Baby's first fiber arts kit! This is Scott Rorh's Malabrigo Linen Stitch Scarf pattern.
I started knitting sixteen years ago, and this is the first time I've ever worked from a kit--but the ones The Yarnery puts together for this project just have so many colors and, nom. I went for it. And I actually followed the instructions in a straightforward manner. Shocking, for me. A rick rack rib headband with a sweet little twist, in Songbird Yarn & Fibres's sock weight European Bee-eater yarn.
To make the headband, work rick rack rib stitch (which requires a multiple of 3 stitches + 1) until the headband is nearly half the desired length. I used 37 stitches, sock yarn, US size 5 needles. Then continue in rick rack rib for the first 18 stitches of the row, make 1, and place the remaining 19 stitches on a stitch holder. Work this split section in pattern until it's about 2.5-3 inches long (I worked 15 rows total). Cut the yarn, leaving a tail. Move the 19 held-back stitches from the stitch holder onto a needle and the stitches you were just working onto a stitch holder, and work that half the same number of rows. Keeping each size flat (right-side-facing), twist one section over the other and place all 38 stitches on one needle. Continue in rick rack rib, reducing by 1 stitch at the split in the first row only, until the headband is the desired length. Seam as desired and weave in ends. pattern: Beloved bonnet from Tin Can Knits, but used worsted weight yarn on size 5 16-inch circular needles and stopped increasing at 57 stitches (8 repeats in the increase section with short rows, rather than the pattern's 9 for the newborn size)
yarn: Malabrigo Rios in Cirrus Gray and Ankara Green (this is the third project where I've paired these two, I just like them together) This is an incredibly cute newborn hat. Love how the decrease rows create leaf texture.
pattern: Michele Sabatier's Berry Baby Hat (free), but only cast on 56 stitches (long-tail cast on) and used size 8 needles throughout yarn: Berroco Ultra Wool in Peony and Cascade 220 in ... some kinda green (Leaf Green, maybe?); I really wanted to do purple for an eggplant, but this was a sudden project and there wasn't enough in our stash (someday ...) |
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