All Day Part-ay!

All day this Thursday we'll be having a holiday party at the Knit Nook. From 11-9, come in and celebrate the season with the Knit Nook family!




Yarn Swap This Saturday!

We're having a yarn swap this Saturday, December 6th at 3 o'clock pm!

Bring in any yarn you don't want anymore, and trade with your friends.

This is a great way to get rid of that yarn you bought for that really complicated aran sweater - that you were knitting for that guy that you broke up with last year - and get a pretty scarf yarn out of it for you - 'cause we didn't think he was knitworthy, either.

Free Pattern: Entrelac Hat

Knit Nook Entrelac Hat

(based loosely on “Lady’s Entrelac Hat” from www.knitting-and.com)

Materials

2 skeins of Noro Silk Garden or Noro Kureyon

US 5 16” circular

US 5 DPN (optional)

Tapestry needle

Gauge: 5.5 sts/in

Directions

Using US 5 16 inch circular needle, CO 92 st

Work in K2 P2 rib for 1.5 to 2 inches

Knit next row and decrease 11 sts evenly. (81 sts)

Foundation Row of Triangles

K1, turn, P1, turn

K2, turn, P2, turn

K3, turn, P3, turn

K4, turn, P4, turn

K5, turn, P5, turn

K6, turn, P6, turn

K7, turn, P7, turn

K8, turn, P8, turn

K9

Repeat entire sequence eight more times (nine triangles total)

First Row of Diamonds

First Diamond Only:

With right side facing, pick up and knit 9 sts along side of next triangle, turn

*P 8, P2 tog, turn, K9, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous triangle is left, then P2 tog, P 6, P 2 tog (8 sts in new diamond)

Next eight diamonds:

With wrong side still facing, pick up and purl 9 sts along side of next triangle, turn, *K9, turn, P 8, P 2 tog, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous triangle is left, then P 2 tog, P 6, P 2 tog (8 sts in new diamond)

Second Row of Diamonds

First Diamond Only:

With wrong side facing, pick up and purl 8 sts, turn

*K 7, K 2 tog, turn, P 8, turn* repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left

K 2 tog, K 5, K 2 tog

Next eight diamonds:

With right side still facing, pick up and knit 8 sts, turn

*P8, turn, K 7, K 2 tog, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left, then K 2 tog, K5, K 2 tog

Third Row

First Diamond Only:

With right side facing, pick up and knit 7 sts, turn

* P 6, P 2 tog, turn, K7, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left, then P 2 tog, P 4, P 2 tog

Next eight diamonds:

With wrong side still facing, pick up and purl 7 sts, turn

*K 7, turn, P 6, P 2 tog, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left, then P 2 tog, P 4, P 2 tog.

Fourth Row

First Diamond Only:

With wrong side facing, pick up and purl 6 sts, turn

*K 5, K 2 tog, turn, P 7, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left, then K 2 tog, K 3, K 2 tog.

Next eight diamonds:

With right side still facing, pick up and knit 6 sts, turn

*P6, turn, K 5, K 2 tog, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left, then K 2 tog, K 3, K 2 tog.

Fifth Row

First Diamond Only:

With right side facing, pick up and knit 5 sts, turn

*P 4, P2 tog, turn, K 5, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left, then P 2 tog, P 2, P 2 tog.

Next eight diamonds:

With wrong side still facing, pick up and purl 5 sts, turn

*K 5, turn, P 4, P 2 tog, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left, then P 2 tog, P 2, P 2 tog.

Sixth Row

First Diamond Only:

With wrong side facing, pick up and purl 4 sts, turn

*K 3, K 2 tog, turn, P 4, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left, then K 2 tog, K 1, K 2 tog.

Next eight diamonds:

With right side still facing, pick up and knit 4 sts, turn

*P 4, turn, K 3, K 2 tog, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left, then K 2 tog, K 1, K 2 tog.

Seventh Row

First Diamond Only:

With right side facing, pick up and knit 3 sts, turn

*P2, P 2 tog, turn, K 3, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left, then P 2 tog twice.

Next eight diamonds:

With wrong side still facing, pick up and purl 3 sts, turn

*K3, turn, P 2, P 2 tog, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left, then P 2 tog twice.

Eighth Row

First Diamond Only:

With wrong side facing, pick up and purl 2 sts, turn

*K 1, K 2 tog, turn, P 2, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left, then K 2 tog.

Next eight diamonds:

With right side still facing, pick up and knit 2 sts, turn

*P 2, turn, K 1, K 2 tog, turn*; repeat until one stitch from previous diamond is left, then K 2 tog.

Finishing

Sl1, K2tog, PSSO across round.

K2tog around, thread yarn through sts and pull tight.

Fasten off.

Some Finished Objects!

Despite the fact that I've only recently recovered from election mania and that I start grad school next week, I've managed to find the five seconds it takes to upload some pictures.

So let's celebrate some finished objects!

Sarah made sure to finish her socks during Stitch N Bitch so she could be properly praised and documented. (And yes, Sarah, they really do look good enough to eat!)

Tina knit this beautiful sweater in about five minutes. No joke. She casted on the week after the terrible wind storm and was done two weeks later. And we're talking about Fair Isle, people! Steeking no less! (If you're interested in making one for yourself, the pattern is from Big Girl Knits. Or was it More Big Girl Knits? It really makes it difficult to remember these things when I blog about them a month after they happened.)

And check out those sleeves! Belled and with cables!

And she even found time to use up some of the extra yarn in this adorable felted purse! (I believe the pattern is from One Skein Wonders. Correct me if I'm wrong. No, really. Correct me.)

Both projects (all three maybe: Sarah, I believe those socks were knit out of Cascade 220 superwash?) were made out of good ol' Cascade 220.

And because no blog post is complete without Leo, here he is modelling those adorable Cargo pants from Knitty that Cindy knit him all that time ago when he was just a bulge under Tonya's tank top. Look, he's even sitting still for the camera!

Oops, I spoke too soon!

Tonya's on the cover!

Check it out! Tonya's on the cover of this week's Velocity. Read the article here.

Witch and Bitch this Thursday!

This Thursday, we'll be having a Witch and Bitch (that just means Stitch and Bitch, except with a Halloween theme). There will be food, tarot card readings by our own Suzanne, and of course, knitting. Wear your scariest hand knits!



No, this isn't Tonya's blog, but I needed a picture for this post and Leo dressed up in a tiny hat and long crocheted scarf, was all I had. (He's getting to the point where he will take off the ridiculous things we put on him, so we have to savor these moments when they occur!)

Don't worry, there will be plenty of yarn-related photos posted soon. I'll definitely take pictures of Thursday. And the new Malabrigo that's coming today!

A Leo for Leo

Tonya blogged about my present for Leo, but since he was so uncooperative about posing with my present, I've decided it's time to toot my own horn.

Leo is a Leo (his birthday is in August) so it seemed appropriate to make him a lion. So here's the Leo I crocheted for Leo. You can find the pattern in this Amigurumi book.

This is my first crocheted toy, but certainly not the last!