Seersucker Stitch

Suddenly I'm thinking of writing a pattern for knitting since I'm free and available as for now. So, I have decided to try knitting stitches called seersucker stitch. I'm thinking of creating 2 colour of the stitches since one colour is too common. First, I need to create the so called swatches but actually I'm trying to knit the pattern. This is the pattern picture I have taken on the net. 

Seersucker Stitch

Here the picture after few attempts of 2 colour seersucker stitch.

I have tried to knit last night, and have finished it just now. I am not satisfied because of the shaping crown is not according to my imagination. 😂😂😂

Hmm. I cannot figure out yet what went wrong. I will try again later.. 

The Ripple Scarf

The Ripple Scarf

I have started making this scarf since Dec 2014. Because of time (busy with work), atitude (lazy to start and continue 😂😂) so the scarf was finished last week (thank god). 

I used 2 different colour of Ice Yarn. The total yarn used was 3 skeins. 1½ of Ice Yarn Dancing Baby in Blue Turquoise (Yarn A) and 1½ of Ice Yarn Dancing Baby in Pink Camel Beige (Yarn B). I used 4 mm needle (Sorry, forgot to mention this).  Here is the pattern for the scarf. The gauge is not really important. 

The size of the scarf are 12.5 inch width and 65 inch in length (before blocking)

Cast on 96 st on yarn A

Row 1 - 4 - Knit 

Row 5 - K2tog 4 times, {kfb 8 times,  k2tog 8 times} repeat until last 8 st k2tog 4 times

Row 6 - Purl

Change to yarn B

Row 7 - Knit

Row 8 - Purl

Repeat row 5-8 with alternating color until desired length

Cast off

Happy knitting ^^

Mitered Square Bag - The Pattern

Hi.. I am in the mood on writing the pattern today. So today I will be posting the pattern for Mitered Square Bag. This bag still in progress because I still cannot decided what type of strap that I will used. Either the knitted seed stitch strap or bag handle. :D

There were a lot of ways to do this bag. You can knit 22 pieces of Mitered Square and seam it according to this picture or follow this pattern which is less seam. I will try to figure out the seamless pattern and will post it into my blog. :)

Mitered Square Pattern

Cast on an odd number of stitches.
From the picture above, I have cast on 35 stitches using long tail cast on. Make sure the remaining yarn left is long enough to do another long tail cast on.

Row 1 : S1 (Purlwise), Knit until 3 stitches at the centre, S1, K2tog, PSSO, Knit towards end
Row 2 : S1 (Purlwise), Purl
Row 3 : S1 (Knitwise), Knit until 3 stitches at the centre, S1, K2tog, PSSO, Knit towards end
Row 4 : S1 (Purlwise), Knit

Repeat Row 1 to Row 4 until 3 stitches left on the needle, S1, K2tog, PSSO. Do not break yarn

 The next step is pickup 17 stitches and using the remaining yarn and the running yarn, cast on another 18 stitches using long tail cast on. (The picture above: I am using cable cast on due to not enough  remaining yarn.. lol). Repeat the Mitered Square Pattern for one more square as shown the picture below.

Make another single Mitered Square then arrange it like the picture below.. * I do not have the picture.. T.T*. Do not break the yarn and pick up 35 stitches from the single square and the double mitered square and continue knit the Mitered Square Pattern.

Continue pickup stitches and knit the pattern according to the arrangement from picture below. Sorry I do not have the picture to illustrate more.. :(

Note that at the No 7, 12, 17 and 21, you need to cast on 17 stitches first and pick up another 18 stitches from the square.. Something like in the picture below.

Last but not least.. Your final work should be like this..

For seaming part just follow the picture below..

This is my unfinished work or project half done a.k.a PHD. lol

This is the latest picture. Left for attaching the lining and bag straps/handles.

Sorry for my bad English.. Feel free to leave a comment.. Happy Knitting..  ^^

Entrelac scarf

I have joined one group on facebook. They decided to do an entrelac scarf. On the same time, i wanted to give something for a friend. So i have decided to do this scarf. I was so excited to make this scarf. I started from the bottom. That means i need to cast on 210 stitches!! Which are 21 triangles x 10 stiches per tier. But it is really exciting when the tier is reduced as you knit to the top cause it is a triangle scarf. I have used almost 2 skeins of baby acrylic yarn and stranding 2 yarn together using 4.5mm needle.

Mitered Square Knit Bag

This is my current work in progress. I am going to knit a bag. The pattern i have used is domino knitting. There are many ways to do this bag. Either you can knit one piece of domino pattern and arranged and seamed it one by one. Or make two pieces of the pattern then continue to pick up at the edge to form a bag pattern..

Am i cute?

Huhuhu.. The title of today's topic kind of greasyyy. Hahaha.. Okay. I have made a headband forba customer order.. It is made from a frilly yarn to make a flower and series of different color of baby love ice yarn to make the headband. At first, my customer did not like the color combination so i have decided to change the color of the headband to purple. But i have not started it yet.. Hehehe.. So this is the colorful headband that i am talking about.. :-)
Its'nt it cute??? ;-)

Wahahahahaha.....

Wahahahahaha.. Crazy? Yes.. A bit.. Maybe because i haven't sleep yet... Or maybe because of my excited-knit-cable-sweater have become like this..

Ok.. A liltle bit story about this incident.. Last post i have mention about gauge.. From the pattern it say 4'.. But it doesnt say about 4' width. So i, the-clever-girl, assume that it is 4' tall.. I mean from the cast on to the cast off measurement.. So this clever-girl-who-don't-want-to-ask someone about this matter continue to knit until around 5'. After that i measure the piece because i was so excited in making it. And the result issssss........ The piece is smaller from the pattern note.. I try to stretch it a little bit and the result is still the same.. Then i measure the swatch.. I mean the WIDTH.. And it is 1' smaller than the pattern note.. I was like..ARGHHHHH!!!!.. So i un-knit the piece and i don't want to look at it anymore.. Huhuhuh.. T.T

Lesson-learn - Please ask anyone if you don't know about anything.. Thank you.. T.T

New WIP?????

Oh.. Currently I am still doing my friend's muffler.. But when it comes to the grey color, i always knit it wrongly at the edge. I have did it TWICE!!!!.. Huhuhu.. I really don't like frogging.. It will waste my time.. So I have decided to start another project.. I mean another customer's order.. It is really challenging because I will knit a 4 year old boy's CABLE sweater.. Huhuhuh.. Really excited to start it. I even made a swatch for it..  The sweater will be look like this... Nice isn't it? Hehehe.. Can't wait to start knit it.. Hahaha..

The picture below the ingredient to make this sweater.. Hehehe.. All you need is..

Yarn - Baby Design Ice Yarn
Needle - Size US 3 and US 6
And of course a stitch marker..

By the way the muffler is already 10cm.. Yeaay!!!!