Frosty Jr.

I decided Frosty needed a companion, but as I tried to design another snowman, Frosty’s teenage son appeared.  Hence we have Frosty Jr.
The left-handed pattern can be found here.
And the right-handed pattern can be found here.
Enjoy!!

Frosty the Snowman

This is my favorite of the snowman patterns that I have written this winter.

I have both left and right handed versions of this pattern.  Please note that it really doesn’t matter which version you use.  If you use the opposite pattern you will get a mirror image of Frosty.  The wind will be blowing from the left instead of the right, and the carrot nose will be slanted the other direction.
You can find the left-handed pattern here.
The right-handed pattern can be found here.

Snowman in Grandma’s Favorite Dishcloth Pattern

Here’s my pattern for a Snowman in Grandma’s Favorite Dishcloth.  I’ve enjoyed adding a crochet border on my Grandma’s Favorite cloths  I have written this as an option for this cloth.
I have written the pattern with both the left and right handed sections in one pattern.  I’m hoping it won’t be too confusing.  The pattern can be found here.

Snowman Pattern

Here’s the first of my snowmen patterns to share.  This one reminds me of a first grader’s attempt, but as I looked at the cloth later,  I thought he was still cute enough to share.

I’ve made directions for both left and right handed knitters.  I realize that it really doesn’t make a difference which pattern you would follow because there are no words.  The snowman’s arms are the only thing that will really change by following the opposite directions.
The left-handed pdf pattern is found here.
The right-handed pdf pattern is found here.

Let it Snow!

This really should have been a January or February entry, but alas it’s now almost the end of March.
Usually Eugene gets a dusting of snow at least once a year; sometimes we are lucky to even get a few inches - but not this year.  For the past three months I’ve been knitting the only snow I’ve seen this year. 
The snowflakes -





The snowmen – this was a KAL through Kris Knits blog starting here

These last snowmen are my patterns which I will post over the next few weeks -
Snowman -

Snowman in Grandma’s Favorite -

Frosty Jr. -

and Frosty -

Cables – My First Attempt

I joined another KAL group at the end of October – Rachel Knitting Room Group.  This was our November KAL.  I’ve never done cables before, but after doing this dishcloth/hotpad – I’m not afraid any more.  I’m actually excited about making something with cables.

Happy 2010

My life story is being a bit behind lately.  Anyway here’s the January Monthly Dishcloth KAL.
Here’s wishing everyone a happy new year!

December Cloths

I decided to post all the cloths I knitted in December.  I’ll start with the last ones I did, which were the December Mid-Month Dishcloth KAL.  As I started knitting I saw what looked like leaves appearing, so I knitted this in green.  (Sorry the picture is a bit blurry)

After knitting this, I discovered the title was Vegas Fountains so I decided to knit it again using blue for water.

The rest of the cloths I knitted in December are Christmasy.  This is the December Monthly Dishcloth KAL (from the first of December).  This is called Wrapper Cloth.

I forgot about this angel.  It was November’s Mid-Month Dishcloth KAL.

I found this pattern on the Mason-Dixon blog and decided to try it with a variegated yarn.

This is called Shades of Christmas and was shared with the Monthly Dishcloth KAL group by Janet Nogle.

Someone in one of my knitting groups did this Christmas cloth in stripes yarn.  I loved it so much I decided to do one also.

A feather and fan in variegated yarn.

Grandma’s favorite with a crocheted border.

Another Grandma’s favorite with crocheted border.  The stripe was inspired by the above Wrapper Cloth.

Homemade Christmas Presents

I only made a couple of presents this year. 
I fell in love with this hat pattern and love it even more now that I made it.   This was made from a yarn called “Poems” by Wisdom Yarns.  I love the long color stripes.

This hat is titled “bobble hat.”  The pattern is found here - http://yarndemon.googlepages.com/bobblehat

With some of the left over yarn I made this headband.
 
This pattern calls for a bulky yarn, but it was written so well that I was able to convert it to a worsted weight very easily.
The pattern for the headband is found here - http://neekaknits.blogspot.com/2009/12/blue-leaf-headband.html

Christmas Tree Dishcloth

This is the November Monthly Dishcloth KAL. It was a nice simple cloth to do. It has gotten me excited about other Christmas dishcloths that I want to do.

Log Cabin Dishcloth

Here is the October mid-month Monthly Dishcloth KAL. I really enjoyed doing this KAL - especially because I had not a clue what I was knitting, which was front or back until I finished the peak of the roof. Then it was, Oh, it's a log cabin!
I knitted this one twice. Once reading the pattern forwards, and again reading it right to left.

A Dish Monkey

I've been missing in action a bit lately. Lance updated the computer with Windows 7 and I'm totally lost on it now. I have no idea how to edit photos or for that matter upload them.

Here's my Monthly Dishcloth KAL for the beginning of October - I knitted this with size 5 needles.
This next monkey was knitted with size 4 needles - the cloths only differ in size by about 1 inch. (Editing photos, i.e. cropping this picture is still something that I can't do. I don't know what program use yet. Hmm, I don't like change.)

