Yvette Mini-Me Pattern

Yvette Mini-Me for Delaney

Yarn: Super Bulky
Needles: size 17 US/12mm straight and circular about 30”
Gauge: 7 st and 11 rows = 4” x 4”

Finished length (approximate)= 14”
Finished width at neck (approximate) =14”
Finished width at shoulder (approximate) =22”
Finished width at bottom(approximate) = 32”
Notes:
The cable band uses 1 stitch at the L side of RS work as a border. The body of the poncho will be picked up around this stitch and not interrupt the cable design.

Key:
K – knit
P - purl
C3R – sl 3 st off needle hold at back, K3 st, K3 st off cable needle
C3L – sl 3 st off needle hold at front, K 3 st, K3 st off cable needle
K2tog tbl – Knit 2 together, through the back loop
Rnd- round
Pm – place marker
Beg – beginning
Sl – slip
St – stitch
Yo – yarn over

Instructions:
Cast on 10 st using longtail cast on.
Purl one row.
Begin Cable Braid Pattern.

Cable Braid Pattern:
Row 1: C3R, K3, K1
Row 2: Purl row
Row 3: K row
Row 4: P row
Row 5: K row
Row 6: P row
Row 7: K 3, C3L, K 1
Row 8: P row
Row 9: K row
Row 10: P row
Row 11: K row
Row 12: P row

Repeat Cable Braid pattern for about 23” giving the band a slight tug to stretch. End with a P row. This is about 5 repeats of the pattern. You can add/subtract/adjust the K and P rows if you need more length, or would like the cabling to be closer together.
Graft edges together with working yarn using Kitchner St.

Pick up 48 st around cable band using the one K st as guide. PM for beg of rnd. K one rnd.
Note: There will be 8 shoulder st, 16 st for front, 8 shoulder st, 16 st for back.
Increase Row: K 8 pm, yo, K 16 pm, yo, K8 pm, yo, K16 pm, yo. (4 st increased, 52 st total).
Next row: K rnd.
Inc rnd: *(K to marker, sl m, yo), repeat from *. (4 st inc, 56 st total)
Next row: K rnd. You may remove all markers except for beg of rnd.
K until piece measures 11” from top edge, or about 7.5” from where picked up under cable band. You may adjust length as needed.

Begin Broken Ribbing:

Broken Ribbing:
Odd rows: K1, P1, repeat until end of rnd
Even rows: K rnd

Repeat Broken Ribbing odd/even pair a total of 3 times.

Cast off using following method:
*(K2tog tbl, sl st on rt needle back to left needle.) repeat from * until all st are cast off.

Weave in ends and block.

Mike's Volkswagen Hat

I made this per Mike's request for Christmas. See details on Ravelry.com

Thank you to Mike for being a wonderful model. The agencies will start calling you. :o)

I used this site to help with the logo. http://www.microrevolt.org/knitPro/

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/delaneysduds/mikes-volkswagen-hat

Annie's Surprise Mittens

A little about Annie first...
Annie is the kind of person that listens and loves. Her patience and compassion inspire me to be a more caring and selfless person.

Here is the pattern for Annie's Surprise Mittens. I wanted a tight fit mitten so she can have the manual dexterity, that all mommies need. This pattern has not been test knit and is more of a guideline instead of an exact pattern. Also, she has small hands that have no relation to the size of her heart.

Materials:
1 skein Malabrigo worsted 216 yd, color: Polar Morn
1 set size 5 US/3.75 mm dpns
darning needle
a little waste yarn to hold thumb stitches

Both Mittens:
c/o 40 st.
Right mitten: st distributed 20/10/10
Left mitten: st distributed 10/10/20
The needle with 20 st will be the palm.
Join in rnd, careful not to twist. (Don't you hate that?)
Work 1x1 rib for 3"
K 1 row.

