Knitting Problems

Materials Size 3 DPNs Light Green Encore Worsted (MC) Black Encore Worsted (CC1) Forrest Green Encore Worsted (CC2) Light Blue Encore Worsted (CC3) Gauge 25 stitches and 33 rows = 4" in Stockinette stitch CO 66 with MC Rows 1-3: K in Round Row 4: K 50 Rows 5-23: K4 in ST st Row 24: K to end Rows 25-28: K Row 29: K in CC1 Rows 30-31: K in CC2 Row 32: K in CC1 Rows 33-36: K in MC Row 37: K in CC1 Row 38: K in CC3 Row 39: K in pattern Rows 40-41: K in CC2 Row 42: K in CC1 Rows 43-46: K in MC Row 47: K in CC1 Rows 48-51: K in pattern Row 52: K in CC1 Rows 53-56: K in MC Row 57: K in CC1 Rows 58-61: K in pattern Row 62: K in CC1 Rows 63-66: K in MC Row 67: K in CC1 Rows 68-69: K in CC3 Row 70: K in CC1 Rows 71-74: K in MC Row 75: K in CC1 Row 76: K in CC2 Row 77: K in pattern Rows 78-79: K in CC3 Row 80: K in CC1 Rows 81-84: K in MC Rows 86-89: K in pattern Row 90: K in CC1 Rows 91-94: K in MC Row 95: K in CC1 Rows 96-...

Materials: Size 5 circular needles Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool  in 127- Coral Pink (CC1): Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool in 112- Bahama Blue (MC) (1.5 skeins used in part 1): Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool in 33-Black (CC2): Zipper Gauge: 14 sts/17 rows = 2" unblocked stockinette St. CO 166 in MC Rows 1-16: 1x1 rib Rows 17-44: Knit in stockinette stitch. Row 45: K41, place marker, M1R, K84, M1L, place marker, K41 (168) Rows 46-47: Knit Row 48: K to marker, M1R, K to last st before marker, M1L, K to end (170) Row 49: Knit Row 50: K38, place marker, K87, place marker, K to end Row 51: K to second marker, BO6, k to end. Row 52: K to first marker, BO6, k to second marker. Place unworked st on the other half of the armhole BO on st holder. Front Row 53: (WS) BO2, P to last 2, P2tog (78) Row 54: (RS) BO2, K to last 2, K2tog (75) Row 55: (WS) BO2, P to last 2, P2tog (72) Row 56: (RS) BO2, K to last 2, K2tog (69) Row 57: (WS) P32, K5, P to end Row 58: (RS) SSK, K to la...

Abbreviation guide: MC- main color CC- contrast color CO- cast on BO- bind off P- purl K- knit K2tog- knit two together P2tog- purl two together Kf&b- knit front and back SSK- slip, slip, knit ST- stockinette st st- stitch CN- cable needle SH- stitch holder H2F- hold to front H2B- hold to back Sl- slip w&t- wrap and turn Gauge 39 rows/24 sts Size- Woman's 0/2 If you would like to make this pattern but you are not a sixteen year old girl (and as far as I know there there are only two teenage girls in the entire world that knit, one is my best friend, and the other is me), or my aunt (who is impressively small for an grown woman), I apologize. I'm not smart enough to make this pattern work in other sizes. I hope to be one day. Maybe you're really smart yourself, and you know how math works. If that's the case, would you be willing to make this pattern work in other sizes? I will send you a bouquet of button flowers. If there are any takers...

With the fate of my sweater yet to be determined, I'm at least moving forward with my other projects. The scarf I've been working on is finally finished: I like the way it turned out, although I would have preferred to have finished it weeks ago. Still it's done, and ready to be dropped off later this week. Plus it's one more thing off my check list. My next project is a pair of gloves. I've already gotten the yarn and I have almost a month to finish them, which is more than enough time. I might even finish them in time to get my sweater finished before Christmas. But since school is still a factor, maybe not.

Yesterday I made these: Flip-Flop covers. A fun way to use up novelty yarn I bought on a whim. I made them as another cover for my  Switch Flops . The project started out well. They even ended up the same size as all my other covers. I was feeling pretty good about the project. When I finished knitting them it was kind of late, so I waited to find some Velcro until today. That's when I found the bump in the road. This morning I started looking for Velcro. I knew we had some in the craft closet, I even remembered putting it there. Unfortunately, all we have is the fuzzy part, which is already covering the flip-flop straps. What I needed was the scratchy part. Okay, I admit it I know nothing about Velcro. I kept on looking but all I found was more of the wrong have. The good thing about the craft closet is that it holds all the remnants of failed projects through the years. That may sound depressing, but really it's a positive thing. I stumbled, literally, across one of V...