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I'm a self-taught crocheter/knitter that's always hunger to learn more. A mammoth thank you to all fellow crocheter/knitter that took their time to post videos and written tutorial. It wouldn't have been possible without your contribution! THANK YOU!

2/18/2012:

Wow! Another year slipped by...how time flies when you're knitting :) It's obvious, I've been slacking on my blog update. Last post was 4/27/11! I'm officially an occasional blogger only. What I slack off in blog, I more than made-up in knitting and crocheting. Most of my projects are somewhat recent on Ravelry.

Major milestone for 2011:

Shelliyanni went live on 8/6/11. My first knitting pattern for sale.

All patterns here are for personal and charitable use only. Please do not sell the patterns or the finished project. Thank you for honoring this request.



Stay-on Hand Towel the 2nd

I've counted! Today, I had to retrieve the hand-towel from the floor 33 times after the kids went in to wash their hands! So, short of tying a hand towel to their shirt (which I did threatened, and got a response of: "can you make mine a bunny shape, then I can use the ears to tie to my shirt!!"), I decided to make more (no not bunny shape, although that did spark my interest ;] )as the 1st one had been on the towel ring since I put it on! Woohoo!




Hang on towel ring
Or hang on oven door handle





Stitches Used/Abbreviation:
Cable CO: insert right needle in between 2 stitches, wrap yarn as if to knit, pull up a loop, and put the loop on left needle. Video instruction here. Since there's already stitches on left needle, skip the slip knot and first 2 sts, observe when she CO the 3rd st. This is what is needed for the pattern below.

St St : RS - knit, WS - purl (this will count as 1 st st row)
Garter st: knit on both RS and WS. (this will count as 1 garter st row)
byf: bring yarn forward to front of needle
byb: bring yarn to back of needle
psso: pass slip stitch over
k2tog: knit 2 together
pm - place marker
sm - slip marker

Border: (k, p) 3x, k1

Notes:
When you see "garter st for 2 rows" in pattern instructions, you would knit on both RS & WS, and this 2 row would count as ONE garter st row.

When you see byf, bring the yarn forward, keep the yarn in front of needle, then knit the following stitch.

Needles: 5.0 mm /US 8
Yarn: Bernat Handicrafter in Country Pink & Dark Brown



Ruffles:
CO 84 in Country Pink
St st for 4 rows (or till your st st measure 1", ending on the WS)
(RS) k2tog to the end (42 sts)
Garter st for 2 rows
P the next row

Pattern Stitch:
Attach new yarn
1) Border, pm, k1, [sl 1, k1, psso, k9, k2tog]; repeat [ ] 1 more time, k1, pm, Border.
2) & 4) Border, sm, p to marker, sm, Border
3) Border, sm, k1, [sl 1, k1, psso, k7, k2tog]; repeat [ ] 1 more time, k1, sm, Border.
5) Border, sm, k1, [sl 1, k1, psso, byf, (k1, byf)5x, k2tog]; repeat [ ] 1 more time, k1, sm, Border.
6) Border, sm, k to marker, sm, Border

Repeat Pattern Stitch 9 times, ending with row 6)
Note:  If you don't want the slit, skip the following section, and proceed straight to the After Slit section.

Border, St st for 4 rows, Border.

Slit Opening:
(RS) Border, k5, byf, sl next st purlwise, byb, *sl next st, psso; repeat from * till there's 4 sts left before marker.
Sl the last bo st back on the right needle to the left needle. (you now have 5 sts before marker on left needle)
Turn work (WS), byb, CO 21 sts using cable CO
Turn work (RS), byb, sl the next st on left needle to right needle, pass 1 st of the CO (on right needle) over.
k1, k2tog, k1, Border. (42 sts)
(WS) k to end
St st for 2 rows.
Garter St for 1 row.

After Slit:
Continue working Pattern Stitch section for 9 times, ending with row 6).
Garter st for 1 row.
BO

Loop towel through the slit opening onto towel ring.


Then pull the top through slit.
With RS facing and ruffles on bottom, put towel through the towel ring.



