Thursday, December 20, 2007

12 days of Christmas

Redneck Style!

*waves to all the family back home*

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Baby Wrap Sweater - Updated with sleeve and edging edits

I started out making the Baby Yoda Sweater. By the time I finished the back, the entire pattern had changed in my brain and become a lovely frilly thing with ribbon ties and pink trim.
I'm just wanting to see what some more advanced knitters think of it... and if anybody has a baby girl to knit for I would be eternally grateful if someone would work it up and see how it turns out for them. I'm making it myself too, but as I wrote out the pattern as it appears here, of course it makes sense to me...

Supplies:
size 6 straight needles
size 9 straight needles
size 9 circular needles (optional)

Yarn:
1 skein Caron Simply Soft in MC (Chocolate)
1 skein Caron Simply Soft in CC (Baby Pink)
1 yard 1" wide ribbon to match CC yarn, cut in 2 peices of equal length.


Front Left
Using smaller needles, cast on 36. K Rows 1-4
Row 5 & all odd rows- K
Row 6 & all even rows- P
Row 32- P 34, turn
Row 33 and all remain odd rows- K
Row 34- P 32, turn
Continue decreasing 2 st each P row by means of short rows.
End with Row 56- P 10, turn.
Bind off 10 remain st on left needle knitwise and transfer 26 on right needle to stitch holder.

Front Right
Cast on 36. K Rows 1-4
Row 5 & all odd rows- K
Row 6 & all even rows- P
Row 33- K 34, turn.
Row 34 and all remain even rows- P
Row 35- K 32, turn
Continue decreasing 2 st each K row by means of short rows.
End with Row 56- P 10, turn.
Bind off 10 st and transfer remain 26 to stitch holder.

Back
Cast on 40. K rows 1-4
Odd rows 5-55 K
Even Rows6-56 P
After P row 56, turn.
Bind off 10 st, transfer 20 st to stitch holder, bind off 10 remain st.

Sleeves
Using larger needles cast on 40 in CC.
K 6 rows in 1x1 rib.
Row 7: *K2tog, repeat to end of row- 20 st remain.
Row 8: P
Switch to smaller needle and MC yarn for Row 9.
Row 9 (RS): increase one st at each edge.
Continuing in st st, increase one st at each edge every 4th row until there are 36 sts.
36 st will be on row 37.
Work straight to row 50.
Bind off.

Finishing
Sew shoulder seams.
Attach sleeves and sew up side seams and sleeve seams, leaving 1" gap in side seams even with corners where decreases begin on front panels.

Edging
Using larger needle (use circular needle if needed for flexibility) and CC, pick up 30 st on front left edge, Pick up 4 at the corner, move the 26 stitches from front left holder to needle.
Move the 20 stitches from back neck to needle.
Move the 26 st from front right holder to needle, Pick up 4 at the corner pick up 30 st from front right edge.
This leaves 140 st on needle.
P back to starting point.
K in front and back of each st.
K 6 rows in 1x1 rib.
Bind off loosely.

Attach ribbon by sewing on even with where decreases began on front panels.
Pull free end of right ribbon through gap on left side.
Layer left side over right and tie ribbons in back.