Ruffle Yarn Scarf On Knifty Knitter

The yarn in the photo is Broadway made by Knitting Fever.  It was made on the blue round Knifty Knitter.

Blue Knifty Knitter
1 Ball Broadway

We marked the pegs that were going to be used.  You will be using 8 pegs for the yarn, but skip every other peg so this will be spread over 16 pegs. 

When you open the yarn you will see it has a mesh like appearance.  using the NON-metallic edge you will put 1 hole over each of the 8 pegs being used.  You do not need to wrap.  After doing those 8 pegs you will turn and go over those 8 pegs so you have 2 strands on each peg.  Unlike the usual times you won't slip each edge stitch.  When you get to the end of the 8 pegs the second time take the hook and work the yarn as usual.  You do this for all the rows until you are near the end of the ball.  Then take a crochet hook and put the strand on the end peg on the hook and the next hole on the yarn on the hook and chain it off.  do this again with the yarn and then go to the peg.  Two times with the yarn and then the peg.  Repeat until you are done with the pegs.  Pull the yarn through the loop and weave in your ends. 

All Is Well

All is going well.  Have gotten a couple knitting projects (mosaic hat & cowl) done in the past week.  Started planning for my DAR American Heritage projects.  Loving that the LYS has moved to within a mile from home.  My 3rd project for the Ravellenics is going along.  Have hit a hitch, but am working it out.  Now just waiting for the landlord to come and check on a problem.  How much better can things get?

Kathleen's Newborn Grandbaby Socks

I came up with the following pattern after my APRN commissioned me to make a pair of socks for her Grandson to be. You will notice that there are 3 socks in the photo. I was trying to get somewhat matching socks.
I used a Regia 4-ply and US2 DPN.  These came out just right for a newborn.
The remnant yearn from an adult sock was enough to make a pair of baby socks.

Cast on 32 stitches and split evenly on each needle and join in the round.

Cuff and Leg
K1,p1 rib for 1" (11 rounds for me).
St st 1" (13rounds for me) to heel flap.

Heel Flap
Put 8 sts each on Needles 1 & 3 and 16 sts on Needle 2. Work over the 16sts.
Round 1: *Sl1, K1* rep across row
Round 2: Sl1, P to end of row Rep for 17 rows ending on S1, K1 row

Turning Heel
Row 1: Sl1, K8, ssk, K1, turn
Row 2: Sl1, P3, P2tog, P1, turn
Row 3: Sl1, K4, ssk, K1, turn
Row 4: Sl1, P5, P2tog, P1, turn
Row 5: Sl1, K6, ssk, K1, turn
Row 6: Sl1, P7, P2tog, P1, turn
Row 7: Knit
Pick up 7 sts along side, Knit across 16 instep sts, Pick up 7 sts.
Redistribute sts so Needles 1 & 3 have 12 sts each and Needle 2 has 16 sts (40 sts)

Gusset
Row 1: Knit
Row 2: NEEDLE 1: K to last 3 sts, K2tog, K1
            NEEDLE 2: K across
            NEEDLE 3: K1, ssk, K to end Repeat until back to 32 sts (total of 8 rows)

Foot
Knit until foot is a total length of 2" from back of heel to where you currently are (including Heel turn, Gusset, and Foot, 21 rows).


Toe Decrease:
Row 1: NEEDLE 1: K to last 3 sts, K2tog, K1
            NEEDLE 2: K1, ssk, K to last 3, K2tog, K1
            NEEDLE 3: K1, ssk, K to end row
Row 2: Knit Decrease until down to 8 sts


Kitchener Stitch sts together With a tail of yarn Take a needle and
1: Slide the needle through the first stitch on front needle as if to knit and that stitch comes off the needle.
2: Now slide the needle through the next stitch on the front needle as if to purl and keep it on the needle.
3: Next slide the needle through the first stitch on back needle as if to purl and that stitch comes off the needle.
4: Lastly slide that needle through the next stitch on back needle as if to knit and that stays on the needle. Repeat those 4 steps until the stitches are all grafted and weave the end in.


