27 May 2011

Operation Fruit Bowl Continued

Almost to capacity on the fruit bowl!  Added in some great little nuggets over the past two days.  We now have cherries,
a mushroom,
and a radish.
Here are the patterns for the cherries, shroom, and radish.

24 May 2011

Operation Fruit Bowl Number...Something

So, I can't keep track of numbering the items going in the bowl.  And I'm going to post individual pics of the projects since the bowl is filling up and it's getting harder to see what's in there!  Today, I added a strawberry!

The pattern can be found here.  Eventually, I will upload pics of all (or maybe most) of my FOs (finished objects) because I've been working on some very cool variations of this juicy little berry.

23 May 2011

Operation Fruit Bowl V, VI, and VII

And the newest additions to the bowl: A lemon,
a lime,
and an acorn.
Here are the patterns for the lemon/lime and the acorn. Thank you Peachcake Knits and Carmen Rigby!

21 May 2011

Operation Fruit Bowl (III and IV)

Over the past two days, I did manage to knit up fruits III and IV for the fruit bowl...a pear
and a nanner!
Now I get to knit up some tiny stuff!  :o)
Here are the patterns for the pear and banana, again from Peachcake knits.

20 May 2011

Operation Fruit Bowl (Kinda)

Alright, I have this bowl on my kitchen table.  Very pretty...and very empty.  For Easter, it was full of eggs (Buona Pasqua!).  I was trying to figure out what to put in there for "ordinary days."  I had a giant olive I had knit, so I threw that in there.

Which looked a little lonely...and pathetic.  Surprisingly, vase fillers are apparently very popular right now.  Saw all sorts of junk you could throw in vases and bowls...cherries, lemons, limes, glass beads, potpourri, etc.  One little box of these doo-dads runs anywhere from 5-10 bucks.  Whatevah!
Anywhoop, I was knitting an apple for my daughter's teacher and thought, why not knit up a bunch of fruit?  So I knit an extra apple and chucked it in there, too!
Considering the olive (my fav), I figured I don't need to stick to fruit (hence the "kinda").  I'm hoping to have the time/energy to add something each day.  We'll see.
Here is the pattern for the olive and apple, if you're interested.

Seedy Cables Scarf

For those of you who knit...here is my very first pattern!  It can also be found on Ravelry.
Seedy Cables Scarf

Materials:
Red Heart Super Soft (Worsted weight) - Off White (1.5 – 2 skeins)
U.S. size 8/5 m.m. straight needles
Stitch markers
Cable needle
Row counter (optional)
Tapestry needle

Abbreviations:
Co = Cast on
Sts = stitches
K = knit
P = purl
Sl = slip
Cn = Cable needle

Size:
One size fits all...you can make it as long as you like.

Pattern:
Co 52 sts.

Work 8 rows in seed stitch pattern (see seed stitch pattern below).

NOTE:  The body of the scarf is worked in blocks of 8 rows.  Row 1 sets the pattern.

Row 1:  *Work 8 sts in seed stitch pattern (See seed stitch pattern, row 1, below).
Place marker.
Work 14 sts in wide cable pattern (See wide cable pattern, row 1, below).
Place marker.
Repeat from * once more.
Work 8 sts in seed stitch pattern (See seed stitch pattern, row 1, below).
Row 2:  Repeat 8, 14, 8, 14, 8 sts pattern set above using row 2 of the seed stitch and wide cable patterns below.  Continue in this manner through row 8.

Start back at Row 1 above and continue working in blocks of 8 rows until your scarf reaches the desired length.

After last block of 8 rows, work 8 rows in seed stitch pattern only.

Finishing:
Bind off loosely and cut yarn leaving a 6-inch tail.  Weave in all yarn ends using tapestry needle.

Seed stitch Pattern:
Rows 1, 3, 5, and 7:  *K1, P1; repeat from *.
Rows 2, 4, 6, and 8:  *P1, K1; repeat from *.

Wide Cable Pattern:
Row 1:  P5, sl 2 to cn and hold in back, K2, K2 from cn, P5.
Row 2:  K5, P4, K5.
Row 3:  P4, sl 1 to cn and hold in back, K2, K1 from cn, sl 2 to cn and hold in front, K1, K2 from cn, P4.
Row 4:  K4, P2, K2, P2, K4.
Row 5:  P3, sl 1 to cn and hold in back, K2, K1 from cn, P2, sl 2 to cn and hold in front, K1, K2 from cn, P3.
Row 6:  K3, P2, K4, P2, K3.
Row 7:  P2, sl 1 to cn and hold in back, K2, K1 from cn, P4, sl 2 to cn and hold in front, K1, K2 from cn, P2.
Row 8:  K2, P2, K6, P2, K2.

18 May 2011

If I Only Had a Blog

So I thought I would set up a blog.  Not really sure why yet and not sure I'll ever know.  Just seemed like a good idea at the moment for posting knitting patterns (should I ever get around to writing the ones twittering around my cluttered mind), thoughts, and art projects.  Maybe a new way of keeping people persons up on what I'm up to so they can (hopefully) keep up.  Whatever.  It's here, it's queer, get used to it.