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Working on a couple of knitted fish for the boy’s room.
I also want to make a “Sabres” sweater for the stuffed bunny he got from the Ruff family. (They had come around when T was in the hospital the last time giving out toys to the kids on V-9).
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Up to 16lbs 4oz.
23″ long
17 1/4″ head
He is below the 5th percentile length wise for actual age and between the 10th and 25th percentile for weight.
We did qualify for Early Intervention service- PT and OT. We should be hearing in the next few weeks from the service provider.
We finally finished his room- a bit behind but we finally got it done. In a fishy/ Finding Nemo theme. Now waiting for Ash’s grandmother and 2 nieces to come into town (we are picking them up from the airport later). Hopefully we won’t find any of the nieces underwear in the freezer (they got into a fight type thing while in TX… the younger one soaked her older sister’s underwear in water and put it in the freezer)
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by Laurie Kynaston
Laurie sells vintage knitting patterns, and offers free knitting patterns like this one, on her website at Vintageknits.com
| I enjoy knitting lace, and found these 3 patterns in a copy of “How to Use Florence Knitting Silk”, published in 1886 by the Nonotuck Silk Co. of Florence, Mass.There was a flourishing silk industry in Massachusetts during the latter half of the 1800’s, and the Florence Knitting Silk book was reprinted a number of times (there’s a wonderful history of the United States silk industry in a back issue of “Piecework” magazine, along with a pattern for a pair of silk mittens, which were also adapted from this book).
If you would like to try knitting these edgings, I suggest using a fine weight yarn and fairly fine needles (I used some 100% cotton from the stash, it was between fingering and sport weight, and used #4 US needles–this resulted in a heavier lace than I would normally make, but shows up nicely in the pictures. Fingering weight yarn and smaller needles would make a beautiful lacy edging). The first two patterns would be beautiful edgings for shawls or blankets; the third edging makes a nice insert. |
Pattern #1 (leafy lace edging):
Cast on 26 stitches.
Row 1: k2, yo, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, skp, p1, k2tog, k1, p1, k1, skp, p1, k2tog, k1, yo, k1, yo twice, k1, yo twice, k1.
Row 2: K2, p1, k2, p1, k1, p3, k1, p2, k1, p2, k1, p3, k8.
Row 3: k2, yo, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, skp, p1, k2tog, p1, skp, p1, k2tog, yo, k1, yo k7.
Row 4: bind off 4, k2, p4, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p4, k8.
Row 5: k2, yo, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k1, yo, k3, yo, sl 1, k2tog, psso, p1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k3, yo, k1, yo twice, k1, yo twice, k1.
Row 6: k2, p1, k2, p1, k1, p6, k1, p6, k8.
Row 7: k2, yo, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k1, yo, k5, yo, sl 1, k2tog, psso, yo, k5, yo, k7.
Row 8: Bind off 4, k2, p15, k8.
Repeat these 8 rows for pattern.
Pattern #2 (“S” curve edging)
Cast on 15 stitches. Knit 1 row.
Row 1: k2, yo, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k4, yo twice, k2tog, k2.
Row 2: yo, p2tog, k2, p1, k11.
Row 3: k2, yo, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k2, k2tog, yo twice, k2, yo twice, k3.
Row 4: yo, p2tog, k2, p1, k2tog, k1, p1, k10.
Row 5: k2, yo, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k1,yo, k2, k2tog, yo twice, k2tog, k2, yo twice, k3.
Row 6: yo, p2tog, k2tog, p1, k2, k2tog, p1, k2tog, k8.
Row 7: k2, yo, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k3, yo twice, (k2tog) twice, yo twice, k3.
Row 8: yo, p2tog, k2tog, p1, k2tog, k1, p1, k2tog, k8.
Row 9: k2, yo, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k4, yo twice, k2tog, yo twice, k3.
Row 10: yo, p2tog, k2tog, p1, k2tog, p1, k2tog, k9.
Row 11: k2, yo, k1, sl 1, k2tog, psso, k1, yo, k5, yo twice, k2tog, k2.
Row 12: yo, p2tog, k2tog, p1, k2tog, k10.
Repeat rows 1-12 for pattern.
Pattern #3 (Insert):
Cast on 15 stitches, knit 1 row.
Row 1: k2, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, k1, skp, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2.
Row 2 and all even rows: *k3, p3, repeat from *, end k3.
Row 3: k2, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, k1, skp, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2.
Row 5: k2, yo, k2tog, k2, yo, k3tog, yo, k2, k2tog, yo, k2.
Row 7: k2, yo, (k2tog) twice, yo, k3, yo, (k2tog) twice, yo, k2.
Row 9: k2, yo, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, k1, skp, yo, k1, k2tog, yo, k2.
Repeat rows 1-10 for pattern.
