Laiton VVH progress

Got Dotter #1 to try it on yesterday - inside out of course and it fits beautifully, so its onto the hood and finished in plenty of time for Christmas and before the weather warms up too much. It's all in one piece (wonderful) and is getting really big!

There's also an error in the instructions. in X-L Dec Row 3 it says to p to 3 sts before next marker, across the shoulders, which should be ribbed.

Other than that. It's going really well.

Garter Edge used on the Nanna Rug

Cast on 14 st on waste yarn/crochet sts. All rows: Knit.
Knitting from the outside back to the inside - pick up one stitch (loop) from the cast on squares and knit it (15 sts), turn, k2 tog knit 13. Along edge till the end of squares.

Knitting from the outside back to the inside - pick up one stitch (loop) from the cast on square corners and knit it (15 sts), turn, DO NOT k2 tog knit- SLIP 1 KNITTED INTO CORNER ST - knit 14, turn, knit 14 W&T, knit to end; turn knit 13 W&T and so on until 2 sts remain to be knitted and begin down the other side. knit 3 turn; slip 1, knit 2, turn; knit 4, turn; slip 1 knit 3, turn, knit 5 turn; slip 1 knit to end, turn and so on back and forth until back to knit 14, knit again into corner st, turn and knit3 tog.

continue down the next side as before, straight garter sts on side, attaching as you go, short rows on corners until you've gone around to the beginning again, unravel waste yarn and attach to end by kitchener st/graft st.

Hot Socks Police Blue Nanna Rug

Knitty Gritty:
squares are 10cmx10cm. (roughly 4"x4").
I used 2.50mm needles
I got just over 20 squares per 100gm ball of sock wool = 420m/100g.
My rug is 7 wide x still going till the wool runs out..
I decided to do a garter st edge, half sized = 14sts x 28rows, so I will be able to cover 40 edge squares per 100g.

A single bed is 90 x 190cm = 9 x 19 squares, for instance and would need 171 squares, 9 x 100g would be needed. and would need 150g to do a half square around the edge.

OK, here is my garter stitch mitred square DIRECTIONS:

All squares: knit every alt row

FIRST ROW:
FIRST square ONLY: cast on 57 = (28+1+28). cast on row is ON THE OUTSIDE
Next row & every alt row: knit
2nd row: knit 27, slip 1, knit 2tog, pass slip st over; knit 27 (=K27; S1, K2tog, psso; k27)
4th row: K26; S1, K2tog, psso; k26
6th row: K25; S1, K2tog, psso; k25
and so on. Continue till you have one stitch left DO NOT CUT YARN.

SECOND square and all squares in first row: pick up 28 from INSIDE edge of one side of the first square (first st is the one left from the previous square) and cast on 29 = (28+1).
Next row & every alt row: knit
2nd row: knit 27, slip 1, knit 2tog, pass slip st over; knit 27 (=K27; S1, K2tog, psso; k27)
4th row: K26; S1, K2tog, psso; k26
6th row: K25; S1, K2tog, psso; k25
and so on. Continue till you have one stitch left DO NOT CUT YARN.

Continue along in this way until you have the length you want. CUT yarn on LAST SQUARE

Step 1: FIRST SQUARE OF NEXT ROW OF SQUARES, starts on the opposite end, ie go back to the beginning and do first square UNDER the very first square done:
cast on 29 = (28+1) and pick up 28 from INSIDE edge of one side of the first square.
Next row & every alt row: knit
2nd row: knit 27, slip 1, knit 2tog, pass slip st over; knit 27 (=K27; S1, K2tog, psso; k27)
4th row: K26; S1, K2tog, psso; k26
6th row: K25; S1, K2tog, psso; k25
continue till you have one stitch left, DO NOT CUT YARN.

Step 2: ALL "INSIDE" SQUARES:
Pick up 28 from INSIDE edge of one side of the first square (first st is the one left from the previous square), 1 from the centre then 28 from the other side = 57sts.
Next row & every alt row: knit
2nd row: knit 27, slip 1, knit 2tog, pass slip st over; knit 27 (=K27; S1, K2tog, psso; k27)
4th row: K26; S1, K2tog, psso; k26
6th row: K25; S1, K2tog, psso; k25
continue till you have one stitch left DO NOT CUT YARN.

continue along in this way until you have the length you want. Cut the yarn on the last square.

Repeat these steps 1 and 2 until you have the length you want (or the wool runs out, whichever comes first!).

Green Dragon Socks

This pattern should drop straight into your favourite sock pattern, but with a few extra stitches. Especially important is: if you normally knit with 2.25mm, you will need to go bigger, as this is a very tight knit. This will save you ripping it back, adding extra stitches and doing them on 2.75s or 3s. You could add one extra sts in the knit panel at the front of each panel and cast on 76sts. (Please note you will have to adjust the length to suit you).

Cast on 72 – 2.5m 2:2 rib starting with P1, for 10 rows.Change to 2.75mm needles, for smaller fit, try 2.50 or larger ankles, do 3.00 on leg section.
Knit first row and all odd numbered rows, then commence chart on row 2 repeat 4 times (80 rows).

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Heel: Divide 36 upper/ 36st heel: do whichever heel you prefer. Mine is short row heel to 12 st and back.

Foot: discontinue pattern on sole, work till work measure desired length. Mine is 3 repeats of pattern then do half repeat to row 11 (75 rows). Discontinue pattern.

Toe: Do your normal toe, Mine is dec 4 sts every 4^th Row once, 3^rd Row twice, 2^nd row 4 times, then every row to 8 sts.

Graft toe and sew in ends.