Sparkley Knitting Needles: October 2006

Happy Halloween (early)

^^My "obsessed knitter" costume^^ :)

^^a little pumpkin with vine leaves.^^
Happy knitting and be safe!

Norwegian Rose/Star pouch pattern

The little pouch is really just the star pattern made twice, along with a little flap. I got the stitch pattern out of a book called "Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Knitting."

I couldn't find a chart that matched the star pattern I used. I didn't think scanning a copyright book was a good idea...
So I created a pattern for the little pouch--the only thing used from that book is the stitch pattern.

Here's my attempt at constructing a pattern
two colors A and B
A= background B=star color

US 7 or US 8 needles for worsted weight yarn

CO 25

row one Knit: AA BBBB AA B AAA B AAA B AA BBBB AA
row two Purl: AAA BB AA B AAA B A B AAA B AA BB AAA
row three Knit: B AAAAA B AAA B A B A B AAA B AAAAA B
row four Purl: BB AAA B AAA B A BBB A B AAA B AAA BB
row five Knit: BB AA B AAA B A B A B A B A B AAA B AA BB
row six Purl: B AA B AAA B AAA B A B AAA B AAA B AA B
row seven Knit: AA B AAA B A B AAA B AAA B A B AAA B AA
row eight Purl: A B AAA B AA BB AAAAA BB AA B AAA B A
row nine Knit: B AAA B AAA BBB AAA BBB AAA B AAA B
row ten Purl: AAA B AAAA BBBB A BBBB AAAA B AAA
row eleven Knit: B A B A BBBB A BBB A BBB A BBBB A B A B
row twelve Purl: A B AAA BBBB A BB A BB A BBBB AAA B A
row thirteen Knit: B A B AAA BBBB A B A B A BBBB AAA B A B
row fourteen Purl: A B A B AAA BBBB A B A BBBB AAA B A B A
row fifteen Knit: B A B A B AAAAAA BBB AAAAAA B A B A B
row sixteen Purl: A B A B AAA BBBB A B A BBBB AAA B A B A
row seventeen Knit: B A B AAA BBBB A B A B A BBBB AAA B A B
row eighteen Purl: A B AAA BBBB A BB A BB A BBBB AAA B A
row nineteen Knit: B A B A BBBB A BBB A BBB A BBBB A B A B
row twenty Purl: AAA B AAAA BBBB A BBBB AAAA B AAA
row twenty-one Knit: B AAA B AAA BBB AAA BBB AAA B AAA B
row twenty-two Purl: A B AAA B AA BB AAAAA BB AA B AAA B A
row twenty-three Knit: AA B AAA B A B AAA B AAA B A B AAA B AA
row twenty-four Purl: B AA B AAA B AAA B A B AAA B AAA B AA B
row twenty-five Knit: BB AA B AAA B A B A B A B A B AAA B AA BB
row twenty-six Purl: BB AAA B AAA B A BBB A B AAA B AAA BB
row twenty-seven Knit: B AAAAA B AAA B A B A B AAA B AAAAA B
row twenty-eight Purl: AAA BB AA B AAA B A B AAA B AA BB AAA

repeat these twenty-eight rows once more
--the following rows are all done in A--
2 rows in stockinette stitch

row -k2tog -knit to last three slip 1, k1, psso, k1

purl row

repeat the last two rows until you have 7 st

BO

fold knitted material in half and sew it so it looks like a pouch. one star should show on the front and the other should show on the back. The top part of the flap (where it meets the star) should match up with the edge of the folded pouch. sew the pouch edges.

add a button and a loop if desired.

it's not the greatest pattern- I hope it made some sense. I'm more of a visual person when it comes to knitting patterns. I'm sorry if there are any errors-- it took me a long time to type out the pattern on my slow computer.
basically if all of the letters in each row add up to 25 and the letters in the sequences can be written backwards and be the same thing, then there are no errors.

If you know what the pattern is supposed to be looking like, that will help to determine if the pattern is working fine.

I hope this helps.

It has been so long

I know. I'm bad. I haven't posted in so long. So many things have been going on, and I didn't get a a chance to blog. During my little hiatus, I managed to knit many items.

Knitty's Fetching

Made with Caron Simply soft in light yellow.

Made the buttons myself.

Knitty's Twiggy Tweed

Made with scrap orange and fuschia yarn

Lined with autum leaf print

Spiral crochet rounded-edge scarf.

Spiral not intended, but I think it looks cool

Made using variety of yarn, Caron, scrap, bouclé

Colors: Dark green, light green, bouclé, dark blue

Norwegian rose pocket pouch

Made using scrap yarn

Red and soft white

My very first pair of mittens

Made with scrap yarn

Juniper and yellow

My first successful Mobius strip

Knitted on circs and completely seamless.

Mobius Strip

Fall ribbon scarf

Made on Knifty Knitter

Case face: instrument case shield

I play viola

Made using knitting machine and variegated acrylic yarn

Floppy Market bag

Made using scrap yarn on vintage tube knitting machine

the squares of color are actually "puffs" of knitted material sewn into little discs. Think 30s yo-yo quilt.

Almost done with second sock to complete my very first pair!