Stay-on Hand Towel the 1st

There's always a spot for my ever-growing yarn stash in my closet. Now, these "growing" stash are threatening to dominate hubby's closet as well. Most of these stash are from my early crochet years. I would stock up on yarn whenever there's a sale at AC Moore. I know little or close to nothing about yarn when I first started, so needless to say, I thought it was a pretty GOOD deal to be paying $6 for 1 pound of 100% cotton. I thought these would look great as vest or skirt when I get to that level where I can crochet/knit garments! Little did I know that, these yarn aren't meant for making garments! Off course, like everything else, I had learned the hard way ;) Made a few garments for my girls using these Handicrafters Cotton, and well... they are now very attractive floor mats or dish towel! Currently, I can look back and laugh at this idiot in the mirror who uses all the wrong kind of yarn for her crochet & knits! :P
So, now I know better, it is time to reduce those over 10 skeins of Handicraters so I can stock up on the more luxurious yarn!






Stitches Used:
Cable CO: insert right needle in between 2 stitches, wrap yarn as if to knit, pull up a loop, and put the loop on left needle. Video instruction here. Since there's already stitches on left needle, skip the slip knot and first 2 sts, observe when she CO the 3rd st. This is what is needed for the pattern below.

St St : RS - knit, WS - purl (this will count as 1 st st row)
Garter st: knit on both RS and WS. (this will count as 1 garter st row)
byf: bring yarn forward to front of needle
byb: bring yarn to back of needle
psso: pass slip stitch over
k2tog: knit 2 together
p2tog: purl 2 together

Notes:
When you see "garter st for 2 rows" in pattern instructions, you would knit on both RS & WS, and this 2 row would count as ONE garter st row.

Needles: 5.0 mm /US 8
Yarn: Bernat Handicrafter in Grassy Green & Dream Twist



Ruffles:
CO 60 in Grassy Green
St st for 4 rows (or till your st st measure 1", ending on the WS)
(RS) k2tog to the end (30 sts)
Garter st for 2 rows
P the next row

Pattern Stitch:
Attach new yarn
1) k3 (this is border), k3, k2tog, k4, yo, p2, yo, k2tog, p2, yo, k4, sl 1, k1, psso, k3, (border) k3.
2) and every other row: k3, (border), p9, k2, p2, k2, p9, (border) k3.
3) k3 (border), k2, k2tog, k4, yo, k1, p2, k2tog, yo, p2, k1, yo, k4, sl 1, k1, psso, k2, (border) k3.
5) k3 (border), k1, k2tog, k4, yo, k2, p2, yo, k2tog, p2, k2, yo, k4, sl 1, k1, psso, k1, (border) k3.
7) k3 (border), k2tog, k4, yo, k3, p2, k2tog, yo, p2, k3, yo, k4, sl 1, k1, psso, (border) k3.
8) repeat row 2)

Repeat Pattern Stitch for 6 times, or until desired length (taking into account that there will be 4" more to towel top), ending with row 8)

(RS) k3 (border), St st for 4 rows, k3 (border).

Slit Opening:
(RS) k3 (border), k3, byf, sl next st purlwise, byb, *sl next st, psso; repeat from * till there's 5 sts left.
Sl the last bo st back on the right needle to the left needle.
Turn work (WS), byb, CO 19 sts using cable CO
Turn work (RS), byb, sl the next st on left needle to right needle, pass 1 st of the CO (on right needle) over.
k5 to the end. (30 sts)
(WS) k to end
Garter st for 2 rows.
(RS) k to end
(WS) k3 (border), p to last 3 sts, k3 (border).

Towel Top:
1) (RS) k3 (border), k2 tog, k to last 5 sts, k2tog, k3 (border).
2) (WS) k3 (border), p2tog, p to last 5 sts, p2tog, k3 (border).
Repeat row 1) and 2) till there's 7 sts left on needle, ending with row 2)
(WS) k3 (border), p2tog, k3 (border).
Garter st for 2 rows.
BO.

Loop towel through the slit opening onto towel ring.

Non-stop!

Since the passing of the glove bug, this is what I've been up to these past months...

Skirt and Cardigan
Spring Cardigan for GB


Bolero for Ruthie. modeled by B2



Pineapple Print Bolero



Wavy Bolero


Experimented (using short-row knit) with whole bunch of headbands. Made some applique to attach to headbands or use as head pins.




For myself:

All Season Scarf



Glittering Matcha Pullover


V-Neck Tee

Currently, bitten by the dish/hand towel bug!