Barbie Dress with pattern

I was fairly bored the other day so I whipped up a couple dresses for my girls naked Barbies...yes, my kids play with Barbies, so sue me, judge me, whatever, bla bla bla.

Lucky for you guys I was bored, and in a good mood, because you get the pattern for free!

Granted, this is a pretty rough pattern, so if you have questions, feel free to ask and I can try to help.  This is not really for beginning knitters, although it is pretty easy.  I use the magic loop, so if you don't know how, learn it, then come back here and it'll be easy peasy.

Here we go:

Materials:
US size 3 circs
Light worsted, or DK weight yarn


Pattern:
CO 32 sts using longtail CO method
K 2 rnds
K1YO every st for 1 rnd (64 st)
K16, bind off 16, K16, bo 16 (32 st)
join and knit 4 rnds
k2p2 for 6 rnds
k one rnd
K1 M1 every st for one rnd (64st)
Knit to length
K 6 rnds of garder st
BO on a Purl rnd
Weave in ends and you're done!

The Middle One Gets a Halter Top

I've decided to just keep going in order and ask each kid what they want me to knit when it's their turn, then I'll post my FO's here.

Ok, so hot off the needles...well, hot last night anyway, is a cute spring halter style top with a one button adjustable closure. She loves it! It was so simple that it's really just plain scary. I love simple knitting :)





Ok, here's the pattern:

Cast on 100 sts on size 3 circs, with the long tail cast on method, join and knit 1x1 rib for a couple/few inches

Change to size 5 circs and knit stockinette st (I tossed in some random stripes as I went, no rhyme or reason) for 7-8 inches give or take an inch or two to fit your desired recipiant.

Change back to size 3's and knit about 1.5 inches of 1x1 rib.

Cast off in rib fashion on size 5's

Grab the tail yarn from your cast on, and pick up 10 sts for the strap.

Knit garder stitch for about 12 inches, then add a button hole...starting at the beginning of a row, K5, BO2, K3, next row, cast on those 2 sts that you bound off and viola you have a button hole (you may need to make a button hold bigger then 2 sts, mine was actually a bead).

K2 rows, add button hole, k 2 more rows, add another button hole, K 2 more rows, then cast off, weave in end, attach button and put it on your kid and revel in your talent :)




This pattern is for personal use only. I charge a small fee for the right to sell your finished product. Please email me at : shelleefloyd@gmail.com for more info. Thanks :)

A New Scarf

So I've been feeling a little unfashionable lately since I don't have a super cute, skinny, floppy scarf to wrap around my neck a gazillion times. So I made one. A couple relativity new things happened while I was thinking about making one. A) I'd have to knit it flat. That's like blasphemy in my world...I mean, flat knitting, that's so 1909 ya know? But, there was just no way around it, to get the flat item I desired, I'd just have to suck it up and knit flat. I did NOT however, use straight needles, that has been deemed as highly inapproprite and is against my knitting religion and would get me one pass straight to hell. So, I grabbed my biggest circs and went right at it. B) I knit the whole dang thing in the knit stitch, or the garder stitch. That is an absolute first for me, well, not a first first but I stopped knitting garder stitched projects mere weeks into my knitting career. I love simple, easy on the eyes projects and I also love lace projects but not too lacy, so I thought that if I knit in garder stitch with huge needles and with my unspun, or flat, recycled yarn, the stitches would be open and loose enough to pass for lace in my eyes. I was right, it's obvious to even the most inexperienced knitter that this is garder stitch, I'm not denying that fact, but it's knit loose enough that it pleases me and it is my scarf after all, and I love it!

It's roughly 5 feet long.

I used about 200 yards of light sport weight, recycled, unspun, hand dyed cotton yarn from my own stash. I used US size 11 needles and cast on 25 stitches, knitting every row until the yarn was gone.

And now I feel very fashionable and can keep up with the average Miss Jones ;)



Except for my big ass nose that is.

Tis The Season For Beer Cozies!

I gave away all the beer cozies I made last year except for the prototype so I thought I deserved my very own new one. This is the one I made today.


The pattern is my own and it can be found here

It's a very quick knit and would make a great present this holiday season for that special beer drinker in your life :)

I used my very own recycled, respun, hand dyed yarn and I just LOVE the color!

Now, the yarn itself, wasn't really "complete". I hadn't "set the twist" yet, so you can see in the pic that the finished item itself, twists a bit to the left. It's mine, so it's just no biggie.

Girls Cap Sleeved Spring Top With Pattern

Paid pattern in multiple sizes coming soon!!