ABBREVIATIONS:
k: knit
p: purl
yo: yarn over
k2tog: knit 2 stitches together
p2tog: purl 2 stitches together
skp: slip one, knit one, pass slipped stitch over knit stitch
sl 1-k2tog-psso is a decrease worked as follows:
sl 1: slip one stitch,
k2tog: knit next 2 stitches together,
psso: pass slipped stitch over the 2 stitches knit together
Please let me know if you encounter any errors in my directions! I make every effort to type carefully, but I’m not perfect…
QUESTIONS? EMAIL ME at: lavs@vintageknits.com
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LACE PATTERNS FROM 1886 contributed by Laurie Kynaston; http://www.vintageknits.com. You may share this pattern on your on-line knitting pattern collections or in newsletters, providing this notice remains attached. (I would appreciate notification if you use this pattern!) This pattern is intended for personal use, or for charitable donations/sale. Please contact me at lavs@vintageknits.com for permission to include this pattern in any written collection or to use it for commercial purposes,
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Here’s an easy striped mitten knitting pattern for holiday gifts!
by Laurie Kynaston
Laurie sells vintage knitting patterns, and offers free knitting patterns like this one, on her website at Vintageknits.com
| Easy Striped Mittens to Knit Materials You Need: |
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1 skein each 2 colors of your choice (I used Blue Boy #79 and Sun Yellow #13). You can easily get 2 pairs of mittens from the 2 skeins of yarn. |
GAUGE: 4 1/2 sts=1″ on #6 needles.SIZE: My pair will fit an average size adult hand comfortably (I like my mittens to be a bit roomy). Claudia says to subtract 6 stitches for a child’s size & to add 6 stitches for a huge adult hand. |
| Easy Knitted Striped Mittens Pattern Instructions: |
Stripe Pattern: Work 4 rounds in Color #1, 4 rounds in Color #2, repeat.
Cuff:
With #4 needles and Color #1 (Blue Boy in my pair), cast on 32 stitches. Join and work in knit 1, purl 1 ribbing in the round, placing a stitch marker at beg of round. Work in stripes (switching colors every 5th round) until cuff measures 3″ or desired length–my mittens have 3 blue stripes and 2 yellow stripes, and ended after the 4th round of the blue stripe.
Next round: Continue working in stripe pattern as established!! Switch to #6 needles; *knit 8, make 1 st*, repeat around: 36 stitches (I “make one” by picking up the bar between stitches and knitting into the back of it. Makes a nice nearly invisible increase).
Next round: Knit 1, place 2nd marker, knit around.
Thumb Gusset:
Round 1: slip 1st marker, make 1 stitch, knit 1, make 1 stitch, slip 2nd marker, knit around (38 stitches).
Round 2: knit around.
Repeat rounds 1 and 2 until there are 13 stitches between the 2 markers/48 stitches total (your 2nd increase round will be: slip 1st marker, make 1 stitch, knit 3 stitches, make 1 stitch, slip 2nd marker; 3rd inc round will be: slip 1st marker, make 1 stitch, knit 5 stitches, make 1 stitch, slip 2nd marker, etc).
Hand:
Knit across 13 gusset stitches, then slip them onto a stitch holder or piece of waste yarn. Continue knitting around on remaining stitches, increase 1 stitch at end of round, placing ‘beginning of the round’ marker after the increased stitch: 36 stitches. Continue working in the round and in stripe pattern as established for another 2 1/2″ (my mitten has 2 more yellow stripes & 2 more blue stripes above the thumb gusset), then work in color #2 (yellow) only for remainder of mitten. Work until mitten is long enough to clear your little finger (4″ above the thumb gusset in my case).
Top Decrease:
Round 1: *knit 4, knit 2 together*; repeat around: 30 sts.
Round 2: knit
Round 3: *knit 3, knit 2 together*; repeat round: 24 sts.
Round 4: knit
Round 5: *knit 2, knit 2 together*; repeat around: 18 sts.
Round 6: knit
Round 7: *knit 1, knit 2 together*; repeat around: 12 sts.
Round 8: knit
Round 9: *knit 2 together*; repeat around: 6 sts (Note: I like to use a #4 needle for the last decrease round, as it helps alleviate those large ‘loops’ when you pull the final 6 sts. together).
Cut yarn, leaving a 12″ tail; with a darning needle, run the yarn through the remaining 6 stitches and pull tight. Weave in end.
Thumb:
Worked with Color 2 (yellow). Pick up all stitches on thumb holder, using #6 needles, arranging the stitches around the needles & picking up 3 stitches across the ‘bridge’ where you cast on the stitch when starting the hand–16 stitches. Join work, placing marker if desired to note beginning of round.
Round 1: knit around (I like to knit into the back of those 3 picked up stitches on the 1st round to tighten them up and avoid a hole). Continue knitting around until thumb measures 2 3/4″ or desired length (should clear the top of your thumb nail). Next round: *knit 2 together*, repeat around–8 stitches remaining. Close as for top of mitten. Weave in all ends.
“Striped Mittens” pattern © 2000 By Laurie Kynaston; http://www.vintageknits.com. You may share this pattern on your on-line knitting pattern collections or in newsletters, providing this notice remains attached. (I would appreciate notification if you use this pattern!) This pattern is intended for personal use, or for charitable donations/sale. Please contact me at lavs@vintageknits.comt for permission to include this pattern in any written collection or to use it for commercial purposes.
