What all the fashionable kids are wearing to the beach this summer!
Source: Stitchcraft No. 401.
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Gay, elegant, strictly for sophistikats… Designed to give morale a wicked whirl. Who knew that 1966 was the year that the Scotch Wool Shop would start using sublime messages to appeal to the growing number of closet lesbians?
Source: Stitchcraft, May 1966.
Tags: sew retro, the sixties | SR
To celebrate love day, I’ve designed a special cloth.
Just because I want to, and because I can! :)
Using 4mm needles and 100% worsted weight cotton yarn, cast on 12 stitches.
Wedge 1 use red yarn:
Row 1 & all odd stitches: K until last 3 stitches, P2, K1.
Row 2: K3, YO, K until last stitch, turn.
Row 4: K3, YO, K until last 2 stitches, turn.
Row 6: K3, YO, K until last 3 stitches, turn.
Row 8: K3, YO, K2tog, K until last 4 stitches, turn.
Row 10: K3, K2tog, K until last 5 stitches, turn.
Row 12: K3, K2 tog, K until last 6 stitches, turn.
Row 14: K3, K2tog, K to end of row.
Wedge 2 use pink or white yarn:
Row 1 & all odd stitches: K until last 3 stitches, P2, K1.
Row 2: K until last stitch, turn.
Row 4: K until last 2 stitches, turn.
Row 6: K until last 3 stitches, turn.
Row 8: K until last 4 stitches, turn.
Row 10: K until last 5 stitches, turn.
Row 12: K until last 6 stitches, turn.
Row 14: K to end of row.
This cloth is made up of 9 wedges. Begin with wedge one, then knit wedge two, then wedge one twice, wedge two, wedge one twice, wedge two, ending by doing wedge one once more. On the last wedge, you can either cast off on Row 14 or using kitchener stitch knit the last row and the cast on row together, making sure you have the right sides together. Then sew up the circle in the middle, sew in the loose threads and you’re done!
I based the cloth on the February Baby Wavy cloth. And you can make it to that pattern if you want the wedges to be shaped like petals all around. See the pic below:
And to make it even easier to print, I know how hard it can be to print from a blog, go here to download this pattern as a PDF file. :) Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.blogspot.com.
This Pattern makes a small cloth suitable for using as a baby washcloth, especially if knitted in a bamboo/cotton yarn.
February 2009
Baby Wavy Cloth
Using 4mm needles and 100% worsted weight cotton yarn, cast on 12 stitches.
Row 1 & all odd stitches: K until last 3 stitches, P2, K1.
Row 2: K3, YO, K until last stitch, turn.
Row 4: K3, YO, K until last 2 stitches, turn.
Row 6: K3, YO, K until last 3 stitches, turn.
Row 8: K3, YO, K2tog, K until last 4 stitches, turn.
Row 10: K3, K2tog, K until last 5 stitches, turn.
Row 12: K3, K2 tog, K until last 6 stitches, turn.
Row 14: K3, K2tog, K to end of row.
This cloth is made up of around 8 wedges, exactly the same. On the last wedge, you can either cast off on Row 14 or using kitchener stitch knit the last row and the cast on row together, making sure you have the right sides together. Then sew up the circle in the middle, sew in the loose threads and you’re done!
Come back the week before Valentines Day for a special LOVE cloth… :)
And to make it even easier to print, I know how hard it can be to print from a blog, go here to download this pattern as a PDF file. :) Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.com.
I decided to try making the january cloth a little different by using two different coloured yarns. It turned out awesomely, and if you want to recreate one for yourself all you need to do is knit two rows with one colour, two rows with the other…
Looks fantastic!
You can find a printable version of this pattern here: Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.blogspot.com.
Mr Sew-Funky has come up with a brilliant idea for me to design a cloth for every month of 2009. I think it’s very achievable and have decided to grab his idea and run with it!
Please let me know if you make it, I love seeing my cloths popping up all over the internet… :)
And so, without further ado, I present to you the January 2009 Cloth!
Mock Cable Cloth | January 2009
Using 6mm needles and 100% worsted weight cotton yarn, cast on 16 stitches.
Row 1: K1, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 2: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 2 stitches, K1, turn.
Row 3: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 4: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 2 stitches, turn.
Row 5: K1, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 6: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 4 stitches, K1, turn.
Row 7: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 8: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 4 stitches, turn.
Row 9: K1, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 10: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 6 stitches, K1, turn.
Row 11: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 12: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 6 stitches, turn.
Row 13: K1, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 14: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 8 stitches, K1, turn.
Row 15: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 16: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 8 stitches, turn.
Row 17: K1, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 18: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 10 stitches, K1, turn.
