Teufelsmütze, bunt

Und hier ist die Teufelsmütze aus den Resten von Clapotis advanced:
Das Material war Lana Grossa Merino 2000 (alias Cool Wool 2000), Farbe 501 (dunkelgrün) und Lana Grossa Merino 2000 Print, Farbe 734 (blau-grün).
Die zwei Farben habe ich wie bei Clapotis advanced jede zweite Reihe abgewechselt, weil mir das Merino 2000 Print zu wenig grün war :-)
Eigentlich wollte ich die für mich haben, aber sie ist zu klein geworden. Deshalb habe ich beschlossen, herauszufinden, wie man die Größe nach Maß berechnen kann.

Viel Spaß mit dem Strickmuster!

Little Devil's Baby Hat

This is the best baby hat I know. It covers the ears and the forehead, but it leaves out the eyes and eyebrows so that baby can see what's going on around her / him. Garter stitch makes it stretchy.
The original pattern is knit flat and sewn together in the back. It is a traditional German pattern; I think there's someone in almost every German family who knows it or a variation of it. I converted it to be knit in the round (because I don't like seams at the back of a baby's head) and to be adapted to any yarn and head circumference.
I post it in memoriam of my great aunt Ilse who made me one when I was five, and I still wear it.
The model, Teddy Ferdinand, wears a tiny black one from stash yarn.

Update: I am so sorry about the mistakes in the pattern. Revisions are in italics.
If you find any more things, don't hesitate to leave a comment in whatever language. Thank you!

SIZE
made to measure (shown for a head circumference of 15 inches / 38 cm)

1 set double-point needles or 1 quite short circular needle

ABBREVIATIONS
CO - cast on
K - knit
R - round
k2tog - knit two together
prm – put red marker (decrease)
pbm – put blue marker (increase)
kfb - knit into front and back of stitch
ssk - slip two stitches and knit them together

SWATCH
Do swatch, please.
CO 10 stitches.
Work in garter stitch, knitting two together in the beginning of every right side row.
(There is a difference between the swatch and the hat: The swatch is not worked in the round, so, it's normal garter stitch. The hat is worked in the round, with alternating knit and purl rows to result in garter stitch. If your knit and purl stitches are really, really different, you should take that into account for the swatch.)

MATHS (oooh, scary ;-) )
You end up with a triangle. Now, tilt your triangle on the edge so that the cast-on stitches are diagonal on the left hand side and the side with the decreases is vertical on the right hand side.
Pin it out, stretching it the way you want the hat to be on recipient's head.

Measure from the leftmost edge to the other side (across the knitted fabric to the middle of the decrease side). This will give you measure X.

Now, measure Baby's head. If its circumference is, say, 38cm/15in, and your measure X was, say, 4cm/1.5in, you divide 38 by 4 and end up with 9.5 (or 15 by 1.6, also resulting in 9.5. Just make sure you don't mix up inches and cm).
Divide head circumference by swatch diagonal measure (measure X).

If you cast on 10 stitches 9.5 times, it will give you a Little Devil's Baby Hat with a diameter of 38cm/15in. That would be 95 stitches to cast on.
Multiply this calculated stitch number by 10. This will give you the number of stitches to cast on.
You will have to calculate a bit more:
The number of stitches you cast on will be divided into 3 sections. The small one will cover the forehead, the two wider will make the ear flaps. Each ear flap section is twice the forehead section. Therefore, the number of stitches you cast on will be divided by 5.
Divide the number of CO stitches by 5.

In our example, 95 stitches divided by 5 is 19 (giving stitch number A). This number is knit twice for each ear flap and once for the forehead section, so we need to divide it by two. As knitting 9.5 stitches is a bit difficult, we will go for asymmetry and knit 9 for one and 10 for the other part of the forehead section (stitch numbers B and C).
The stitches are separated into sections of 2:2:1:1:2:2

(Security belt: Once you will have worked some rounds, the circumference will seem to be quite big. But notice that the pattern really goes zig-zag around the head. If you're not sure:
Measure along the realistically stretched edge of half an earflap, which gives you measure SB (= security belt ;-) ). You can find out about the head circumference of the hat with this formula: 5 times the radical of (SB squared divided by 2) = head circumference. Or: SB times SB. Divide by two. Take radical. Times 5. This should give the head circumference.)

