A knitting pattern for the Wee Tiny Sock Club Winter 2012 by Meg Bakewell
Ktee Tiny Snowflake SoCb
Revival by Steve Crow Snow is a mind falling, a continuous breath of climbs, loops, spirals, dips into the earth like white fireflies wanting to land, finding a wind between houses, diving like moths into their own light so that one wonders if snow is a wing's long memory across winter. Snowball by Shel Silverstein I made myself a snow ball as perfect as could be. Ithought I'd keep it as a pet and let it sleep with me. I made it some pajamas and a pillow for it's head. Then, last night it ran away. But first -- it wet the bed.
Abbreviations
K2tog Knit 2 together. Kfb Knit into the front and back of the next st. SSK Slip the next 2 sts individually, knitwise, then knit them together through the back loops. EOR End of round
pattern & photos 2012 Meg Bakewell for personal use only
Materials
Spinning Fates Aurora 75% SW Merino wool, 20% Nylon, 5% Stellina MC: Winter Wishes (bright blue), about 25 yards CC1: Frozen Pond (pale blue), about 10 yards CC2: white fingering weight yarn, optional, a couple yards Set of 4 US 1/2.25mm DPNs or long circular for magic loop. Tapestry needle
1. Snowflabes Make 4 in MC, 2 in CC1.
Using Judy's Magic Cast On, cast on 12 sts (6 on each of 2 needles). Arrange sts 6/3/3 on 3 DPNs or 6/6 for magic loop Round I: K all sts. Round 2: Kfb, k to 2 sts before end of needle 1, kfb, kl, kfb, kto 2 sts before EOR, kfb, kl. (16 sts) Rounds 3-8: Repeat rounds 1-2 three more times.(28 sts after round 8) Round 9: K all sts. Round 10: Ssk, kto last 2 sts of needle 1, k2tog, ssk, k to 2 sts before EOR, k2tog. Rounds 11-16: Repeat round 9-10 three more times. (12 sts after round 16) Graft the hexagon closed and hide the tail inside.
3. Assembly
If desired, embroider a snowflake on one or more of the hexagons before assembling using CC2 (see photo). Cut a short piece of yarn, about 5" long. Thread it on a tapestry needle and use it to tie the two CCl hexagons together at corner A. Be sure to go through a couple strands on each hexagon. Note the direction of the knitting as indicated by the “V's" on the diagram and as seen in photo. Tie a square knot and leave the ends for now. Repeat for these two hexes at corners C, D, and F. Next, tie on the toe hexagons at corners D and E. You can use the yarn tails at corner D for both front and back of the toe, but for corner E you will need to use two more pieces, one for the front and one for the back. Next, Tie the toe hexes to each other at G, H, and I. Continue assembly as indicated by letters in the diagram. When done, hide all yarn tails inside the hexagons.
2. Parallelograms Make 2 in MC.
Cast on and complete Round I as for Snowflakes. Round 2: Kfb, kto 2 sts before end of first needle, k2tog, ssk, k to 2 sts before the end of round, kfb, kl. Rounds 3-8: Repeat rounds 1-2 three more times. Note:You will always have 12 sts at the end of each round. If you are using DPNs, you will need to adjust the sts on needles 2 and 3 by knitting one st from needle 3 ontoneedle 2after thessk decrease in evenrounds in order to maintain the proper 6/3/3 distribution of sts. Graft the parallelogram closed and hide the tail inside.
