock Class These patterns are sized for the average adult foot, male or female, and will fit a very wide range of feet. Later in the patterns, you will be instructed to measure the length of the intended foot. This is where you will customize the length of the sock for a perfect fit. Socks stretch nicely, and thus unless you have exceptionally sized feet, fit should not be an issue... with the following exceptions: - If your foot is very narrow or small, you should knit on a needle size or two smaller for a tighter fit around your foot. - If your legs/ankles are large, cast on using a larger needle for more elasticity around the cuff. Please remember, these are not knitting patterns.
50 New Uses for Old Things With the passing of the holidays and the start of the New Year, many of us find ourselves wanting to do a little household tidying. Do you have a closet filled with items you no longer use? If you’re like us, it may include things like a box of faded t-shirts, a cache of cassettes with music from the 80s, and a few offbeat tchotchkes rescued from the second-hand store. Before you pull out those garbage bags, take a peek at all of the things you can do with your long-lost treasures. All it takes is a little inspiration to turn these seemingly useless objects into exciting conversation pieces of creativity. Use this list to find 50 upcycling ideas to get inspiration to start a project of your own. 1. Adult socks can find a new use as toddler leggings. 2. Chances are, you no longer have much use for that stack of old cassette tapes, let alone the cases that hold them. 3. Refurbish an unused dish rack to organize file folders on your desk. 4. Don’t toss last year’s eyeglasses! 5. 6. 7. 8.
Knitting - Working Knit Stitches Row One Toni Lipe: Hi, I am Toni Lipe with Toni's Design Studio. Today, we are talking about how to knit. Right now, we are going to talk about the knit stitch. We have cast on our stitches and we know how to hold our yarn properly and our knitting needles. So, let's begin the knit stitch. The first stitch, you will take your right-hand knitting needle and you will slide the needle under the first stitch on the left-hand needle so that they crisscross like this. Take the right knitting needle, slide it under the stitch on the left needle, take your yarn, wrap it around the right-hand needle so that it rests between the right and the left-hand needle and then pull the right-hand needle through the left hand loop and then pull that old stitch off the left-hand needle. There is a little rhyme that I used to teach eight-nine years olds how to knit and it goes along with the steps we have gone through. So, you go in from the bottom, throw the yarn, scoop the stitch through.
Faire des torsades sans aiguille à torsade Je profite d’un petit projet contenant des torsades, pour vous présenter une technique simple qui vous évitera d’utiliser une aiguille à torsade. En effet, cette étape un peu fastidieuse ralentit le tricot et m’a toujours fait traîner des pieds… Depuis que j’utilise la technique que je vais vous présenter, vous serez tout-terrain pour faire vos torsades ! Cette technique fonctionne si vous avez un petit nombre de mailles à torsader. Je l’ai testée sur des torsades de 2 à 4 mailles sans problème. Il vous suffit de faire glisser les « n » premières mailles, en les rattrapant dans le bon sens : vos mailles qui auraient dû être sur une aiguille à torsade sur l’avant du travail, vous allez les croiser derrière. Tout est expliqué sur la vidéo qui suit. Nota Bene : Depuis le brouillon de cet article, commencé le 25 novembre, KnitSpirit a entre temps mis en ligne sa version, qui propose une technique différente de celle présentée ici. Elise
Five Fresh Valentine's Day Traditions To Try Five Fresh Valentine’s Day Traditions To Try It’s been interesting to see the response recently to new traditions…there’s a real hunger right now to develop more traditions as a family, for a new couple just starting out, or just as individuals wanting to create a new sense of order and pattern in their lives. Valentine’s Day is a wonderful option–because I’ve never thought it should be “owned” by couples. There’s so much to do! Why waste it on the greeting card industry’s idea of what is fun? Let’s try something more fun, shall we? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Bonus Valentine’s Day Tradition: if you didn’t see my post about Valentine’s Day Advent Calendars, you still have plenty of time to make one–and they’re freaking adorable. Be Socialable, Share You Might Also Like Comments