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“Listen, something pretty pulsating is going on. The coke crowd’s going to town with its very own knitting and crocheting Teen Fashions, smooth and super with plenty of paprika to make those beaux’ eyes blink. One swift look-see inside is enough to make any girl with an oz. of get-up-and-go in her veins take to her needles. Want a ski outfit that’ll make you Queen of the Snow Carnival? Try your hand at Chilly Sauce on page 12. Looking for some glamour-drama? The P.M. sweater on page 15 is your dish. Get a load of the New-some Two-some jerkin and beanie that’ll make you a Scenic Distraction! Talking about scenery, Here’s looking at You (page 11) gives you some hot clues on how to improve your own. Try the fashion quiz and get hep to who’s going with who in the Gadget Gallery. A couple of skeins of yarn and strict attention to the Directions in the back of the book and take a look, you’re an Eyeful for merely a Trifle! directions for making coke jackets page 27“
Sorebottom O’Boredom,
god of camping. Sorebottom is a dull and lazy god who
requires the same devotion from his followers. They
worship him by sitting on their arses for hours or even
days at a time at his various holy places like Highhold
Pass, Temple of Cazic Thule, Najena, and Guk. His
followers pay homage to him by auctioning off their goods
to the highest bidder. Their prayer chants include
‘Selling/trading rubicite for a good wizard item’, ‘Get
in line’, and ‘You kill-stealing bastard, I’ve camped
this spot for 3 days straight’. Sorebottom and his
followers are the arch enemy of ‘Wizfire’
Wizfire,
god of kill-stealing. Wizfire is an evil, selfish deity.
He is primarily worshipped by wizards, but some druids
and mages worship him also. Wizfire requires vast number
of sacrifices to sate his hunger for blood, so his
followers travel the lands killing everything in sight.
He is the arch enemy of Sorebottom, with whom he shares a
parasitic relationship. Both are worshipped in many of
the same places, but Wizfire and his followers live off
the same prey. Wizfire and his followers are hated
throughout the land.
Nurph,
god of class balancing. Nurph is a very feared god, more
appeased than worshipped. He is like a plague, feared by
all players, who live in fear that his chilling hand is
not placed on their class’ head. Nurph requires
sacrifices, which he gets primarily from druids, shamans,
and necromancers in the form of spells and abilities. He
has no worshippers or holy places, although his avatar,
Arudune is sometimes seen stalking the land, looking for
good spells or successful strategies to feed to his
ravenous master.
Playorun Economie,
god of trade skills. Playorun is a greedy god who takes
his due from every successful trade skill in the form of
profits. No skill is safe from his grasping hands, as he
leeches the bank accounts of any foolish enough to try
them. He is also worshipped by the many merchants in the
land who buy items for but a fraction of their worth and
sell them for hundreds of times their value. Whenever an
enterprising mortal tries to outwit Playorun, by making
money from a skill, he calls upon his brother, the god
Nurph to smite the offender and any who would follow him.
Powyrgamyr,
god of levelling. Powyrgamyr is crazed god, worshipped by
hordes of raving, lunatics. These madmen roam the land
killing everything in sight, never stopping, never
sleeping, until they eventually drop dead from
exhaustion. They are like a plague of locusts, destroying
everything in their path in their mad quest to appease
their god. Once a mortal gives his soul to Powyrgamyr, he
breaks off all relationships, leaving friends and family
behind, as they embark on their holy quests for
experience, fame and wealth. Those that survive the
quest, usually turn from Powyrgamyr and become
worshippers of Twynker.
Twynker,
god of newbies. Twynker is a kind god, worshipped by many
newbies. The basic philosophy of the worship of Twynker
is reincarnation. His followers believe that if they live
a good and productive life, amassing wealth and items,
they will be reborn into newbies, and be allowed to live
off the gains of their previous life. As such, the
followers of Twynker are viewed with jealousy and hatred
by other mortals. They must endure much hatred and
insults, but the consolation that they have better stuff
than anyone else helps them cope. You can see Twynker’s
followers wherever there is a gathering of newbies. They
are the ones killing rats, bats and fire beetles while
dressed in full rubicite armor.
Roel Playor,
god of perpetual low levels. Roel Playor is a benevolent
god, worshipped by mortals through out the land of
Norrath. They are well known for their verbose language
and strange way of speaking. Most of them are kind,
gentle beings who only want to live their lives in peace
and harmony with the land and its inhabitants. However,
their religion has recently been infiltrated by the
followers of Wizfire. They are usually dark elves,
trolls, and ogres who hide behind the teaching of Roel
Playor, as an excuse to appease their god, Wizfire. These
heretics are also known as azhoels.
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Been busy getting ready for the visit. So almost done painting T’s room… how to tell you are a parent… not only do you know that Home Depot sells Disney colors, you know that names of said colors… and have bought the paint for the room… Go go Finding Nemo look.
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