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Rooster Toggle Bag - Pattern amendment

This is what I did...

I followed the pattern in the book up to row 50, then I did this:

Row 51: K2tog, K to the last 2 sts, K2tog.

Row 52: K

Row 53: K2tog, K to the last 2 sts, K2tog.

Row 54: K

Row 55: (Change to 7mm needles) K2 into each st

Rows 56-60: st st

Row 61: (Change to 5mm needles) K2tog along the whole row.

Row 62: K

Row 63: K2tog, K to the last 2 sts, K2tog.

Row 64: K

Row 65: K2tog, K to the last 2 sts, K2tog..

Row 66: K

Row 67: K2tog, K to the last 2 sts, K2tog.

Row 68: K

Rows 69-78: As pattern.

Rows 79 - 86: As pattern

Row 87: Cast off (If you don't cast off until Row 89 like the pattern says, one of the sides will be longer than the other!

I hope this is right!

WIP

I started this a couple of weeks ago, it's the Rooster Toggle Bag. It's a really simple knit, or at least it would have been if the pattern was correct!

Knitting the main part of the body was just fine... then came the shaping, where it all went 'pear shaped' - literally!

   

When I got home I looked on the Rooster website to see if they had any amendments to the pattern - they did. I followed the amended pattern and it worked, until I got to the next wrong part in the pattern (row 61-64) grrrr.

This time though, their alternative was wrong! So I had to work it out myself, which I did!

And here is the first side all done...

Just have to finish knitting the other side and then the handles and it will be ready to make up into a bag and use!

Clapotis is born!

Hip, hip hooray... finally finished!

It's beautiful, probably the most successful knitted item I've made so far.

I started knitting this on circular needles, but soon changed to Brittany Birch needles - these worked much better, the stitches just glided off as I knitted!

Ballband Dishcloth

First dishcloth finished...

                                     

I bought the yarn for this project while I was in New York and started knitting it at the airport on my way home!

I am really happy with it... it was a really satisfying knit.

                               

Pattern - Mason Dixon Ballband Dishcloth

Yarn - Araucania Nature Cotton in 'natural' and 'celery'

There is still about half of each skein left to make another, I think I'll reverse the colours though... watch this space! 

First felting project!

It's done!

My first attempt at felting has worked- yipee!

This box took no time to complete. I think I would have liked it to have felted a little more, not sure how to do that though. Should I just put it through the machine again?

Pattern - Mason Dixon small felted box

Yarn - Brown Sheep, Lamb's Pride in Aztec Turquoise

Not sure how much yarn it took, the yarn is used doubled throughout and there seems to be perhaps just under half of each left.

This is the box pre-felting...

And this is the felted box...

I am using it to keep some knitting accessories, buttons etc. in.

I think I will try to make another, smaller one out of the leftovers, perhaps for jewelry.

Knitting and drinking tea in New York

New Year wishes from New York!

I have spent the last (nearly) two weeks here in New York with my BF. I have spent most of that time knitting and shopping for yarn, fabric, clothes & some wonderful tea!

I have spent my money at my favourite yarn & fabric stores Purl and Purl Patchwork, I have acquired some lovely tops from Anthropologie and some very tasty tea from Itoen.

My New York knitting has consisted of the following:

Rooster Christmas Tree Bunting

Blue Sky Alpacas Cropped Cardigan

I am having trouble uploading photos - will need to add those later!

I have lots more photographs to show which I will post when I get back home. We will be leaving this wonderful city tomorrow evening and will arrive home in London on Tuesday morning.