Knitting in the Round" To avoid sewing seams, you can work in rounds using circular needles or double-pointed needles. Circular Needles To work in rounds, cast your stitches on one end of the needle the same as you would on a straight needle. Check to make sure that the cast-on lays flat and smooth and is not twisted. Knitting with Circular Needles: Figure 14a Double-Pointed Needles Evenly distribute your cast-on over three or four needles, keeping one needle out to knit with. Knitting with Double-Pointed Needles: Figure 14b In the next section, you'll learn how to add stitches to your work. Chaussette de laine adulte, Modèle de tricot Fournitures Matériel Aiguilles circulaire à tricoter n°6 Aiguilles circulaire à tricoter n°2,5 Consommables Laine pour aiguilles 2,5/3 Comment faire ? Pour une pointure 42 Tige de la chaussette Montez 44 mailles sur les aiguilles 6. Repérez le milieu du rang de montage. Glissez la moitié du montage qui doit être tricotée sur la pointe de l'aiguille, l'autre (celle reliée au fil de la pelote) reste sur le cable. Reprenez le tricot en rond avec l'aiguille adaptée à la laine, côtes 1/1. NB : le rang de montage doit rester bien "droit" sur les aiguilles pour obtenir un beau rond. Vous obtenez un premier 1/2 rang. Finissez le rang en tournant l'ouvrage. Faites une boucle avec le cable de la petite aiguille et tricotez la 2e moitié du rang. Vous obtenez des rangs tricotés en rond, avec la même aiguille : milieu d'un 1/2 rang : une boucle de chaque côté, avec le cable de l'aiguille. Récapitulatif Terminez un 1/2 rang, l'ouvrage est devant soi. Tournez l'ouvrage. Faites le nombre de rangs nécessaires.
Natural Room Scents The lengths people go for achieving uniqueness to their homes is incredible. Challenges nowadays aren’t that of making some bold design concept or an intriguing decoration, but creating an own natural scent for the room. The steps are quite easy in this regard. It only takes a few jars and in no time, you will have a powerful scent centerpiece you can use in your house or gift it away. • a bunch of fruit; • mason jars; • water; • candles; • a fridge; Add all of the ingredients you want your centerpiece to include – fruits, herbs, spices – into a Mason jar and fill it with water, leaving some empty space of at least ¾ inches at the top. Once this step is completed, remove the lid and add ribbon, a gift tag or any other embellishment you think gives your centerpieces a nice look. (image via theyummylife)
Double Knitting - Knitting Community Double knitting is the exception to many knitting rules. You can double knit a stockinette scarf, and it will lay flat instead of curling. Color knitting will be reversible, showing a negative of the image on the back of the work instead of floats. How is this possible? Cast on Cast on with double the number of stitches The cabled cast on is great for double knitting because it creates a flexible edge. Cast on with yarn held double You could also use the cast on of your choice, but with the yarn held double. How to Double Knit Single color double knitting instructions This is the easiest way to do double knitting Cast on an even number of stitches *Knit 1, slip 1 purlwise with yarn in front, repeat from * across the row Repeat stitch pattern on each row Bind off (using any method) Double knitting with one color in the front and one color in the back Bring both yarns to the front and purl the next stitch with only the contrast color Repeat these two stitches across the row
Apprivoiser la chaussette Ça y est, vous vous êtes décidé(e), vous allez vous jeter à l’eau et oser affronter la terrible chaussette (qui ne demande qu’à être tricotée par vous). Pour vous aider, j’ai puisé dans mes souvenirs de débuts en chaussette. Puisse cet article vous éviter certains déboires que j’ai pu connaître. Tout d’abord, il n’y a pas « une » façon de tricoter des chaussettes, mais plusieurs. Gâtez-vous ! Vous êtes sur le point d’entamer une aventure excitante ! Première chose, choisissez une très jolie laine à chaussette (type fingering) de belle qualité. Deuxième chose, le matériel. Concernant la taille des aiguilles : la plupart des chaussettes se tricotent en 2.25, 2.5 ou 2.75 mm. Alors quel modèle ? Liste de modèles gratuits, parfaits pour débuter : (mais je vous promets que vous aurez rapidement envie d’investir dans des livres de chaussettes! Evidemment, le premier réflexe c’est de se dire : « Ouh la ! Savez-vous combien de mailles il y a dans une seule chaussette de taille moyenne ? DonaKnits
DIY Unique Christmas Candle You can’t imagine a complete New Year’s Eve holiday without a decorative candle. You can choose from the many versions the downtown shops or malls offer, but they often lack the spirit and personality of a homemade one. So, make your afternoon a little bit more entertaining with this DIY candle. • white candles, not flavored ones; • a wick; • a glass or cardboard form, depending on what type of candle you are going to do; • additional materials, such as coffee beans, shells, cinnamon rolls, dried flowers and leaves, different cereals, dried lemon or orange slices, dried lavender; Now proceed to the process of making candles. Fill in the middle of the melted wax, placing a wick in the middle, attached to a toothpick for better fixation. The other method is by using a glass. Take advantage of some decorative materials out there and use special dyes.
