Rosie says, Happy Easter!
Day 3 -Final- April Challenge KAL
Final View of my cloth:
Day
3 You will be decreasing in the next
row – simply bind off stitches, as customary.
The last stitch should be slipped back on the right needle, [this is
noted in Row 1, then not included, in second bind off row…but continue the same]
… then follow directions for remainder of row –
Row
1: BIND OFF 5 st; slip last stitch back
on needle; [k 5, p5] x5
[50 st]
Row
2: BIND OFF 5 st; [p 5, k 5] x 4, p 5
[45 st]
Rows
3 and 5: knit 5, purl 5 to end of row
Rows
4 and 6: purl 5, knit 5 to end of row
Row
1: BIND OFF 5 st; slip last stitch back
on needle; [k5, p 5] x 4 [40 st]
Row
2: BIND OFF 5 st; [p 5, k 5] x 3; p 5 [35 st]
Rows
3 and 5: [k 5, p 5] x3; purl 5
Rows
4 and 6: [p 5, k 5] x 3; purl 5
Row
1: BIND OFF 5 st; slip last stitch back
on needle; [k 5, p 5] x 3 [30 st.]
Row
2: BIND OFF 5 st.; [p 5, k 5] x 2, purl
5 [25 st]
Rows
3 and 5: [k 5, p 5] x 2; p 5
Rows
4 and 6: [p 5, k 5] x2; k 5
Row
1: BIND OFF 5 st.; slip last stitch back
on needle; [k 5, p 5] 2x [20 st]
Row
2: BIND OFF 5 st.; p 5, k 5, p 5 [15 st]
Rows
3 and 5: k 5, p 5, k 5
Rows
4 and 6: p 5, k 5, p 5
Row
1: BIND OFF 4 st; slip last st back on
needle; K 6, P 5 [11 st]
Row
2: BIND OFF 4 st; p 7 [7 st]
Rows
3 and 5: Knit
Rows
4 and 6: Purl
Bind
off.
Hope
you enjoyed knitting this design – when you post a photo in your Yahoo Album,
also stop by Ravelry and post it there, so Cindy [pattern-designer] can see it
too!
Pattern
by Cindy Moore, 2007
More
of her designs are found at her blog:
FitterKnitter.LiveJournal.com
and
at :
Ravelry.com
DAY 2, April Challenge KAL
You
may be wondering, WHAT are we knitting??! I've been wanting to try
Entralac knitting - well, this is a copy-cat version and I love it! The
designer calls it her Entra-fake! Her site is below, if you want to
see how hers worked out. I will also post another photo of my cloth,
up to this point on our knitting page.
Let's knit!
If
your stitches are started to get crowded on your needle, hang on – today we end
increasing stitches!
2 views for what it looks like after today's rows:
DAY
2
Row
1: [k5, p 5] x3 -- TURN – Cast on 5 st [35 st.]
Do NOT Turn.
Row
2: [p 5, k 5] x 3, p 5
Row
3: [k 5, p 5]x 3, k 5
Row
4: [p 5, k 5] x 3, p 5
Row
5: [k 5, p 5]x 3, k 5
Row
6: [p5, k 5]x3, p 5
TURN, Cast on 5 st. [40 stitches]
Do NOT Turn
Row
1: [k 5, p 5]x 4, TURN, Cast on 5 st. [45 stitches]
Do NOT Turn
Row
2: [p 5, k 5]x 4, p 5
Row
3: [k 5, p 5] x 4, k 5
Row
4: [p 5, k 5]x 4, p 5
Row
5: [k 5, p 5] x 4, k 5
Row
6: [p 5, k 5] x 4, p 5, TURN, Cast on 5 st [50 stitches] Do NOT
Turn
Row
1: [k 5, p 5] x 5, TURN, Cast on 5 st [55 stitches] Do NOT Turn
Row
2: [p 5, k 5]x 5, p 5
Row
3: [k 5, p 5] x 5, k 5
Row
4: [p 5, k 5]x 5, p 5
Row
5: [k 5, p 5] x 5, k 5
Row
6: [p 5, k 5] x 4, p 5
TURN
This
is end of increases! – next, you will be decreasing, by binding stitches off – tomorrow, Day 3
If you want to check out the designer's finished cloth: http://www.fitterknitter.com/free_patterns.html
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photo for after day 1:
Hi fellow knitters!
It’s time for the April Challenge KAL –
This
will not be a typical *square cloth* –
Some
things you need to know:
Supplies:
-
1
skein cotton yarn, [100yds] solid color recommended [color, your preference]
-
#
7 knitting needles [or your preferred needles]
What
is the CHALLENGE? Cable cast-on; turning
work
-
Using
the CABLE CAST-ON – you will be adding stitches within rows throughout this
cloth – this cast-on is recommended, not the backwards loop - if you are not familiar with this, you can
find out about it at knittinghelp.com -
essentially, it is done like knitting your next stitch, but you put it back on
your left needle, I hope that doesn’t confuse anyone—use your knitting how-to
book, or check the internet
-
The
pattern gives you the number of stitches that you should have on your needles
every few rows, so you can check to be sure you are on target –
-
One
direction in the pattern you may not be familiar with: *Turn* - now, this is
not scary, it is not meant to turn yourself in contorted positions! – it simply
means to *turn* your work, just as you do when you finish a row, you *turn*
your work and have the other side facing you, ready to work [knit]
-
Okay-
let’s get started!
-
Cast on 7 stitches
Row
1: knit
Row
2: purl
Row
3: knit
Row
4: purl
Row
5: knit
Row
6: purl. TURN. Cast on 4 stitches. [total, 11 stitches now]. Do NOT turn.
Now
begins your design…
NOTE:
the designer made the pattern in sections, so the row numbers will go from 1 to
6, then start over with Row 1 again.
Row
1: K 5, P 5, K 1. TURN.
Cast on 4 st – Do NOT turn. [15 stitches]
Row
2: P 5, K 5, P 5. TURN.
Row
3: K 5, P 5, K 5. TURN.
Row
4: P 5, K 5, P 5. TURN.
Row
5: K 5, P 5, K 5. TURN
Row
6: P 5, K 5, P 5. TURN.
Cast on 5 stitches. Do NOT Turn.
[20 stitches]
From
now on, you will turn at the end of each row, as usually done in knitting,
unless otherwise noted -
Row
1: [K 5, P 5] x 2; TURN. Cast on 5 stitches. Do NOT Turn [25stitches]
Row
2: [P 5, K 5] x 2, P 5
Row
3: [K 5, P 5] x 2, K 5
Row
4: [P 5, K 5] x 2, P 5
Row
5: [K 5, P 5] x 2, K 5
Row
6: [ P 5, K 5] x 2, P 5. TURN. – Cast on 5 stitches. Do NOT Turn. [ 30 st]
Okay
– now you can see the *pattern* forming – it should look like little boxes,
kind of like a checkerboard, where one square goes horizontal the other is
vertical.
Happy
Knitting til tomorrow! Happy Easter
! ~ Linda
Knit
How-To’s and Videos:
Knittinghelp.com
Info
for Challenge KAL will also be at:
http://monthlydishclothoverflow.blogspot.com/