Kids strappy shirt, size 5-7 with pattern

Materials needed:

A bunch of sportweight cotton yarn (I never measured my amount, I'm sorry. I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say at least 400 yards)

US Size 3 long circs
US Size 5 long circs


Let's go!

Using the long tail CO method, and your sz 3 circs, CO 100 sts. Join and knit 1x1 ribbing for 3-4 inches.
K one round to end
switch to size 5's and K1M1 to end (I used an invisible method by making one on the yarn between two sts) (200sts)
K for two inches

Start texture....

rd 1, k2tog yo repeat to end
rd2, 3 and 4, k
rd 5 yo, k2tog
rd 6, 7 and 8, k

repeat these 8 rnds until you've reached your desired length

Add a few rows of garter st to prevent curling (or skip this is you like a curly look)

BO LOOSELY

Straps, pick up 6 st along CO edge, knit a 6inch long icord, attach to the back, do this twice for both straps. I just eyed where I thought the straps should go.

Weave those ends in and you're done!







This pattern is for personal use only. I charge a small fee for the right to sell your finished product. Please email me at : shelleefloyd@gmail.com for more info. Thanks :)

Kid's Seamless Sweater

This is what I've had envisioned in my head since last summer. I can't believe I finally came up with how I want to do the sleeves. This was my 4th try at the sweater and I believe I've perfected it this time around. I'm sharing the pattern notes because I LOVE to share my learnings. I write my patterns very loosely, so if you've got any questions, please let me know and I can try to walk you through it.

My model wears a size 2-3t

I used the magic loop method on 32 in size 8 circs. The yarn was respun worsted weight, hand dyed cotton. I prepped 226 yards and didn't use all of it. 200 should do you just fine.

Gauge is 4 sts per inch in stockinette st.

neck:



co 60 sts
pm, join and work 1x1 rib for 2 inches
k one round
work one inc round, k2m1 (I pick up and k the yarn between two stitches as to be less noticeable)
k 5-7 rounds (remember, you're working with magic loop, so you can try the sweater on your kid!)
work one inc round.
k 8ish rounds, remember try it on to see if you're ready to start the arm holes yet.

At this point I've got 132 st on my needle. I have a feeling that I may have zoned out during the inc rounds so you may have a tad more or less then I do. that's no problem. This pattern is forgiving.

I'm going to explain the arm holes using my 132 sts, but if you have more/less, just know that each arm hole has 1/4 of the total stitches.

arm holes: starting at your marker, k16, place next 33 st on waste yarn, k33, place 33 on waste yarn, k to end of round

next round: k round rejoining at arm holes as if nothing weird is happening

k to desired length
work 5 rows garder st, bind off using a stretchy bo method

arms: (if you just pick up the stitches and start knitting, you'll need to sew up the hole in the pits afterward. I'm much too lazy for that. I do NOT like "finishing". So my trick was to sew up that little hole with 3 or 4 stitches with my darning needle BEFORE I even placed my sts back on my needle from the waste yarn. And another trick is to sew it from the pit down, that way your working yarn is already there for you)





Sew up pit hole (weave in end of yarn), place live sts back on your circs, join and work 1x1 rib for 10 rows, BO using a stretchy BO and do the same on the other arm.

Weave in the co and bo tail yarns and put this baby on your kid and admire your work!











This pattern is for personal use only. I charge a small fee for the right to sell your finished product. Please email me at : shelleefloyd@gmail.com for more info. Thanks :)

His and her's beer cozies

Ok, I know they're cheesy, but they are also functional, really, I swear. It keeps your hands nice and toasty warm (and dry I might add) while you're sipping your favorite cold beer during the cold winter months.

Ok, let's get to the good stuff Here's the pattern: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=28939677

One Day Hat

I'm ashamed to admit this, but I've been knitting for three years and this is the first item my hub has received. Yes, I'm typing this with a bag on my head.

The hat is simple I know, but I made it in one day. Thanksgiving Day to be exact. There's not much to the pattern at but I'll spill it because, who knows, you may be looking for some of my piddly knowledge .




This hat, of course, is knit using the magic loop method.

Grab your Soulful Hues recycled, hand dyed cotton yarn, nice and bulky. Grab your 32 in size 8 circs and CO 80 stitches. Knit 1x1 ribbing for a couple of inches, then switch to stockinette and just knit, knit, knit this bad boy until it measures about 5 inches from CO edge. Then place markers after every tenth stitch. Now K2tog before ever marker, on every other row until you have 6ish stitches total, cut the yarn and pull it through those last few stitches. Weave in the ends and you're done! Well, unless your target recipient has a cool patch they want sewn on.