Category Archives: Knitting
Baby Ripple Hat – Crochet Pattern
Adapted from Lyn’s Baby’s Round Ripple Afghan pattern Baby/sport yarn with an F hook makes a newborn-sized hat Round 1: Ch 4, join. Ch 3, make 13 DC in loop, join. (14 St) Round 2: Ch 3. *In 2nd st from hook, DC-Ch 2-DC (V-stitch made)* six times; DC in base of starting Ch 3, Ch 2, join. (7 V-stitches) Round 3: Sl St in first V-stitch space, chain 3, DC-Ch2-2DC in same space. *2DC-Ch2-2DC in next V-stitch space* six times; join. Round 4: Ch 3, 2DC-Ch2-2DC in V-space, DC … Continue reading
Single-Bed Machine Knit Sock Pattern
As I mentioned, I’ve been working on coming up with a pattern for socks I can make on my knitting machine without a ribber. Here’s the result! Download it here: Single-Bed Machine Knit Sock Pattern
My Latest Obsession
With nursing school behind me, I’ve finally found time to set up the hand-me-down knitting machine my mom gave me some 20+ years ago and start figuring out how to use it. As always, when I find something new to do, it takes my life completely over for a while, so knitting is pretty much all that’s been happening around here recently! Jeff the Great Enabler has cheered me on, sought out new yarn stores to take me to, and enthusiastically praised each item I’ve produced. I *do* love that … Continue reading
Evening at Home
A long day at practicum… I decide to ignore the huge writing assignment looming over me and spend the evening goofing off. I’ve been trying to learn how to knit socks. It’s a coping mechanism for dealing with my ever-advancing case of senioritis. I pull out my sock project and the cryptic unillustrated completely impossible to understand instructions, and start trying to make sense of them while simultaneously not poking out either of my eyes. I’m soon engrossed, my fingers tangled in what looks like a hopeless snarl of yarn, … Continue reading