Amber has been wanting a cloth and has picked the darker brown monkey as one of her favorites.

Happy Halloween

I thought I'd post a picture of Amber and me dressed up for a Halloween party and then my Halloween dishcloths that I've been working on this month.
I didn't get a picture of the side of my face, where I tried to draw a spider's web and spider.
A bat -

Skull and crossbones -

Illusions candy corn -

My skull and crossbones pattern -

Frankenstein -

Skull and Crossbones

I've been wanting to share some of my patterns on my blog, but have been waiting to figure out how to share them in a pdf file. Well, I've not figured that out yet and just decided to post it straight on the blog. I also need some photography lessons, so that I can get a better picture of this dishcloth.

I've been working on Halloween dishcloths and wanted a skull and crossbones. So Monday I wrote the pattern and then knitted it up. I'm pleased to share this with everyone who's interested.

Skull and Crossbones Dishcloth
by Miriam Giles

Materials:
White cotton yarn - 2 oz
Size #4/(3.5 mm) needles

Finished Size - 8 ½ by 9 inches

Pattern:

CO 45 stitches

Row 1: (K1, P1)* repeat * across, end k1
Row 2: (K1, P1)* repeat * across, end k1
Row 3: (K1, P1)* repeat * across, end k1
Row 4: (K1, P1)* repeat * across, end k1
Row 5: (K1, P1)* repeat * across, end k1
Row 6: (K1, P1)2X, P37, (P1, K1)2X
Row 7: (K1, P1)2X, K37, (P1, K1)2X
Row 8: (K1, P1)2X, P6, K2, P21, K2, P6, (P1, K1)2X
Row 9: (K1, P1)2X, K5, P4, K19, P4, K5, (P1, K1)2X
Row 10: (K1, P1)2X, P5, K5, P17, K5, P5, (P1, K1)2X
Row 11: (K1, P1)2X, K4, P6, K17, P6, K4, (P1, K1)2X
Row 12: (K1, P1)2X, P2, K8, P17, K8, P2, (P1, K1)2X
Row 13: (K1, P1)2X, K2, P9, K15, P9, K2, (P1, K1)2X
Row 14: (K1, P1)2X, P3, K9, P13, K9, P3, (P1, K1)2X
Row 15: (K1, P1)2X, K4, P10, K9, P10, K4, (P1, K1)2X
Row 16: (K1, P1)2X, P9, K6, P7, K6, P9, (P1, K1)2X
Row 17: (K1, P1)2X, K10, P7, K3, P7, K10, (P1, K1)2X
Row 18: (K1, P1)2X, P12, K13, P12, (P1, K1)2X
Row 19: (K1, P1)2X, K13, P11, K13, (P1, K1)2X
Row 20: (K1, P1)2X, P15, K7, P15, (P1, K1)2X
Row 21: (K1, P1)2X, K14, P9, K14, (P1, K1)2X
Row 22: (K1, P1)2X, P12, K13, P12, (P1, K1)2X
Row 23: (K1, P1)2X, K11, P7, K1, P7, K11, (P1, K1)2X
Row 24: (K1, P1)2X, P3, K2, P4, K7, P5, K7, P4, K2, P3, (P1, K1)2X
Row 25: (K1, P1)2X, K2, P4, K2, P6, K3, P3, K3, P6, K2, P4, K2, (P1, K1)2X
Row 26: (K1, P1)2X, P2, K11, P3, K5, P3, K11, P2, (P1, K1)2X
Row 27: (K1, P1)2X, K3, P8, K3, P9, K3, P8, K3, (P1, K1)2X
Row 28: (K1, P1)2X, P3, K7, P3, K11, P3, K7, P3, (P1, K1)2X
Row 29: (K1, P1)2X, K4, P5, K4, P11, K4, P5, K4, (P1, K1)2X
Row 30: (K1, P1)2X, P4, K4, P4, K13, P4, K4, P4, (P1, K1)2X
Row 31: (K1, P1)2X, K4, P3, K5, P13, K5, P3, K4, (P1, K1)2X
Row 32: (K1, P1)2X, P4, K2, P5, K15, P5, K2, P4, (P1, K1)2X
Row 33: (K1, P1)2X, K11, P5, (K1, P1)2X, K1, P5, K11, (P1, K1)2X
Row 34: (K1, P1)2X, P11, (K1, P1)7X, K1, P11, (P1, K1)2X
Row 35: (K1, P1)2X, K11, (P1, K1)7X, P1, K11, (P1, K1)2X
Row 36: (K1, P1)2X, P10, K2, P1, K1, P1, K7, P1, K1, P1, K2, P10, (P1, K1)2X
Row 37: (K1, P1)2X, K10, P1, K2, P11, K2, P1, K10, (P1, K1)2X
Row 38: (K1, P1)2X, P13, K11, P13, (P1, K1)2X
Row 39: (K1, P1)2X, K12, P13, K12, (P1, K1)2X
Row 40: (K1, P1)2X, P11, K6, P1, K1, P1, K6, P11, (P1, K1)2X
Row 41: (K1, P1)2X, K10, P7, K3, P7, K10, (P1, K1)2X
Row 42: (K1, P1)2X, P9, K8, P3, K8, P9, (P1, K1)2X
Row 43: (K1, P1)2X, K9, P8, K3, P8, K9, (P1, K1)2X
Row 44: (K1, P1)2X, P8, K10, P1, K10, P8, (P1, K1)2X
Row 45: (K1, P1)2X, K8, P21, K8, (P1, K1)2X
Row 46: (K1, P1)2X, P9, K2, P4, K7, P4, K2, P9, (P1, K1)2X
Row 47: (K1, P1)2X, K9, P2, K5, P5, K5, P2, K9, (P1, K1)2X
Row 48: (K1, P1)2X, P9, K2, P5, K5, P5, K2, P9, (P1, K1)2X
Row 49: (K1, P1)2X, K9, P2, K5, P5, K5, P2, K9, (P1, K1)2X
Row 50: (K1, P1)2X, P8, K4, P4, K5, P4, K4, P8, (P1, K1)2X
Row 51: (K1, P1)2X, K8, P5, K3, P5, K3, P5, K8, (P1, K1)2X
Row 52: (K1, P1)2X, P8, K6, P2, K5, P2, K6, P8, (P1, K1)2X
Row 53: (K1, P1)2X, K8, P21, K8, (P1, K1)2X
Row 54: (K1, P1)2X, P8, K21, P8, (P1, K1)2X
Row 55: (K1, P1)2X, K8, P21, K8, (P1, K1)2X
Row 56: (K1, P1)2X, P8, K21, P8, (P1, K1)2X
Row 57: (K1, P1)2X, K8, P21, K8, (P1, K1)2X
Row 58: (K1, P1)2X, P9, K19, P9, (P1, K1)2X
Row 59: (K1, P1)2X, K9, P19, K9, (P1, K1)2X
Row 60: (K1, P1)2X, P9, K19, P9, (P1, K1)2X
Row 61: (K1, P1)2X, K9, P19, K9, (P1, K1)2X
Row 62: (K1, P1)2X, P10, K17, P10, (P1, K1)2X
Row 63: (K1, P1)2X, K10, P17, K10, (P1, K1)2X
Row 64: (K1, P1)2X, P11, K15, P11, (P1, K1)2X
Row 65: (K1, P1)2X, K12, P13, K12, (P1, K1)2X
Row 66: (K1, P1)2X, P13, K11, P13, (P1, K1)2X
Row 67: (K1, P1)2X, K15, P7, K15, (P1, K1)2X
Row 68: (K1, P1)2X, P37, (P1, K1)2X
Row 69: (K1, P1)2X, K37, (P1, K1)2X
Row 70: (K1, P1)* repeat * across, end k1
Row 71: (K1, P1)* repeat * across, end k1
Row 72: (K1, P1)* repeat * across, end k1
Row 73: (K1, P1)* repeat * across, end k1
Row 74: (K1, P1)* repeat * across, end k1