I hope you enjoy this pattern.  If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

ISS Round 3 Packages

Well R and Me have gotten our packages from our Ravlery Partners for International Scarf Swap on Ravelry

Mine From Mocha Kitty

R's From Randcbowie

january reading

Wow, i have been doing quite the bit if reading. Since the beginning of the year, i have read:

KING OF THE ROAD....Alex Debogorski
THIRTEEN REASONS WHY.... Jay Asher
A HOUSE SHAKEN... Sam Markley

Pretty good for being not even 2 weeks into the new year.

Books

I have read a lot of books over th epast year. Some good, some not so good. Below are some of the books I have read. A lot are ebooks. My fave sites to get books are Barnes Noble, project gutenberg, smashwords, and internet archive. This list does not include anycraft or mental health books!

Sixteen Brides....Stephanie Grace Whitson
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children....Ransom Riggs
The Strange Case of Finley Jayne....Kady Cross
Smalley's Smirk.....William Vitka
All that is Beautiful.....Roxanne Tepfer Sanford
The Girl in the Lighthouse.....Same author
The Choice.....Suzanne Woodss Fisher
The Hunger Games Trilogy .... Suzanne Collins
The Call.....Merrill Gemus
Blood, Sweat, and Tea.....Tom Reynolds
The Story of My Life.....Hellen Keller
The Art of Candle Dipping .....Judy Alter
The Help.....Kathryn Stockett
Gods of Green Mountain ......V.C.Andrews
After Dark.....Bryan Lee
Scary Mary.....S.A. Hunter
The Front Porch Prophet......Raymond Atkins
Auschwitz.....Mikios Nyiszli
Freaks.....Tess Gerritsen
2012.....Ted Stetson
The Ripper's Brides.....Julia Vern
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.....Rebecca Skloot
Hide In Plain Sight.....Marta Perry
Plan B.....Joseph Finder
The Sudbury School Murders.....Ashley Gardner
Bubba and the Dead Woman.....C.L. Bevil
The Colorado Kid......Stephen King
Syndrome....Thomas Hoover
Roses.....Leila Meacham
Hysteria......Eva Gale
Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook.....Dinah Bucholz
Shapeshifters Craving.....Lee Pearce
The Traitor's Wife......Kathleen Kent
Puppy Dog Tales.....Alice V.
Backstory to Think Twice.....Lisa Scottoline
Think Twice.....Same Author


Well, that brings usfrom where we are back to the end of May. I don,t remember what I read befor ethat. The only reason I remember all that is because it was all on my Nook. Lets see what happens next year!

holidays

Ahhh the wonderfulntime of year. Well, looks like we have survived it. If entries start looking a bit wierd it's because i'm typing from a tablet. Yep, i have gotten up to the current. Things are going easier.


OH, and guess what? I AM NOW A MEMBER OF THE National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR)!!!!! I was installed earlier this month.

I Love Swap Partners and the Mail

So this morning I got my glass grinder back via FedEx.  It went out last week to be repaired and I have it back in working order.  This afternoon I got my package from KnidiotinHavre.  She spoiled me rotten.  Look below and you'll see all that I got.

Packages Coming in

THe latest round of International Scarf Swap is wrapping up and scarves are arriving to their new homes.  I got one today From h2oPaws.  It's a beautiful crocheted shawlette in beautiful fall colors.  I also got a nice shell, calendar, and ball of 100% silk yarn.

My roommate got a beautiful entrelac scarf from Summer-Cat on Monday.  It came with a beautiful hank of yarn.

Winging It

I have a new scarf pattern that I love.  I made it up at the end of last week.  I couldn't find a pattern I liked for the yarns I was working with and decided to just "Wing It" hence the name of the pattern.

With Yarn "A" Chain 252 or desired even amount.

Row 1: DC in second ch from hook and in each ch to end, ch2 turn

Row 2: With Yarn "B" DC in first DC  from hook, chain 1, skip 1 DC, and DC in next DC. Repeat across,  DC in final DC.   ch2 turn

Row 3:  Skip first DC and DC in first chain-one space of previous row, chain 1, DC in next chain-one space and repeat across.  DC in space between turning chain and the first DC of the previous row.  Chain 2 and turn.

 Repeat Row 3 until desired width (I did 4 times).

Last row:  Go back to Yarn "A" DC in all DC and chain-one spaces.  Tie off at end and weave in ends

I Failed to take a photo before packing this scarf off to go to it's recipient, but hope to get a photo eventually.  If you make this I would love to see your creations.