Row 19: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 20: K2, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last 10 stitches, turn.
Row 21: K1, *YO, K2tog, repeat from * until last stitch, K1.
Row 22: Knit across row.
This cloth is made up of around 8 wedges, exactly the same. On the last wedge, you can either cast off on Row 23 or using kitchener stitch knit the last row and the cast on row together, making sure you have the right sides together. Then sew up the circle in the middle, sew in the loose threads and you’re done! :)
You can find a printable version of this pattern here: Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.com.
So, I made some really neat christmas decorations for the swap using my most wonderful sewing machine, when I had a duh moment. They weren’t exactly “handmade”, which was a requirement of the swap. Aaargh! So I went back to the drawing board and wrote a knitting pattern for these wee christmas stockings. I love how they turned out, and these as well as the other sewn ornaments will be winging their way to my swap partners… I’ll post a pic of the little “owlaments” as soon as I get confirmation that they’ve been recieved. :)
An early christmas present for you, my wonderful blog readers;
Mini Christmas Stockings
Cast on 20 stitches onto four 3mm double pointed needles (7,7,6) using worsted weight cotton yarn. I used Anchor Magicline which is a self striping yarn, hence the randomness of colour on the little stockings… :) I like random!
Row 1: K
Row 2: P
Knit 16 rows.
Shape heel;
Row 1: K12, turn
Row 2: P4, turn
Row 3: K6, turn
Row 4: P8, turn
Row 5: K10, turn
Row 6: P12, turn
Row 7: K14, turn
Row 8: P16, turn
Row 9: K to end of round.
K 7 more rows and then shape the toe;
Row 1: (K2 tog) to end of round (10 stitches)
Row 2: (K2 tog) to end of round (5 stitches)
Break off the yarn and thread through the 5 stitches you have remaining. Weave in the ends of yarn to finish.
Enjoy!
Remember these cloths from yesterday… Well, I just sold them for $4 each. YAHOO! Having a little dance here!
Sometimes I get a little bored knitting the typical “granny’s diagonal dishcloth” and I also have a lot of half balls of cotton yarn to use. I decided to see what a striped diagonal cloth would look like.
This is an ordinary pattern using self striping yarn
I knitted a cloth up with magicline self striping yarn. It looks good. :)
Granny cloth with 2 different yarns…
I then knitted a diagonal cloth with 2 different yarns. One magicline self striping yarn and one plain DK cotton yarn. To keep the square shape and the uniformity of the pattern I used the below pattern:
Row 1: Knit both colours together
Row 2: Knit with just magicline
Row 3: Knit with just magicline
Row 4: Knit both colours together
Row 5: Knit with just plain cotton yarn
Row 6: Knit with just plain cotton yarn
Use these 6 rows and repeat until the cloth is finished.
I used this pattern which is widely available on the internet:
Granny Dishcloth
CO 3 sts
Increase Row: K1, yo (in the opposite direction – this prevents a hole when knit), Knit to the end of the row.
Repeat the Increase row until reaching a total of 43 sts. Knit 1 row even.
Decrease Row: K1, K2tog, Knit to the end of the row.
Repeat the Decrease row until reaching a total of 3 sts. BO all sts.
You can find a printable version of this pattern here: Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.blogspot.com.
In honour of finally getting the cast off my arm, I’ve designed a new cloth. I’ve called it the “Cast Off Twirl”, which should speak for itself!
Yay, I can knit again! Although I need to take it slower, or the pain comes back. Apparently I now have tendonitis, whatever that is…
Anyway, here it is, a new pattern from the sew-funky brain!
CAST OFF TWIRL
Materials: 1 ball worsted weight cotton yarn, size 4.5 mm needles. I used I used Anchor Magiclene for this cloth, which gave it a lovely effect. I also made it up by using the various cotton oddments that I have in my stash. It’s a great way to use them all up!
Instructions:
Cast on 15 stitches.
This cloth is made up of 10 wedges, all exactly the same. When you finish knitting a wedge, you just carry on knitting the next one. Then the edge is sewn together, the threads are sewn in and the cloth is complete. :)
Every wedge:
Row 1 & all odd rows: K.
Row 2: K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K to last st, turn.
Row 4: K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K to last 2 sts, turn.
Row 6: K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K to last 3 sts, turn.
Row 8: K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K to last 4 sts, turn.
Row 10: K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K to last 5 sts, turn.
Row 12: K3, YO, K2tog, K3, YO, K to last 6 sts, turn.
Row 14: Cast off 6 sts, K to end of row.
Repeat this wedge 9 more times, and then join the seams. :)
You can find a printable version of this pattern here: Free Dishcloth Patterns from sew-funky.com.
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