Bind Off in pattern

Enjoy! Happy Halloween!

A pdf of this pattern can be found here.

Baby Hat Weekend

Since this weekend was conference, I decided to knit while listening all weekend long. I thought I'd try to use up my leftover bulky yarn. I was so excited to discover that I had enough yarn to knit one more hat in each color.
After finishing the goofy tri-cornered baby hats, I had just a tiny bit of the green and purple yarns left over. I wondered what would happen if I striped the two yarns. I was just barely able to make this tiny hat.

I absolutely loved the way it turned out! I want to buy both yarns in greens and purples again and make this hat in a bigger size.

Baby Shower Tonight

I've got a baby shower to attend tonight, so guess what I've been doing all week. Actually I bought the yarn on Tuesday, and cast on the pink one that night. The pink yarn is merino wool, microfiber, and cashmere. I have ripped out this little hat twice and back tracked many rows several times. I am disappointed in my work on this one and would like to try it again. Luckily I have just enough yarn to make one more, but not before tonight.
This pattern is becoming my old faithful. I like that it works up quickly in a bulky yarn. I absolutely love this yarn. It's 100% baby alpaca - just delicious!

Finally Caught Up

Since I joined the Monthly Dishcloth KAL at the end of March, I've been keeping up with the dishcloths as they've come along. In between time I've been trying to play catch up. Well I've finally finished January through March and their mid-months. This is March's Pot O' Gold.

I did a little experiment with the lighter yellow cloth. According to the pattern, the image is created on the right side of the cloth, with the wrong side being border then purling across. In the lighter cloth, I tried the pattern by creating the image on the wrong side with the right side being border then knitting. The difference is very subtle, but I believe that the image is stronger when created on the right side - as in the darker yellow cloth. The colors and yarns can fool one a bit, but I was able to feel a difference.

Playing Catch Up

For the past several weeks I've been trying to catch up on the February mid-month dishcloth. I am finally done with this one!! This is called Circle Cloth.