PATTERN
CO the number of stitches you found out when swatching and doing the maths. Close to knit in the round, being careful not to twist stitches. Mark beginning of the round with blue marker (pbm).
R1 and all uneven rounds: P to end.
R2: In this round, decrease places will be marked with red markers (prm), increase markers with blue markers (pbm).

K A st, prm, K A st, pbm, K B st, prm, K C st, pbm, K A st, prm, K A st (and here comes the blue marker you put at the beginning of the round).
Our example:
K 19 st, prm, K 19 st, pbm, K 9 st, prm, K 10 st, pbm, K 19 st, prm, K 19 st (blue marker already there).

R4 and all even rounds until round 50:
Kfb, K to last two stitches before each red marker. K2tog, ssk.
K to last stitch before each blue marker, increase one by knitting into strand between stitches, k1, increase one by knitting into strand between stitches.
K to last stitch on needle, kfb.



FINISHING
Using kitchener stitch, graft together to form a Y, taking care not to end up with three horns on Baby's head - then, it was the wrong way round ;-)

At one ear flap, CO 6 stitches. Work garter stitch until 6in/15cm. K buttonhole. K half an inch more (one more centimeter), cast off.

Sew button to the other ear flap.

Olivia Twist

Noch mal Knitty:



Topi aus einem Baumwollgarn vom Hofer ("Handstrickgarn", 100% reine Baumwolle, gasiert und mercerisiert, Lauflänge 125m bei 50g, Farbe 0039 (natur), A.Z.-Garne, D-86477 Adelsried), geplant für das Sternchen, aber der kleinen O. passt es viel besser, und sie sieht damit aus wie Olivia Twist.

Modifikationen: diesen Rand (eine Reihe verkehrte (linke) Maschen oben am Kopf) hab ich ausgelassen, in den Schirm habe ich doppelt Plastik gelegt und kein Netz.

Sehr süß.

Hedera als Weihnachtsbaum

Wieder mal aus Knitty:




Hedera-Socken, gemischt mit dem Two at Once, Toe Up, Magic Loop Socks Pattern von KnitPicks.

Diese Anleitung ist ehrfurchteinflößend, allerdings auch wirklich gut.

Das Muster von Hedera steht jetzt klarerweise Kopf, weil ich die Socken ja von den Zehen hinauf stricke. Jetzt sieht es aus wie Weihnachtsbäumchen.

Material: Lana Grossa Meilenweit, 80% Schurwolle, 20% Polyamid; Farbe: bitte raten ;-) ; 3,5er Rundstricknadel.

Saartje's bootees

Sollte jemand, die ich kenne und die einem Baby schwarz anziehen würd, in nächster Zeit ein Kind bekommen:
Saartje's bootees

Das Material war irgendein Rest, und die Knöpfe sind aus Porzellan (!).
Sehr einfach zu stricken - Gratulation, Saartje, dieses Strickmuster ist echt klass.

Feather and Fan

Noch ein Schal, diesmal für den Sommer:
Zwei Knäuel Lana Grossa Asia, 50% Bambus, 50% Baumwolle, Farbe 016. Auf der Schleife steht 4-4,5er Nadeln, ich hab keine und stricke mit 5ern, sieht recht gut aus.

Muster ist der Klassiker "Feather and Fan", aber ich bin wie gesagt kein Fan von Schals mit unterschiedlich schönen Seiten, deshalb stricke ich keinen glatten Untergrund. Macht die Sache sehr einfach:

Ein Vielfaches von 18 Maschen plus 2 Randmaschen anschlagen.
Reihe 1 bis 3: rechts (glatt) stricken.
Reihe 4: Randmasche, *3mal zwei zusammenstricken (k2tog), 6mal ein Umschlag und eine Masche rechts (glatt) stricken (YO, k1), 3mal zwei zusammenstricken (k2tog)*, Randmasche.

Im Bild sind zweimal 18 Maschen plus 2 Randmaschen, also 38 Maschen.

Ich bin gespannt, wie sich das Material nach dem Waschen anfühlt, beim Stricken finde ich es angenehm, obwohl es sich ein bisschen aufdreht.

Clapotis advanced

Mein zweiter Clapotis-Schal.

