Retro summer dishcloths

Size: 15 cm/6 inch square
Gauge: 22st/10 cm/4 inch
double pointed or cable needles: 4mm

CO 34 stitches in the main colour and knit 4 rows
now slide your knitting to the other end of the needle and start knitting with the contrast colour at the 'wrong' end, your knitting will appear as stockinette for one row. Knit 4 rows in CC.
Slide the knitting over again, the working yarn of the MC and CC will now be on different sides.

Carry the MC yarn up and knit 4 rows.
Slide over.
Carry the CC yarn up on the other side and knit 4 rows.
Continue until you have 7 stripes of each colour.
Then slide over, carry up the MC yarn and knit 5 rows. Bind Off. Sew in ends.

I've used odd balls of cotton, thin cotton held double and thick and thin that actually looks good in garter stripes like this.
Only 4 ends to weave in and neat edges, yay ;-)

Spring dress

Gauge 17 st to 4 inch/10cm on 5mm needles
16 st on 5.5 mm needles
Yarn: cotton/hemp mix approx 650-700 grams
Size M

This dress is knitted top down in the round.

Co 100 stitches with smaller needles, slip on marker and start knitting in the round:
R 1: purl
R2: knit
R3: purl
R4-6: knit
R7: (k2 yo) repeat to end
R8-9: knit
R 10: (k3 yo) repeat until last stitch, M1
R11-12: knit
R 13: k5 yo, (k8 yo) repeat until last 3 stitches, k3
R14-15: knit
R 16: k5 yo, (k8 yo) repeat until last 3 stitches, k3
next 6 rounds: knit even, this finishes the yoke

Now seperate the sleeve stitches:
put 48 stitches on waste yarn, Co 4 st by backwards loop for underarm, knit 64 stitches (front), slip 48 stitches on another piece of waste yarn, Co 4 stitches for the underarm, knit 64 stitches (back).
Move marker to the middle of the underarm stitches and place a second marker to the middle of the other underam stitches.

R1: knit
R2: k1, M1, k to 1 stitch before marker, M1, k1, slip marker, k1 M1, k to 1 stitch before marker, M1, k1
R3: knit
R4:  k1, M1, k to 1 stitch before marker, M1, k1, slip marker, k1 M1, k to 1 stitch before marker, M1, k1
R5-17: knit
R18: k1, k2tog, k to 1 stitch before marker, ssk, k1, slip marker, k1, k2 tog, k to 1 stitch before marker, ssk, k1
R 19-21: knit
R 22: as R18
R 23-25: knit
R 26: as R18
R 27-29: knit
R 30: as R 18

Knit even for 26 Rounds.
Place markers after 21st, 22st, 21st for the front and 21 st, 22st, 21 st for the back, marking a middle front and a middle back panel that will stay the same 22 stitches.

Next round M1 :
-1 stitch after side seam marker
-1 stitch before first middle front marker
-1 stitch after second middle front marker
-1 stitch before and after the side seam marker
-1 stitch before the first middle back marker
-1 stitch after the second middle back marker
- 1 stitch before the side seam
Next 5 rounds: knit even

Repeat increase round + 5 knit even rounds 10 times.
You will now have 41/22/41/41/22/41 stitches between markers.

Next 12 rows knit even.
Switch to 5.5mm needles and knit until 1 inch from desired lenght.

Hem:
R1 : purl
R2: knit
R3: purl
R4: knit
R5: purl
R6: knit
R7: BO purlwise

Slip the sleeve stitches on the needle and pick up 4 stitches at the underarm.
R1: purl
R2: knit
R3: Bo purlwise

mauro en mink

Nog even winter

WIP

bijna lente

trui en broekje

eentje van 3, of zijn het er nu al 4?, kleine broekjes
truitje van een oude trui van mij

Jan, Piet, Joris ?

Neen, gewoon Sinterklaas natuurlijk.

about 30gr yarn

7mm needles

gauge 12st to 10cm in garter stitch

CO 24 stitches

R1-2 knit all stitches

R3 k7 BO 10st k7
R4 k7 CO 8 st using backward loops k7 = 22st

R5-19 k all stitches

R20 k2tog k18 k2tog

R21-26 k all stitches

R27 k2tog k16 k2tog

R28-29 k all stitches

R30 k2tog k14 k2tog

R31 k all stitches

R32 k2tog k12 k2tog

R33 k all stitches

R34 k2tog k10 k2tog

R35 k2tog k8 k2tog

R36 BO all stitches

With crochet hook 6mm, sc ties left and right, about 20 cm long

Biker

100gr wool, handdyed by Christien
spanish hat rip off
gauge 22st = 10cm in stockinette st
CO 104 stitches
join and knit in the round, 2/2 rib for 8 cm
BO 42 stitches and knit in pattern to end of round
CO 44 stitches and knit in pattern, knit together the last stich with the 1 newly co stitch and the last of the co stitches with the next of the 'normal' stitches.
continue 2/2 rib for the next 16 cm

top shaping:
next round *k2 p2tog *
next round *k2 p1*
next round *k2tog p1*
next 3 rounds *k1 p1*
next round *k2tog *
k 1 round
next round*k2tog k2*
k 1 round
next round *k2tog k1*
next round *k2tog*
cut off yarn and tread through last stitches

bill:
pick up 42 stitches
k 3 rows in st st
knit in short rows:
p to 3 stitches from the end of the row, wrap and turn
k to 3 stitches from the end, wrap and turn
p to 6 st from the end w&t
k to 6st from the end w&t
p to 9 st from the end w&t
k to 9 st from the end w&t
p to 12 st from the ens w&t
k to 12 st from the end, w&t
turning row: k to the first wrapped stitch, turn
do all the short rows backwards,
k 3 more rows over all stitches
don't BO, sew down stitch by stitch for stretchiness