Saturn's Rings Phone Cosy
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Saturn's Rings Phone Cosy
Difficulty:
Medium. The cast on is a little different. Photo credit: Krispian Lowe for the cosy. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute for the Saturn images
Size:
iPhone 4G and 4Gs or phone of similar dimensions. The iPhone 5 will require slightly more rows, but this is included in the pattern. This pattern is to scale means that your iPhone Cosy will be to a scale of 1:1,219,000,000 to Saturn's rings. Each row represents 2300 Km (1400 miles).
Materials:
Yarn A: 1 skein of Brooklyn Tweed, Loft, Colour: Woodsmoke. Yarn B: 1 skein of Brooklyn Tweed, Loft, Colour: Cast Iron. Please note that Loft can be fragile (Cast Iron), so be gentle. If you prefer replace the yarn for something stronger.
Needles:
2 mm (Us 0 and UK 14) 3 double pointed needles or 2 mm circular needles (for magic loop method)
Tension/Gauge:
Stockinet stitch with 2 mm needles: 31 stitches (sts) by 53 rows for 10 cm by 10 cm (4 inches by 4 inches), respectively.
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Pattern Thf
Cast on 44 sts using Judy's magic cast on (22 sts per needle using yarn B). If you do not want to use this type of cast on, start from the last row, work towards the start row and use a three needle cast off (bind off). Rnd 1 to 4: Yarn B K44 [Gap between Saturn and the Ring] Rnd 5 to 9: Yarn A K44 [D ring] Rnd 10 to 11: Yarn A Ktbl 44 [C ring] Rnd 12: Yarn B K44 [Titan Ringlet] Rnd 13 to 17: Yarn A Ktbl 44 [C ring] Rnd 18: Yarn B K44 [Maxwell Gap Ringlet] Rnd 19 to 20: Yarn A Ktbl 44 [C ring] Rnd 21 to 36: Yarn A K44 [B ring] Rnd 37 to 39: Yarn B K44 [Cassini division] Rnd 40 to 46: Yarn A K44 [A Ring] Rnd 47 to 48: Yarn B K44 [Encke Gap] Rnd 49: Yarn A K44 [A ring] Rnd 50: Yarn B Ktbl 44 [Keelier Gap] Rnd 51 to 52: Yarn B K44 [Gap] Rnd 53: Yarn A K44 [F ring] Rnd 54 to 71: Yarn B K44 [Gap] Rnd 72 to 74: Yarn A K1, P1 22 times [G ring] Rnd 75 to 85: Yarn B K1, P1 22 times [Gap]
Abbreviations
iPhone 5: Rnd 86 to 92: Yarn B K1, P1 22 times [Gap] Knit: KKnit through the back loop Ktbl Purl: PRound: Rnd Stitches: sts Cast off (Bind off) 44 sts using the stretchy method: moving the yarn forward before a knit or behind before a purl; passing the subsequent yarn over and the previous stitch over the new stitch (right hand needle only). A good guide can be found if you Google or YouTube “Stretchy Bind Off."
KNITTING KRIS
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