Ich mag Schals nicht besonders, die eine Seite zum Anschauen haben und eine hässliche. Deshalb habe ich das Muster abgeändert, damit es auf beiden Seiten gleich ist, jetzt war's noch komplizierter *schwitz*. Ich habe die Kolonnen abwechselnd links (verkehrt) und rechts (glatt) gestrickt.

Das Material war Lana Grossa Merino 2000 (alias Cool Wool 2000), Farbe 501 (dunkelgrün) und Lana Grossa Merino 2000 Print, Farbe 734 (blau-grün).
Die zwei Farben habe ich jede zweite Reihe abgewechselt, weil mir das Merino 2000 Print zu wenig grün war :-)
Tragekomfort: Super, weich und warm. Und die Farbe mag ich sehr.
Hier ein Detail:

Seaweed

MagKnits is offline :-(

Post a comment if you want me to send you a pdf of this pattern.

When temperatures get low and you are carrying a baby in one of these super-modern baby carriers, your coat is likely not to be big enough for both of you. Baby carrying coats are usually quite expansive and come in standard colours such as black and grey, not in anything radiant that might brighten up foggy days.

The solution is to knit Seaweed to suit and warm both baby and you. It is easiest to knit for a double-breasted coat. If you knit it for a one-breasted one, you will need some buttons.


The pattern for the hat (knit top down) can be found here in German and here in English (thanks to At Loose Ends for finding it).

Difficulty Level
intermediate (The knitting itself is easy, but you need to do some measuring and counting before you can start. If you are really bad at that, knit Seaweed very loosely and just put the buttons through normal stitches that happen to be in the right place...)

Materials needed
Lana Grossa Ultra Print (95% Virgin Wool, 5% Polyamide; 35m per 50g skein); color: 115 (discontinued); 5 skeins
1 set US #10/6mm needles
Tapestry needle or crochet hook (to weave in ends)
If you prepare Seaweed for a one-breasted coat: buttons matching the buttonholes of the coat.

Yarn substitutes
You can substitute any yarn as you will have to swatch and measure anyway.

Sizes
Size depends on your own measures – my personal Seaweed is 20inch/50cm x 21inch/52cm

Gauge
10 sts to 15 rows measured over 10cm (4inches) in 2x2 rib stitch

Measuring
Seaweed will be different for every baby, carrying person, baby carrier and coat, so make a swatch and measure before you start.


› Put the baby in the baby carrier and put on the coat.
› Measure from the baby’s toes to the first button – this is your length measure A.
The vertical spacing between the buttons of your coat will probably be the same between each – this is length measure B.
› Measure across the baby from each button on one side to the other side. The coat on the photograph has four buttons on each side, so you have four width measures (C, D, E, F). The widest width measure will be the most important one – add 2inch/4cm on both sides. This will give measure G, the width of your personal Seaweed.


Pattern
General: 10 stitches in garter stitch, 30 stitches in 2x2 rib, 10 in garter stitch.

› CO enough stitches for width F – in my case, 50 stitches.
Work 4inch/10cm in the general pattern – this is where the baby’s toes will be. Work in pattern until you have reached measure A.
› In the next row, create the first buttonholes: Find the right places for the two buttonholes using measure C, and in both places, cast off one stitch, yarn over.
Work in pattern until you have reached measure B from the first buttonholes.
› In the next row, create the second buttonholes: Find the right places for the two buttonholes using measure D, and in both places, cast off one stitch, yarn over.
Work in pattern until you have reached measure B from the second buttonholes.
› In the next row, create the third buttonholes: Find the right places for the two buttonholes using measure E, and in both places, cast off one stitch, yarn over.
Work in pattern until you have reached measure B from the third buttonholes.
› In the next row, create the fourth buttonholes: Find the right places for the two buttonholes using measure F, and in both places, cast off one stitch, yarn over.
Work until the piece measures at least 2inch/4cm above the fourth buttonholes.
› Cast off.

Finishing
› Weave in ends.
If you prepare Seaweed for a one-breasted coat: Sew the buttons to the right spots matching the buttonholes of the coat.

Photos: Ingolf Erler
This pattern was originally published on MagKnits in November 2007:
http://www.magknits.com/Nov07/patterns/seaweed.htm