Rt Mitten:
begin thumb increases
Row 1: K 1, Kf&b, K rest of rnd
Row 2: K rnd, all subsequent even rows K
Row 3: K 2, Kf&b, K rest of rnd
Row 5: K 3, Kf&b, K rest of rnd
Row 7: K 4, Kf&b, K rest of rnd
Row 8: K 5, Kf&b, K rest of rnd
Row 9: K 6, Kf&b, K rest of rnd
Row 11: K 7, Kf&b, K rest of rnd
Row 13: K 8, Kf&b, K rest of rnd
Row 15: K 9, Kf&b, K rest of rnd
Row 17: K 10 Kf&b, K rest of rnd
end with a K rnd

Left Mitten:
begin thumb increases
Row 1: K 38, pm, Kf&b, K 1
Row 2: K rnd, K all subsequent even rows
Row 3: K until marker, sl m, Kf&b, K rest of rnd
repeat row 3 until there are 11 st on L side of marker. End with a K rnd.

Place 11 thumb st on a holder

Back to both mittens

Backwards loop c/o 9 and join rnd, careful not to twist. (38 st?)
K 2 rnds

Right Mitten
At beg of next row, ssk, K 5, K2tog, K rest of rnd. (24 st on palm, 10/10 on others)

Left Mitten
K 29, ssk, K5, K2tog.

Back to Both Mittens
K until work measures 7.5" from c/o edge.

Begin decreasing
Row 1: * (K 7, K2tog), repeat from * until end of rnd.
Rows 2 & 3: K rnd
Row 4: *(K 6, K2tog), repeat from * until end of rnd.
Rows 5 & 6: K rnd
Row 7: *(K 5, K2tog), repeat from * until end of rnd.
Rows 8 & 9: K rnd
Row 10: *(K 4, K2tog), repeat from * until end of rnd.
Rows 11 &12: K rnd
Row 13: *(K 3, K2tog), repeat from * until end of rnd.
Row 14: K rnd
Row 15: *(K 2, K2tog), repeat from * until end of rnd.
Row 16: K rnd
Row 17: *(K 1, K2tog), repeat from * until end of rnd.
Row 18: *(K2tog), repeat from * until end of rnd
6 st remain
tie off and weave in ends

Both thumbs
Pick up 11 st from holder
Pick up 13 st from around thumb hole and backwards loop c/o.
24 st total
Row 1: K rnd
Row 2: *(K4, K2tog), repeat from * until end of rnd
Row 3: K
K until thumb measures 2" from picked up edge
Row "4" : *(K2tog), repeat from * until end of rnd
Row "5" : K rnd
Row "6": *(K2tog), repeat from * until end of rnd
Cinch up and weave in ends.

I will add photos to the blog ASAP.

Tea Cozy Pattern

I thought that I would post this pattern on my blog. It is also on Ravelry.com.

Random notes about the tea cozy...

My teapot is short and squat.
I wanted a tightly knit cozy, so I used size 4 US needles.
It has been about a year since I originally made this cozy, so there might be some mistakes in the pattern. I did my best to remember.

Materials

1 hank Malabrigo worsted (216 yd), color Polar Morn

size US 4 circular 16" needles, 2 sets

size US 4 dpns

darning needle

Directions

Note: From the provisional c/o the bottom edge is worked from the top down. Then the cozy is picked up and worked from the bottom up. I used the whole hank of yarn!

Figure 8 provisional c/o 144 over 2 size 4 circ needles.

Row 1: Ktbl, P, Ktbl, P all the way around.

Row 2: K rnd Row 3: I cord bind off. Knit c/o 3 st and move back to L needle. K 2, K2togtbl, slide 3 st back to L needle. Continue rnd. Finish by Kitchner st.
Next pick up and join yarn to knit the body of the cozy. Since you c/o over two sets of needles, you don't even have to pick up stitches! :o)

pm for beg of rnd.

Row 1: Ktbl for the full rnd

Row 2: K until desired length, 4”.

Next row: K 36 pm, K 36, pm, K 36 pm, K 36 Decrease row: K until 2 st before m, ssk, sl m, K2tog, K until 2 st before m, ssk, sl m, K2tog, cont until end of rnd. Continue decrease every row until 8 st remain. Hold.

c/o 1 st and do an icord for 2” or desired length. Tie off ends. Fold in half and stick it in top of cozy. Now, tie off remaining 8 st from cozy and cinch in icord loop.
Now, embroider flowers with french knot centers all over.
Enjoy keeping your tea warm. :o)
The Ladies at knitting night also suggested that this could be a hat. I would make it a little longer, maybe 5”.