Saturday, April 26, 2008

Baby Booties, Hat, Blanket

These one i made to my friend who just had her baby last month its was fun making it and i hope u all will also have fun to make it too

Baby Booties :

Materials:

Size 6 and 8 straight needles, 1 ball of wool in the color of Ur choice, scissors, large eye needle


With larger needles, CO 33 st. K 12 rows.

Begin decreases for instep:

Row 1: K 13, K2tog, K3, SSK, K across.

Row 2: P 12, P2tbl, P3, P2tog, P across.

Continue decrease pattern until 21 st remain.

Change to smaller needles. Work in K1, P1 rib for 12. Bind off loosely in rib. Sew back and bottom seams. Weave in ends.






Baby HAT:
Cast on 56 stitches. Work in Garter stitch (knit every stitch on every row) until there are a total of 48 rows (24 ridges). Bind off all stitches, leaving a long tail.


Fold rectangle in half lengthwise and use tail to sew seam. Seam is center back of Hat. At one open end of Hat, sew center front to center back at seam to make top of Hat. Bring center of each side in to meet at top of Hat and sew together. Weave in ends by threading each end into large-eyed blunt needle, then weaving the end through the knitted stitches.


Baby Blanket:
Material:
1 ball in color (7 oz) in the color of Ur choice , pair of needles , scissors, crochet hook any number



Abbreviation:
CO- cast on
K- knit
P-purl
SSK-slip slip knit
tbl- through black loop
tog- together

Friday, April 25, 2008

Hi to all Knitting lover's.
I was not at all in to knitting and crochet thought i loved doing all kinds of art until i had my son who is now three and half . I started knitting two years back and since i am knitting and it has become my part of work in my daily routine work .
when my Son was just a year old i moved to US (Chicago) and its was peek winter that's when we went to buy sweater for him it was so pretty and nice i felt like buying all of them from the store which is not possible at all :) , then in our apt complex we had a group of ladies who use knit and crochet i just happened to visit and liked it so much and decided to knit some thing for my son too ...
That's it from that time i have been knitting and love to do more and more variation in them
Here is some of my project which i am going to post it in my knit and crochet blog so all those who r still thing of to start knit can just do it

Bootees
Materials :
50g ball of Caron wool MC (any color),small amount of white wool (A)
pair each of US 8 knitting needles , pair of scissors and tapestry needles






Measurements:
to fit 3-9 months

Bootees

Upper part
with needles and MC cast on 57 sts
beg with a knit row, work on 6 rows in st st.
Dec row:
k20,k2tog,k13,k2tog tbl ,k20
P1 row.
Dec row:
K19,K2tog,K13,K2tog tbl,K19
P1Row.
Dec row:
K18,K2tog,K13,K2tog tbl,K18
P1 Row.
cont in this way Dec 2 sts in ever alt row until 39 sts rem.
P1Row.
Next Row K1,[P1,K1] to end.
Next Row P1,[P1,K1] to end.





Sole:
With pair of needles and A , cast on 13 sts . K 40 Rows . Cast off
knit wise.




To make up:
Join back seam of bootees , reversing seam on cuff . sew the sole
with MC take a cord of 36 cm long and thread through sts just below rib .
turn back cuff .
Make one more





Abbreviation :
beg- beginning, cm-centimeters, cont- continue, Dec - decreasing
K-knit, MC - main color, P-purl, rem- remaining , tog- together, tbl- through back loop, st st - stocking stitches
st -stitches

Thursday, April 3, 2008

BABY/KID SCRAF

Materials:
1 ball Grey(MC)(Caron),small amount of black wool(A), and white wool(B),
pair of 6mm (us 6)needles, scissors

Measurements:
to fit 1 to 4 years

BABY/KID SCARF

Rib pattern: K1,P1..... to end.

with needles and MC cast on 30sts
beg with a Rib pattern work on 10 rows.
continuing the scarf with pattern
Row 1 : K5, P1,K5,P1... till end .
Row 2: P5, K1,P5,K!.... till end.
work on 12 Rows .
*with A work on 4 rows following the pattern then change to MC and work on 12 rows and then again with A work on 4 rows
with MC work on 12 rows and with B work on 4 rows and again with MC work on 12 rows and with A work on 4 rows .**

continue with MC till the scarf measures .
repeat from* to ** and the by following the rib pattern work on 12 rows and cast off right side .