some doilies, pie shawl with sleeves & crocheted shrugs

doily from a leaflet- Battenberg lace. this is crocheted

crochet shrugs


pie shawl with sleeves from Knitters. this is the back.
an antigue crochet edging - looks similar to an estonian knitted lace I saw on the net . The doily below would make a nice ring bearer's pillow.

Below: this doily is from pg. 294 of the book McCall's Needlework Treasury c 1964 called Flower & Fern mat.

Pansy doily
a close up
front view of pi shawl with sleeves

doily from Nurhanne's
crochet strawberry coaster, I only made one!
2 more doilies from Nurhanne's , I used DMC Baroque

hyacinths
antique doily pattern I got free from the net. I think it is called oriental doily, but not too sure about that.
above doily from Magic Crochet, below, doily from Patricia Kristoffersen
below, I have to check where I worked this knit doily from..

red tulips that the deer left

today. in the garden..

scarf & trying to put nupp in my csarf

first to bloom - a tulip, helleborus, a pair of daffodil in buds

i nupped my scarf just to try the technique . the stitch is comb st. then at the decrease points i k1,yo,k1,yo,k1, then on the next row purled all 5 sts all at once. had no problem purling 5 sts as i worked them rather loosely.


above projects - touch me scarf, after knitting the scarf you felted it in the washing machine. warm hat based on a pattern from elizabeth zimmerman
a scarf a started using - superior from filatura di crossa, very soft! the sts are different sts from my knitting books.

shawl done!

my square shawl , blocking it on my window with huge knitting needles at the bottom points..

FREE PATTERN

looks like a sea creature sea slug - i think! the finished scarf

# the scarf kind of lays flat around the neck when worn.

The short row ruffle scarf

Materials:

-3-4 balls Lions brand Microspun 168 yds/2.5oz

-us size 8 knitting needles

Guage: 4.5 sts/inch in garter st., but it's a scarf so gauge should not matter

Cast on 34 sts, knit 2 rows. Start short rows as:

row 1. Slip 1 st, knit 11 sts, turn ( leave remaining sts on the left hand needle.

row 2. Sl 1, K11

row 3. sl 1, K10, turn

row 4. sl1, K10

row 5. sl 1, K9, turn

row 6 & all remaining even rows, sl 1, knit to end of row.

row 7. sl 1, K8, turn

row 9. sl 1, K7, turn

row 11. sl 1, K6, turn

row 13. sl 1, K5, turn

row 15. sl 1, K4, turn

row 17. sl 1, k3, turn

row 19. sl 1, K2, turn

row 20, sl 1, K2

at this point you will knit the sts up again;

row 21. sl 1, k3, turn

row 23. sl 1, k4, turn

row 25. sl 1, k5, turn

row 27. sl 1, k6, turn

row 29. sl 1, k7, turn

row 31. sl 1, k8, turn

row 33. sl 1, k9, turn


row 35. sl 1, k10, turn


row 37. sl 1, knit to the end of the row. This puts you on the other edge. Repeat the short rows from row 1-35. 2 short ruffles done!


knit 3-5 ridges - 1 ridge equals 2 rows of knitting.


Knit to desired length ending with 3 ridges.


NOTES:


1. I slipped the sts on the odd rows as if to knit & the even rows as to purl with the yarn at the back.


2. sl 1- slip 1 st


K- knit


3. you don't need to wrap the slip sts.


4. I placed a small pocket at one end of the scarf- optional


5. ruffle can be used for other things.

short row garter stitch ruffly scarf

this scarf - i'm using short rows to create the ruffles.

fairisle style hat

this is a pattern i charted from an old craft magazine, i tried it out in this hat constructed from the top & finished off in 3-st I-cord.hope to post the pattern soon.