Posts Tagged ‘edging’

Wrap Around Scarf

Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by by admin

Getting started FINISHED SIZE 20″ wide and 80″ long. YARN Lorna’s Laces Helen’s Lace (50% wool, 50% silk; 1,250 yd [1,143 m]/4 oz [113 g); #43NS sage, 2 skeins. HOOK Size D/3 (3.25 mm). Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge. NOTIONS About 805 glass seed beads, size 8°, color: gunmetal, 35 [...]

Pineapple Curtain

Posted on September 26th, 2009 by by admin

Size: 28 by 52 inches Materials: Lily Glo- Tone, cream (7 balls); steel crochet hook, size #7 (or whatever size needed for gauge); extra heavy starch; cardboard fabric cutting board; rustproof pins. Gauge: 3 blocks = 1 inch, 3 rows = 1 inch. Note: To make the length or width of the curtain larger or [...]

Large Lace Bell

Posted on May 29th, 2009 by by admin

SIZE: 41/2″ high MATERIALS Knit Cro Sheen crochet cotton – 72 yds (or bedspread weight crochet cotton, Size 7 steel crochet hook Styrofoam ball 1-1/2″ diameter Styrofoam ball 3″ diameter Styrofoam cone 9″ high GAUGE: RNDS 1-3 = 21/2″ INSTRUCTIONS Ch 8, sl st to form a ring. RND 1: Ch3 (first dc). Work 23 [...]

Peter Pan Collar-Vintage Crochet

Posted on October 24th, 2008 by by admin

MATERIALS: Clark’s O.N.T. Best Six Cord Mercerized Crochet, Art. B.4, Size 50: 2 halls of White … Milwards Steel Crochet Hook No. 12. Starting at inner edge of collar, ch 203 to measure 12 inches. 1st row: Sc in 3rd ch from hook (picot made), ch 5, skip 3 ch, sc in next ch, * [...]

Rose and Ruffles-Vintage Crochet

Posted on October 24th, 2008 by by admin

MATERIALS: Clark’s O.N.T. Best Six Cord Mercerized Crochet, Art. B.4, Size 50: 4 balls of White Milwards Steel Crochet Hook No. 12. TRIANGULAR PIECE (Make 2) Starting at inner edge, ch 163 to measure l01/2 inches. st row: Sc in 3rd ch from hook (picot made), ch 5,skip 4 ch, sc in next ch, * [...]

flower basket shawl

Posted on October 11th, 2008 by by admin

This delicately patterned triangular shawl looks more complicated than it is. the shawl is knitted from the fleck down in a double strand of lace-weight alpaca at a gauge of four stitches to the inch. the yarn overs that form the flower-basket lace pattern are worked on right-side rows only: every wrong -side row is [...]

Crochet V-Neck Dress

Posted on October 4th, 2008 by by admin

ABBREVIATIONS Alt., alternate; beg., beginning, ch., chain; ch-sp., chain space; em, centimetres; d.c., double crochet; dec., decrease; d.tr., double treble; h.tr., half treble; in., inch(es); inc., increase; k., knit; p., purl; patt., pattern; p.s.s.o., pass slipped stitch over; rep., repeat; sl., slip; sl.st., slip stitch; st., stitch; sts., stitches; t.b.i., through back of loop; tog., [...]

Buttonholes and button bands

Posted on August 20th, 2008 by by admin

If your garment has separately worked button and buttonhole bands, you should first pin the fronts to the back at shoulder seams. Then pin The bands to the front, taking care to ensure that the lower’ edge of the garment forms a straight edge One stitch should be taken from the band and the cardigan [...]