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Free Neck Warmer Pattern

Posted on February 16, 2012 by | 4 Comments

 

Free neck warmer PATTERN

The free Baby Neck Warmer pattern can easily be adapted to make bigger neck warmers. This one is for a full grown gentleman with a rather wide neck. I cast on 66 sts with 3mm needles, for each “flap” , increased 1 st in each side, as stated in the pattern so there are 66+66+2+2 = 136 sts in the collar itself.

A crochet cardigan

A very nice woman gave me this, many years ago:  The back and one front piece were finished, and the second one was about 1/3 done. There is not pattern to follow. I’m going to finish this now. The second front piece is almost done, it’s very quick work and it is easy to follow the shape of the first one. The crochet pattern is pretty, but a bit to sweet for me, for a whole sweater. I’m thinking about combining knitting and crochet.  Ribbed sleeves, pockets, and collar – if I have enough yarn that is. I have no idea what brand of yarn this is. It feels like wool and it’s not very soft.

Perhaps the combination will be hideous, what do you think?

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Mundane Knitting in the Rain

Posted on February 8, 2012 by | 2 Comments

The brown cardigan is ready, but unblocked and missing the snaps (they are not sold in the village and I want to choose them myself). So buying them will wait a bit, until I go to Reykjavík (the capital) in two weeks. I will probably post a photo sooner though, when I remember to block it, that is.

I’m knitting the most mundane of items, a neckwarmer. In grey. So it’s really not worth a photo, at least not until it’s finished. Perhaps I’m just tired and lazy today…

It raining really hard so here are some rain photos for you:

Rain

Regn

Grátt á gráu

Today's rock picture

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Steeking Tutorials

Posted on January 30, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The brown sweater is now a cardigan. I had of course been planning this from the beginning, hence the two purled stitches running up the front.

Sure enough, I have some finishing to do, and the recipient has not decided if she wants a hood or not – but the steeking is done.

I  usually secure the steek with a sewing machine:

I like to sew twice on each side – that is four seams in all.

Not very exact as you can see, but that doesn’t really matter.

What matters is that at least one seam on each side is very close (but NOT sewn into) the knit stitches.Use small stitches and go slowly.

Cut slowly and carefully in between the two sets of stitches (right up the middle).

And we have a cardigan!

There are many other (and better) steeking tutorials out there. Here is a list of some of them:

Hélène Magnússon Steek With Me 1

Hélène Magnússon Steek With Me 2

The Knitting Harpy – Steeking

Steeking – Sewn Reinforcement 

Crocheted Steek Tutorial 

Hand Sewn Steek

Crocheted Steek

Steeking is easy and fun – not scary at all, once you try it.

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Baby One More Time

Posted on June 10, 2011 by | Leave a comment

This dress is no longer a dress. Not for my daughter anyway.

It’s more of a awkward in between ting, and the sleeves are way to short.

The Knit Dress - Prjónakjóllinn

There were also two rather prominent joins in the front, that have always bothered me.

It was the first time I tried the russian join and it proved much more visible in this yarn and at this relatively loose gauge, than I thought it would be.

So now I’m doing a bit of recycling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m going to rip out the cabled bit and a good bit from the stocking stitch part of the body (the dress was knit top down so it’s easy) all they way up to the ugly joins. That way I’m rid of the forever!
Then I’m going to knit a very long twisted rib section instead.

The same goes for the sleeves, rip out the bottom cables (they were always on the tight side anyway) and add a extra long twisted rib cuffs instead.

The top part still fits so no alterations are needed there.

I haven’t forgotten the white cardigan though. I’m knitting it back and fourth, no steeking this time. I did this with this little cardigan:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and I liked how soft and pliable the front edges were without the stitches necessary to secure the steek.

But it is undeniably slower.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knitting in the round, not having too look at the work during the single color sections, is significantly faster than either purling back or knitting back from the left.

