Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Fathers Day Cloth

Hi everyone.  I had a Father's Day cloth in our last knitting book and wanted to share it with everyone this year in case you are looking for a great cloth for Dad.  It is picture cloth.

Dad’s Cloth
Copyright Janet Nogle 2015

Size: 9 ½ x 10 ½
Materials:  2 ½  oz Cotton yarn, #7 US Needles

Cast on 39
Border:
Rows 1-4: Knit across
Pattern:
Row 1:      Knit across
Row 2:       K3, P33, K3
Row 3:       Knit across
Row 4:       K3, P33 K3
Row 5:        Knit across
Row 6:       K3, P17, K1, P15, K3
Row 7:        Knit across
Row 8:       K3, P16, K3, P14, K3
Row 9:       Knit across
Row 10:     K3, P15, K5, P13, K3
Row 11:      Knit across
Row 12:     K3, P14, K7, P12, K3
Row 13:     Knit across
Row 14:     K3, P14, K7, P12, K3
Row 15:     Knit across
Row 16:     K3, P14, K7, P12, K3
Row 17:     Knit across
Row 18:     K3, P15, K2, P1, K2, P13, K3
Row 19:     Knit across
Row 20:    K3, P33, K3
Row 21:     Knit across
Row 22:    K3, P3, K5, P5, K2, P3, K2, P3, K5, P5, K3
Row 23:    Knit across
Row 24:    K3, P3, K6, P4, K2, P3, K2, P3, K6, P4, K3
Row 25:     Knit across
Row 26:    K3, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K3
Row 27:     Knit across
Row 28:    K3, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K7 P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K3
Row 29:    Knit across
Row 30:    K3, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K3
Row 31:     Knit across
Row 32:    K3, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K3
Row 33:    Knit across
Row 34:    K3, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K3
Row 35:     Knit across
Row 36:    K3, P3, K7, P3, K2, P3, K2, P3, K7, P3, K3
Row 37:     Knit across
Row 38:    K3, P3, K6, P4, K7, P3, K6, P4, K3
Row 39:    Knit across
Row 40:    K3, P33, K3
Row 41:     Knit Across
Row 42:    K3, P17, K1, P15, K3
Row 43:    Knit across
Row 44:    K3, P16, K3, P14, K3
Row 45:     Knit across
Row 46:    K3, P15, K5, P13, K3
Row 47:     Knit across
Row 48:    K3, P14, K7, P12, K3
Row 49:    Knit across
Row 50:    K3, P14, K7, P12, K3
Row 51:     Knit across
Row 52:     K3, P14, K7, P12, K3
Row 53:     Knit across
Row 54:     K3, P15, K2, P1, K2, P13, K3
Row 55:     Knit across
Row 56:     K3, P33, K3
Row 57:     Knit across
Row 58:    K3, P33, K3
Row 59:     Knit across

Border:
Rows 1-3: Knit across
Next row: Bind off
Weave in ends.

Janet Nogle































































Sunday, April 16, 2017


 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 see my cloth, up to this point: http://monthlydishclothoverflow.blogspot.com/


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/