Island of Misfit Patterns

by Lynette

Last year, Marissa of Stitch Marker blogged held a contest to decorate the meathead hats for her upcoming book. I immediately thought of something sweet. This embellishment can be easily adapted as an ornament. You can have many combinations depending on the fun yarn you choose.

Supplies:
Any two colors of worsted weight yarn. Leftovers would work great for this project.
US Size 5 double points
Tapestry Needle
Stick Pins

Abbreviations:
MC = Main color
CC = Contrast color
K = Knit

Instructions for Lollipop:
**Cast on 3 sts using double pointed needles.
Knit, don’t turn. **
Slip the stitches back to the beginning of the needle and k the row again.
Continue in this manner until you have a short length of knitting, pull down on the cord and the gap at the back will close.

Continue until the i-cord is the 15-19” or is the length you desire. Thread the yarn through the stitches and pull firmly.

Instructions for Stick:
Using CC, work pattern as mentioned in **. Knit i-cord until it measures 5”.

Assemble the Lollipop:
Starting from the center, roll the i-cord into a tight circle. Use the stick pins to hold in place. Once it’s secure, turn the lollipop on the wrong side. Using a tapestry needle, begin sewing the icord edges together until circle is secure. Weave in all ends.
Using one end of the i-cord stick, sew securely to back of lollipop.
Enjoy!!

About the Designer:
Lynette is half of Passionknit, and a co-founder of this site!

by Christie

I submitted this shawl to elann.com’s shawl contest a year or so ago, and although it made top ten, it did not win. I love it and I think it’s a pretty shawl and would like to share it.

This pattern is a Adobe Acrobat (PDF) download. Click here to download the pattern.

About the Designer:
Christie Pruitt has an etsy store: mandcpruitt.etsy.com and I also sell my hand-dyed yarns on ebay, - and I’m also on Ravelry: mandcpruitt or Christie Pruitt!

by Sue

Materials:
Reynolds Lopi Icelandic Wool
Main Color (MC) 1 skein
Contrasting Color (CC) 1 skein (lots left over)
16” Circular needles (and double points) size 10
Crochet hook Size G / 6

Gauge:
7 sts. = 2”, 19 rounds = 4”

Notes:
Ear flaps are worked back and forth in rows. Cap is worked in the round. When working with more than one color, carry color not in use loosely at back of work being careful to maintain gauge.

Ear Flaps:
Make 2. With MC cast on 5 sts. Increase 1 st each side on RS row 6 times starting with Row 3 and last inc will be row 13 – (17 sts.) Work even until 18 rows completed . Leave on needles.

Hat:
With MC cast on 7 sts, k 17 ear flap sts, cast on 24 sts, k 17 ear flap sts , cast on 7 sts – 72 sts. Place marker. K2, P2 rib for 5 rounds. Follow chart for a total of 6 repeats. When done with chart, work 5 rounds in MC.

Chart:

Shape top:
Round 1: [K2 tog, K10] 6 times. Round 2 and all even rounds: K. Round 3: [K2 tog, K9] 6 times. Round 5: [K2 tog, K8] 6 times. Continue in this manner working 1 st less between decs on every dec row until 6 sts remain. Break off MC Leaving a long strand of yarn.

Finishing:
Weave strand of yarn through top 6 sts and pull tight. Tack down on wrong side. Weave in any loose ends. With Crochet hook, starting at center st of ear flap, make single chain ~ 12” long. Or make a braid of yarn using 3 – 6 strands.

by Bonnie

Finished Size:
Finished scarf is 8 to 9 inches wide and approximately 80 inches long.

Materials:
Needles – sizes 11 and 15
Yarn – Jaeger Natural Fleece, 6 skeins. This is a bulky yarn with a ball band gauge of 10 stitches to 4 inches

Directions:

With size 11 needle, cast on 36 stitches
Work in k1 p1 ribbing for 10 rows

Change to size 15 needles
Work in k6 p6 ribbing for 8 rows then start pattern

Cable Patterning:
Row 1 - place first 6 st on holder (these will be 6 knit stitches) and hold to front, knit next 6 stitches (even though you’ve been purling them), knit 6 stitches from holder, #place next 6 st on holder and hold to front, purl next 6 st, knit 6 st from holder, repeat from #
Row 2, 4, 6, 8 - p 6, k 6, p 6, k 6, p 12
Row 3, 5, 7 - k 12, p6, k6, p6, k6
Row 9 - knit 6, #place next 6 stitches on holder and hold to back, purl 6 stitches, knit 6 from holder. Repeat once from #, knit last 6 stitches.
Row 10, 12, 14, 16 - p 12, k6, p6, k6, p6.
Row 11, 13, 15 - k6, p6, k6, p6, k12
Repeat rows 1-16 until scarf is approximately 75 inches long and end your cable patterning on either a row 8 or a row 16.

Change to size 11 needles and work 10 rows of k1 p1 ribbing.

Bind off.

Notes:
The first and last 6 stitches of every row are knit on the front side and purled on the back side, so you’ll have a k12 on the beginning or end of each front side row, depending on where in the pattern you are (12 on the right for rows 1-8 and 12 on the left for rows 9-16). Follow the stitching on the cable rows carefully to maintain the correct stitches because sometimes you’ll be changing from purls to knits with a cable cross.

I really looked closely at the original scarf and only for the first 8 rows does this scarf have the purl side showing at the left side of the scarf, where you start out on size 15s with the k6 p6 ribbing.

The scarf blocks nicely. It definitely gets longer when blocked. I did a wet block then laid it out on some towels on the floor in a room with a ceiling fan. It took about 24 hours to dry.