Get Skilled: Knitting Stripes + Techniques, Project Ideas and Inspiration! by Kollabora | Blog post Now that you know how to cast on, knit stitch, purl and even do all of these in the round – we're going to throw another curve ball at you this week and challenge you to start knitting stripes with that yarn! Don't panic: we pulled together all the instructions and project ideas you need to get your stripe on right! Let's get started... Striped Right: From sweaters to socks to beanies – we're seeing loads of amazing striped knits that have us all kinds of inspired! How We Do It: Need a little bit of help getting started? Members Earning Their Stripes: Patterned sweaters, rad socks, enviable capes – our members are really killing it when it comes to the stripes projects! Reds, Pinks & Oranges by rililie Sah-rah's Striped Socks Einband Lopi Striped Scarf by Anný Ætiþistillsdóttir Crystal Cape by We Are Knitters Fortune Bay Sweater by Mercedes and Jane's Navy Blue Tank Top Let the striping begin!
Les chaussettes de la schtroumpfette : le patron Hello les filles ! Je me suis décidée à écrire la version française de mes chaussettes de la schtroumpfette. J’espère que les explications seront claires. Voici donc la « recette ». Pour monter les mailles, j’ai utilisé la technique de Judy Becker. Cette partie est identique pour la chaussette de gauche et de droite. Rang 1 : - Aiguille 1 : tricoter 1m, augmenter 1 m, tricoter jusqu’à ce qu’il ne reste plus qu’une maille, augmenter 1m, tricoter la dernière maille - Aiguille 2 : idem Rang 2 : Tout tricoter. Répéter ces 2 rangs jusqu’à ce que vous ayez 22 mailles par aiguille (un total de 44), en finissant par un rang 2. Les orteils anatomiques pour la chaussette de droite : - aiguille 1 : tricoter jusqu’à ce qu’il ne reste plus qu’une maille, augmenter 1m, tricoter la dernière maille - aiguille 2 : tricoter 1m, augmenter 1 m, tricoter jusqu’à la fin. Répéter ces 2 rangs jusqu’à ce que vous ayez 32 mailles par aiguille (un total de 64), en finissant par un rang 2. Pied : Talon : Tricoter 18m.
9 DIY Prescription Bottle Hacks You Haven't Thought Of 1 of 2 9 DIY Prescription Bottle Hacks You Haven't Thought Of 9 DIY Prescription Bottle Hacks You Haven't Thought Of by rozin.abbas from Creative Ideas in House & Home Page 1 of 2 You just went through a pretty nasty sickness phase. Here are nine DIY prescription bottle hacks you haven't thought of. 1. via Inspiration Relisation 2. via Lifehacker 3. 4. 5. via Instructables / MicahelRoss 11 Creatively Crafty Ways to Reuse Baby Jars Never miss a post! Join Diply Today Connect with a social network Sign In to Diply Sign into your Diply account with your social network Report Post Select the option(s) that best described why this should be removed from Diply.