Monday, December 31, 2018

The Year 2019 Cloth



January 2019 KAL 2019 Cloth



1 skein cotton yarn, #6 US Knitting Needles.
Cast on:   46
Border:
Row 1-4:     Knit.

Pattern:
Row 1:        Knit.
Row 2:        K2, P42, K2.
Row 3:        Knit.
Row 4:        K2, P42, K2.

Repeat rows 1-4 twice and rows 1-2 one more time.



Row 15:      K8, P3, K3, P6, K5, P3, K8, P8, K2.
Row 16:      K2, P42, K2.
Row 17:     K6, P2, K8, P2, K6, P1, K3, P1, K6, P8, K3.
Row 18:     K2, P42, K2
Row 19:     K5, P2, K9, P2, K5, P2, K3, P2, K5, P1, K5, P1, K4.
Row 20:     K2, P42, K2.
Row 21:     K4, P1, K11, P2, K5, P1, K5, P1, K10, P1, K5.
Row 22:     K2, P42, K2.
Row 23:     K3, P2, K11, P2, K4, P2, K5, P2, K8, P1, K6.
Row 24:     K2, P42, K2.
Row 25:     K3, P6, K7, P2, K4, P2, K5, P2, K7, P1, K7.
Row 26:     K2, P42, K2.
Row 27:     K2, P2, K4, P2, K6, P2, K4, P2, K5, P2, K7, P1, K7.
Row 28:     K2, P42, K2.
Row 29:     K2, P2, K4, P3, K5, P2, K4, P2, K5, P2, K6, P1, K8.
Row 30:     K2, P42, K2.
Row 31:     K2, P2, K5, P2, K5, P2, K4, P2, K5, P2, K5, P2, K8.
Row 32:     K2, P42, K2.
Row 33:     K2, P2, K5, P2, K5, P2, K4, P2, K5, P2, K5, P2, K8.
Row 34:     K2, P42, K2.
Row 35:     K2, P2, K5, P2, K5, P2, K5, P1, K5, P1, K6, P2 K5, P1, K2.
Row 36:     K2, P42, K2.
Row 37:     K3, P2, K4, P1, K6, P2, K5, P2, K3, P2, K6, P3, K3, P2, K2.
Row 38:     K2, P42, K2.
Row 39:     K3, P2, K3, P2, K6, P4, K4, P1, K3, P1, K8, P6, K3.
Row 40:     K2, P42, K2.
Row 41:     K5, P4, K7, P2, K7, P3, K10, P4, K4.
Row 42:     K2, P42, K2.
Row 43:     Knit
Row 44:     K2, P42, K2.
Row 45:     Knit
Row 46:     K2, P42, K2.

Repeat rows 43-46 two more times and rows 43 – 44 one more time.


Border:
Row 1-4:     Knit across.

Bind off and weave in ends.


 Janet Nogle






































































Saturday, December 1, 2018

December KAL and Special Christmas Cloth

Here is our December KAL and a special cloth for Christmas.

Christmas Special Cloth

Copyright © Janet Nogle 2018


1 skein cotton yarn, I used Peaches N Crème Abby Rose, #6 US Knitting Needles.

Notes: SSK=Slip 1, Slip 1, K2Tog; K2Tog=Knit 2 stitches together; YO=yarn over.

Cast on:   Multiple of 12 +1 (36+1=37+4 border=41)

Border:
Rows 1-2:   Knit across.

Pattern:
Row 1:        (RS) Knit across
Row 2:        (WS) Knit across
Row 3:        Knit across
Row 4:        Knit across
Row 5:        K3, *(K2Tog) x2, (YO, K1)x3, YO, SSK, SSK K1; repeat from
across, end K2.
Row 6:        K2, P37, K2.
Row 7:       K3, *(K2Tog) x2, (YO, K1) x3, YO, SSK, SSK K1; repeat from
across, end K2.
Row 8:       K2, P37, K2.
Row 9:       K3, *(K2Tog) x2, (YO, K1) x3, YO, SSK, SSK K1; repeat from
across, end K2.
Row 10:     K2, P37, K2.
Row 11:     K3, *(K2Tog) x2, (YO, K1) x3, YO, SSK, SSK K1; repeat from
across, end K2.
Row 12:     K2, P37, K2.
Repeat the above 12 rows for pattern. I repeated the 12 rows 3 more times and knitted rows 1-4 once more.

Border:
Rows 1-2:   Knit across.
Bind off, weave in ends.

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This was originally a large swatch for December in 2017. I have converted to a KAL for 2018 by adding a few more stitches for the border.

Knitted in a multiple of 18 sts, + 11 and a 16-row repeat.
Cast on:  37 stitches (18 + 11 = 29+8 Border=37)

Materials:  I used a skein of green yarn.

Border:
Row 1 & 2:       Knit across
Row 1 - right side: B4, K1, * yo, p3, S2KP, p3, yo, k9; rep from * to last 12 sts, yo, p3, S2KP, p3, yo, k1, B4.
Row 2 and all wrong side rows: B4, P29, B4.
Row 3: B4, K1, * k1, yo, p2, S2KP, p2, yo, k10; rep from * to last 12 sts, k1, yo, p2, S2KP, p2, yo, k2, B4.
Row 5: B4, K1, * k2, yo, p1, S2KP, p1, yo, k11; rep from * to last 12 sts, k2, yo, p1, S2KP, p1, yo, k3, B4.
Row 7: B4, K1, * k3, yo, S2KP, yo, k12; rep from * to last 12 sts, k3, yo, S2KP, yo, k4, B4.
Row 9: B4, K1, * k9, yo, p3, S2KP, p3, yo; rep from * to last 12 sts, k10, B4.
Row 11: B4, K1, * k10, yo, p2, S2KP, p2, yo, k1; rep from * to last 12 sts, k10, B4.
Row 13: B4, K1, * k11, yo, p1, S2KP, p1, yo, k2; rep from * to last 12 sts, k10, B4.
Row 15: B4, K1, * k12, yo, S2KP, yo, k3; rep from * to last 12sts, k10, B4.
Row 16: B4, P29, B4.
Repeat rows 1-16 and then rows 1-8 once more and work border or repeat rows 1-16 till desired length:
Border:
Row 1 & 2:       Knit across.
(I worked rows 1-16 a total of 2 times and then worked rows 1-8 once more and then worked the border)


Knitting abbreviations:
B4: Border stitches: Knit 4
K: Knit | P: Purl | Yo: Yarn over.
S2KP: sl2tog-k1-p2sso - Slip 2 stitches together as if to knit 2 stitches together, knit1, pass the slip stitches one at a time over the stitch just knitted and drop them.\

Janet Nogle