Tag: knitting pattern
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Currant Sweater
I started this sweater in my parents’ living watching Home Alone 2 and realized a little late I was knitting practically the same sweater my sister was wearing. Despite the fact that we aren’t actually twins, my sister and I dress more and more alike with every passing year. I stand by this sweater anyway.…
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Bicycle Sweater
I don’t know if this counts as an abandoned knitting project seeing as I never actually started it, but I did sketch it sometime back in 2013 fresh from a rainy day trip to Savannah. I went as far as dropping some squares in MS Paint, and then immediately forgot about it. Probably because the…
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The August Sweater
I’ve been wanting to knit something for my mom for a while (especially since I made a sweater for my dad last Christmas) and I finally got an opportunity when she stopped in front of a store window to look at a sleeveless knit top. It was a breezy design with an open gauge and…
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Scrap Yarn Pencil Skirt
My knitwear closet is a little top-heavy, so I decided to whip up a pencil skirt for a little professionalism. Luckily, a v-neck sweater I knit in February left me with four skeins of chunky beige worsted, although I wouldn’t usually be working with wool in the heat of a Georgia spring, aka first summer,…
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Braided Crop Top
Materials: Needles – US 8 – 5.0 mm Yarn – Knit Picks Shine Worsted, 5 skeins (375.0 yards, 8.82 ounces) in Peapod 3 Buttons Gauge: 10 stitches and 12 rows = 2 inches in ST Measurements: Lying flat Width – 14″ Length – 15.5″
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Cabled Hat
Size: Women’s Medium Materials Size 10 DPNs 120 yards of your squishiest, chunkiest stash yarn Gauge 9 stitches and 9 rows = 2 inches in 1×1 rib Pattern KTS: Knit 2nd stitch, leave on needle, knit first stitch, slip both stitches off needle. PTS: Purl 2nd stitch, leave on needle, purl first stitch, slip both…
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Braided Cable Scarf
Materials Yarn – Berroco Vintage Chunky Yarn in Tang, 4 skeins Needles – size 10 straight Gauge 8 stitches and 11 rows = 2” in Stockinette stitch Abbreviations CO – cast on sl – slip CN – cable needle H2B – hold to back H2F – hold to front BO – Bind off Patterns…
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Ribbed Circle Scarf
Materials: Yarn: Loops & Threads Cozy Wool in Harvest, 1 skein (90.0 yards (82.3 meters), 4.48 ounces) Needles: Size 11 circular Gauge: 6 stitches and 8 rows = 2 inches in 3×3 rib CO 96 Row 1: *K3, P3; repeat from * to end. Join in the round. Continue in the established rib pattern for…
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Simple Stash Beanie
Size: Women’s Medium Materials Size 10 DPNs 90 yards of your squishiest, chunkiest stash yarn (my favorite is on the right, Loops & Threads Cozy Wool in Harvest) Gauge 9 stitches and 9 rows = 2 inches in 1×1 rib Pattern CO 60 Row 1: (RS) K in 1×1 rib, join in the round Continue in…
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Big Sweater Smaller Sweater
There’s a picture of my dad that used to sit on my mom’s bedside table – in the nebulous lore that is my dad’s past, I would place it somewhere around the time he took a break from college and lived in Colorado, getting by teaching other sometime-college-students to ski. In this picture, he’s leaning…
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