knittinggranny54: August 2008

Sunday, August 17, 2008

practical potholders

these are really great potholders and so easy to make. they will be great to use up those little balls of cotton leftovers. this was a cal from Hooks_n_Needles. i plan on making more of these. they will go good with my housewarming package

Saturday, August 16, 2008

2009 Calander Picture - Lacy Vines cloth

i was asked by Janet Nogle to test knit a cloth for the up comming 2009 calander. i was thrilled here is a pic of it. alot of talented ladies are designing the cloths and adding advise here is the site to the calander

http://2009knittingcalendar.blogspot.com/

this is a really easy pattern to do i plan on using it again for alot of things it is marked a a fav of mine.

christmas stocking

here is a pattern that amanda and designed for christmas stocking. we are working on several more designs. we make a great team she does the drawing and i do the knitting.

Christmas Stocking
size 7 us needles
use a solid color
first and last 3 stitches = B3
seed stitch = knit the purl stitches and purl the knit stitches

rows 1 - 3 seed stitch
row 4 - B3, Purl across, B3
row 5 - B3, Knit across, B3
row 6 - B3, Purl across, B3
row 7 - B3, Knit across, B3
row 8 - B3, Purl across, B3
rows 9,11, 13 &15 - B3, K8, P19, K5, B3
rows 10,12, & 14 - B3, P5, K19, P8, B3
rows 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 & 28 - B3, P8, K13, P11, B3
rows 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 & 29 - B3, K11, P13, K8, B3
row 30 - B3, P8, K14, P10, B3
row 31 - B3, K9, P15, K8, B3
row 32 - B3, P8, K16, P8, B3
row 33 - B3, K7, P17, K8, B3
rows 34 & 36 - B3, P8, K18, P6, B3
row 35 - B3, K6, P18, K8, B3
row 37 - B3, K6, P17, K9, B3
row 38 - B3, P10, K15, P7, B3
row 39 - B3, K8, P13, K11, B3
row 40 - B3, P13, K11, P8, B3
row 41- B3, Knit across, B3
row 42 - B3, Purl across, B3
row 43 - B3, Knit across, B3
row 44 - B3, Purl across, B3
row 45 - B3, Knit across, B3
rows 46 - 48 - seed stitch