But I think it’s worth it, when I’m working with very fine and light yarn.
At least I still do, perhaps I’ll change my mind when I’m further along…

 

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Baby and a cardigan

Posted on January 29, 2011 by | 3 Comments

Who are you?

Smile

I made this sweater for my new grandson for Christmas. I finished it just in the nick of time – but it turned out quite all right. I took some modeled pictures of it last week when I spent a few days with him, his big sister and their parents.

I realize that you can’t see much of the actual garment in the pictures – bu who cares about a stupid cardigan when you look at this adorable face?

If anyone wants to know: the pattern is Easy Baby Cardigan from Knitting pure and simple. The yarn is Rowans pure wool DK. I used over-sized snaps instead of the suggested ties and the parents really like that,

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A Felted Hat, Ready for Embellishment

Posted on October 6, 2008 by | 2 Comments

Björg 2, originally uploaded by Harpa J.

Size : Dömu medium
Yarn : Ístex Plötulopi (Icelandic unspun lopi. 1 plata (eða afgangur) af munsturlit, 2 plötur aðallitur (reyndar þarf bara rétt rúmlega eina plötu). Lopinn er prjónaður tvöfaldur (þ.e. tveir þræðir eru prjónaðir saman). Hér er sýnt hvernig gott er að vinda upp úr plötunum (að vinda í rjúpu). Textinn er á sænsku en myndirnar eru mjög skýrar.

Prjónar : 6mm (US 10), hring og sokka eða tveir hringprjónar (nú eða einn langur sveigjanlegur) ef þið viljið nota the magic loop aðferðina.

Aðferð : Fitjið upp 97 lykkjur með munsturlitnum a hringprjón og tengið þær í hring. Setjið merki við upphaf hringsins. Prjónið átta umferðir brugðnar. Skiptið yfir í aðallitinn og prjónið 27 cm slétt (mælt frá uppfit).

Úrtakan :
* 11 sléttar, 2 saman*
Prjónið 3 umferðir.
* 10 sl, 2 saman*
Prjónið 3 umferðir.
* 9 sl, 2 saman*
Prjónið 3 umferðir.
* 8 sl, 2 saman*
og svo framvegis þangað til *K2, 2s´* ( þegar ummálið verður og lítið fyrir hringprjóninn er skipt yfir á sokkaprjóna eða magic loop aðferðina.)
Prjónið 1 umferð
*1sl, 2 saman*
Prjónið 1 umferð
*2 saman, 2 saman*
Prjónið 1 umferð
*2 saman, 2 saman*
Þræðið garnið í gegn um allar lykkjurnar og dragið varlega saman. Gangið frá endum á röngunni.

Þæfingin.

Þar eru tvær stefnur í gangi. Þeir sem þæfa í höndum og þeir sem nota þvottavél. Ég nota alltaf vélina mína. Það getur samt sem áður endað illa og ég GET ALLS EKKI ábyrgst útkomuna úr þæfingu í þvottavél. Það er mikill munur á hvað vélar þæfa mikið. Vél móður minnar (electrolux) þæfir til dæmis mun meira en mín (siemens). Svo ég ráðlegg ykkur að byrja á stuttu prógrammi og lágum hita (40°C)og bæta frekar við ef það reynist ekki nóg. Það getur verið gott að nota stóra þvottaskjóðu til að vernda vélina. Vindið varlega til að komast hjá krumpum. Mótið húfuna á ykkar eigin höfði, eða á þeim sem á að nota hana ef hægt er. Höfuðstærð fólks er afar mismunandi. Ekki vera hrædd við að forma húfuna og taka á henni, þæfð húfa þolir heilmikið. Þurrkið húfuna alveg, gott er að láta hana standa ofan á þurrkara.

Skreytið húfuna að vild. Ég mæli með því að láta hana standa á borði eða einhverju álíka í smá tíma og sjá hvað hún vill. Þarf hún sterka liti og kröftugar línur eða hvíslar hún um grænt gras og fínleg blóm?

Ef þið þurfið að rifja upp útsauminn þá er mikið af sporum hér.

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