How to Knit a Spiral Scarf | Sapphires-N-Purls: A Knitting Blog I've knit a few spiral scarves over the years, and they remain one of my favorite knits. How cool is it that your fabric begins to spiral right before your eyes as you bind off? And the best part - it is so easy to do! Also called a corkscrew or potato chip scarf, you can use just about any yarn and needle size you like. I do recommend using at least a 32 inch circular needle - you will start out with relatively few stitches and in the end will have hundreds, or even 1,000 stitches that need to fit comfortably on your needles. All you have to do is cast on a certain number of stitches, let's say 100. Now, knit some more plain rows - however many you knit before, whether it be two or three. Do another increase row, again doubling the number of stitches on your needles. Continue in this manner until you have roughly 800-1,000 stitches. When you are ready, bind off. Below is a video in which I knit the above scarf.
All Wrapped Up All of the snow we've been getting lately has inspired me to write a new pattern. I can't have enough headbands -- and this one has a bow! Description: A headband/earwarmer worked flat using short rows to accomplish shaping. Materials: Worsted weight yarn, approximately 150 yards. Needles: Headwrap: CO 80 stitches (cable cast on if you have a loose gauge like me) Work in a 1x1 rib for 4 rows Row 5: knit Row 6: purl until 5 stitches remain, turn Row 7: knit until 5 stitches remain, turnRow 8: purl until 7 stitches remain, turn Row 9: knit until 7 stitches remain, turn Row 10: purl until 9 stitches remain, turn Row 11: knit until 9 stitches remain, turn Row 12: purl until 11 stitches remain, turn Row 13: Knit until 11 stitches remain, turn Row 14: Purl until 9 stitches remain, turn Row 15: knit until 9 stitches remain, turn Row 16: purl until 7 stitches remain, turn Row 17: knit until 7 stitches remain, turn Row 18: purl until 5 stitches remain, turn Row 19: knit until 5 stitches remain, turn Bow:
Welcome to the Craft Yarn Council and Warm Up America! PUISQUE L'HIVER INSISTE... Lundi 11 mars 2013 1 11 /03 /Mars /2013 19:38 Je pensais qu'en mars, il était un peu tard pour tricoter des bonnets mais puisque l'hiver insiste... autant vous donner dès maintenant le tuto du bonnet downtonien... -80 g de laine mérinos anthracite "malmedy" (qui se tricote normalement en 3,5 /4) - aig circulaire (ou double pointes) 3,5 et 5 Monter 82 m (tour de tête 58cm) avec les aig circulaires 3,5 et tricoter 5 cm de jersey . Continuer avec les aig circ 5 en répartissant 20 augmentations (soit 4m/1 augm etc...).On a 102 m. Continuer en jersey en faisant une série verticale de trou-trous. Marquer une maille (peu importe laquelle si vous tricotez en rond, là où vous voulez placer votre ruban si vous tricotez avec des aig droites) Sur l'endr du travail, tricotez en jersey en faisant: 2m ens puis 1 jeté avant la maille marquée et 1 jeté puis un surjet simple aprés la maille marquée. Répéter ce rg tous les 2 rgs. A 32cm de hauteur totale, passez une laine dans les 102m ,tirez et faîtes un noeud.
a common thread blog: rag bath mat tutorial i’ll start my first post back with a finished project/tutorial! a few weeks ago, my boyfriend and i were planning to throw out this huge king size comforter. it was just so much fabric though, that i couldn’t bear to part with it. so it sat beside the doorway for about a week, before it came to me. rag bath mat. so, i bought the gigantic knitting needles - size 19! ripped the comforter, made yarn from the fabric strips, and knit it up into a mat for my bathroom floor! Before  After i followed the tutorial by cocoknits, but here’s what i did.i started by cutting little slits at every 1.5” increment. then, i ripped with my hands each strip until i had a whole bunch of strips. ripping with your hands is MUCH easier than actually cutting the strips, and more accurate too. it rips right along the grainline perfectly so you have very even strips…and it’s FAST. it also makes a very gratifying noise. then, put the first strip through the slit in the 2nd strip.
Funmigurumi And Kids Stuff Fall 2011 Cape is knitted with double strand throughout. With 2 strands of MC and scrap yarn, cast on 38 [40, 44, 46] sts using the provisional cast on. You can find a Provisional Cast On tutorial here. Set Up Row: Work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st, pm, k30 [32, 34, 36], pm, work last 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st. Next Row: Work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st, p30 [32, 34, 36], work last 4 [4, 5, 5] in Seed st. Increase Row: Work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st, * k2, increase; repeat from * to marker, work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st: 53 [56, 61, 64] sts. Increase Row: Work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st, * k3, inc; repeat from * to marker, work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st: 68 [72, 78, 82] sts. Increase Row: Work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st, * k4, increase; repeat from * to marker, work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st: 83 [88, 95, 100] sts. Increase Row: Work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st, * k5, increase; repeat from * to marker, work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st: 98 [104, 112, 118] sts. Weave in all ends.
knitty.com Loosely cast on 25 stitches. Work 5 rows in garter stitch (knit each row). Begin working lace pattern following either chart (and Pattern Notes) or written instructions below. VERY IMPORTANT: If you are knitting from the chart, it is imperative to read Pattern Notes before beginning! Row 1 [RS]: k3, ssk, yo, k5, [yo, k1] 5 times, yo, k5, yo, k2tog, k3 (31 sts) Row 2 [WS]: k3, p25, k3 Row 3 [RS]: k3, ssk, yo, ssk, k1, [k2tog, yo] 2 times, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, [yo, ssk] 2 times, k1, k2tog, yo, k2tog, k3 (31 sts) Row 4 [WS]: k3, p25, k3 Row 5 [RS]: k3, ssk, yo, k3tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k5, yo, k1, yo, k5, yo, ssk, yo, sl1-k2tog-psso, yo, k2tog, k3 (31 sts) Row 6 [WS]: k3, p25, k3 knitty.com WigUsing straight needles or one set of circulars, cast on 96 sts. Work in 2 x 2 rib until the piece is as long as the distance between the bottom of your chin, and your eyebrow (about 6.5"), ending with a WS row. NOTE: The extra stitches along the edge of the work will balance the width of the first and last ribs. Later on, when the bangs are added, these stitches will become parts of purl ribs. If more length in the main body of the wig is desired, work more rows at this point. Bangs With RS facing and using backward loop cast on, loosely CO 32 sts. If more length in the bangs is desired, work more rows at this point. Work Decreases Using diagram B below as a guide, rearrange stitches on needles and add stitch markers. NOTE: Decreases will be worked identically at the front and back of the wig. Begin decrease round by working decreases over bangs.