Sunday, December 27, 2015

Coffee cup chart and pattern for frogs clothes



Hi,
This is an edit for my previuos post as promised :)

Shirt

Back and front piece are similar. On the front piece the is the coffee cup intarsia.
Make 2
Cast on 15 sts
Rib k1,p1 for 2
Begin the chart with K row and work the chart, every other row is a purl row (in total 19 rows). For back piece just knit st-st for 19 rows.
Next row: k4, [p1,k1] three times, k4
Next row: P4, cast off 7 sts, p4
Next row: K4, turn
Next row: Cast off p-wise 4sts.
Join the yarn to the other shoulder, k4
Next row: Cast off p-wise.

Sew shoulders together and pick up in total 12 sts from both sides of shoulder seam. Beginning with k row, st-st 4 rows. Knit in rib (p1,k1) 2 rows, cast off.

Sew the side seams together and finish off all yarnendings.
I embroidered the text COFFEE underneath the cup.


Scarf:
Cast on 4sts. With g-st knit for about 6 inches/16cm and cast off.

Shoes:
Cast on 8sts with brown yarn.
P1 row.
Next row: K1, [m1,k1] repeat [_] to end
Purl 1 row
Next row: K1, [m1,k7] repeat [_] to end
P1 row
Next row: K5, skpo, k3, k2tog, k5
P1 row
Next row: K5, skpo, k1, k2 tog, k5
Beginning with P row st-st 3 rows.

Sew the back seam of shoes and add shoelaces :)

Friday, December 25, 2015

Blessed Christmas-time and... a free frog pattern



Frog pattern

You need:
Green Dk yarn
Knitting needles size 3mm
Filling
A bit of white and black yarn
Tapestry needle

So this was a quick project to make and I hope the pattern is ok please tell me if you find any errors :)

Head:
Cast on 11sts wiht green yarn
Purl 1 row
Next row: K1, [m1,k1] repeat [_] to end
Purl 1 row
Next row: K1, [m1,k5] repeat [_] to end
Purl 1 row
Next row: K1, [m1,k6] repeat [_] to end
Beg with P row st-st 9 rows
Next row: K1, [k2tog, k5] repeat [_] to end
Purl 1 row
Next row: K1, [k2tog, k4] repeat [_] to end
Purl 1 row
Next row: K1, [k2tog, k3] repeat [_] to end
Purl 1 row
Next row: K1, [k2tog, k2] repeat [_] to end
BO. Sew the back seam of the head and fill

Body:
Cast on 8 sts with green yarn. Beginning at the bottom
P 1 row
Next row: K1, [m1,k1] repeat [_] to end
Purl 1 row
Next row: K1, [m1,k2] repeat [_] to end
Beg with P row st-st 3 rows.
Next row: K1, [m1,k10] repeat [_] to end
Beg with P row st-st 7 rows
Next: [k2tog, k6] repeat [_] to end
Purl 1 row
Next row: [k2tog, k5] repeat [_] to end
Purl 1 row
Next row: [k2tog, k4] repeat [_] to end
Cast off.

Sew the back seam of the body from the bottom to neck and stuff. Sew the cast off edge of the body to the cast on edge of the head.

Arms:
Cast on 4 sts with green yarn.
P 1 row
Next row: Kfb in every st (8sts)
P1 row
Next row: k2, skpo, k1, skp, k1
Next row: p2tog in every st
Next row: Kfb in every st
P1 row
Next row: K1, m1, k4, m1, k1
P1 row
Next row: K2 tog, k4, k2tog
Knit as a cord for about 10 rows or any length you desire. Cast off.

Sew the ”paw” are together. I embroided a vertical stitch between fingers to make them more visible.
Sew arms to the body.

Legs:
Cast on 7sts with green yarn.
P1 row.
Next row: K1, [m1,k1] repeat [_] to end
Purl 1 row
Next row: K1, [m1,k6] repeat [_] to end
P1 row
Next row: K4, skpo, k3, k2tog, k4
P1 row
Next row: K4, skpo, k1, k2 tog, k4
P1 row
Next row: K4, skip 1 st, k2 tog, pass the skipped stitch over, k4
Next row: P2tog, p5, p2tog
K1 row
Knit as a cord for about 10 rows. Cast off.

Sew and stuff the feet and attach legs to the body.

Eyes:
With white yarn cast on 5 sts
P1 row
Next row: K1, [m1,k1] repeat [_] to end
Beg with P row st-st 3 rows
Next row: [k2tog, k1] repeat [_] to end.
Bind of yarn and sew the back seam of eyes.
Finish eyes with black yarn and attach to the head. Embroider mouth and a teeny tiny nose to your frog and voilà, your frog is ready!

- Minttusuklaa


 Ps. You can find the pattern for the shirt and other clothes here

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Stash busting

Hello all,
I'm on holiday (finally). I could really write a book about how busy and stressful your life can get. I've really learned to value the little freetime I have by myself now, and how to make good use of it. I "moved" to a very net-free part of Finland and the internet on my mobile phone is not that good to upload pics.
I have this yellow fluffy yarn and I'm trying to figure how to turn it to a pattern. I'm not really a fan of fluffy yarn, but this skein has been lurking around in my stash and finally I wanted to make something about it. The yarn is old Novita Palma and the other yarn to use is one slippery red yarn. I have a nice idea that I'm working on.

-Minttusuklaa

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Summer´s almost here

Hello,
I just realised that I'm still writing a blog and haven't made any updates this year. Where did all my free time go to update my blog, has anyone seen it? I'm just stuck in the middle of books and tests and learning new stuff. This spring hasn't been easy for me, and I hate to admit it but I've been quite stressed. So I want to say to everyone of my blog readers that take time for yourself and if you are feeling stressed, don't be too stressed . It is not healthy :)

- Minttusuklaa

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Happy february :)

Hello,

I have a winter sports holiday :) :) YAHOOOOOOOOO, haven't had a decent holiday for a while. So I took up this to finish stuff that I hadn't done during Xmas holiday. And I'm thinking a about a new desgin (those yarns are for that) and the legwarmer is still a UFO. But it is getting there.

My february and january have been quite hectic, going between my place and my boyfriends place takes a lot of time. He live about 150km from where I live. Is there anyone who can relate to what I'm going through with this not-so-long-long-distance-relationship?

And can you imagine it, I lost a pair of socks. They were supposed to be Xmas present for my sis, but I couldn't find them anymore after I had put them into my closet.

-Minttusuklaa

p.s. Next time a promise to have something that I've finished to show you