Knitters’ Row

This is my own take on the crochet Lion Brand Bunny Blanket.  I just used scrap yarns for mine, and made it a lot bigger for a toddler.

These were made up for a friend.  Feel to change the colors to your favorite team.

Materials:
1 ball Paton’s Astra in Grey
Red scrap yarn
Size G crochet hook

Pattern:
Cast on 25 sts.
First 3 rows are single crochet.
Double crochet next rows till you reach 8 inches.
Last three rows are single crochet.
Fold glove in half so that the single crochet is at the top and bottom.
Stitch up the side leaving a 1-2 inch hole for the thumb.
Use a running stitch to put a red line around the bottom of the glove.
Stitch any way you want your team’s letters across the top.

This works perfect for small coffee cups and water bottles.  I have also used it for storing my sun glasses in.

Materials:
1 skein of sock yarn (Tofutsies)
5 size 3 double point needles (or your choice for knitting in the round)

Instructions:
Cast on 64 sts
Knit in the round using pattern k3, p1
When you have reached the desired length start your decreases as follows
Needle 1; k1, ssk, k to last 3 sts, k2 tog, k1
Repeat for other needles
Alternate a decrease round and a plain knit round till you have 24 sts left
k to tog all the way around
k 1 round with no decreases
Slip all sts onto yarn and pull tight.

This will form the bind off and a flat square bottom.

This was made for my hand made bears collection.  I used the simple wash cloth pattern, decorated it a bit and added a bear head.  I look forward to making more of these with different animals and colors.  Although I don’t think that I will use fingering weight again, just DK or worsted.  The fingering weight took forever.  I used Plymouth Dream Baby Fingering Weight for this project.  It is a microfiber.

I knit this from one ball of the Pound Of Love in white with 1 ball each of brown and blue Paton’s Astra.  This is a very easy vest to knit.  I tweaked a normal vest pattern for a man so that I could knit it in the round and have no seeming.  It also did not have the argyle, so I added it.  He has worn this for Christmas, and I look forward to seeing him wear it more.