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traditional hand-knits with a modem tuoist! Mary C. Gildersleeve, Design-Artist 112 Green Spring Road, Locust Grove, Virginia 22508 540-412-9055 bhwh.mary@gmail.com www.marygildersleeve.com
Father's Day Necktie
(perfect fit for the special man in your life!) This design is dedicated to all the special men in my life .. my father, my father in-law, my husband, and my boys. The elegance and sophistication of this tie are 20 ano just a small example of just how much you've all enriched my life. The knit-purl texture stitch lends interest to the knitting and allows the tie to lie flat. NOTE: directions for the stitches are both charted and written
Idand, With ideart
traditional hand-knits with a modem tuoist! Mary C. Gildersleeve, Design-Artist 112 Green Spring Road, Locust Grove, Virginia 22508 540-412-9055 bhwh.mary@gmail.com www.marygildersleeve.com
Materials:
200 yards of fingering weight 100% cashmere; sample shown used one 1-ounce skein of Spring Gate Farm’s Brown Ragg cashmere - held double throughout US#2 straight needles (I used a pair of five-inch long sock needles since there are so few sts) Tapestry needle to tuck in ends
Gauge:
7sts x 8 rws in pattern stitch = 1"" Finished Dimensions: 58" long; 2-1/2" wide at bottom, narrowing to 1-1/2" wide for back ofti
Pattern Stitches:
Triangle-stitch pattern (mult of 5sts x 10 rws): 1．(rs): knit all sts 2. (ws): kl, p4 3. K4,pl 4. K2,p3 5. K3, p2 6. K3, p2 7. K2, p3 8. K4, pl 9. K1, p4 10. K all sts Rep these 10 rows for desired length
Stockinette Blocks (mult of 11sts x 10rws): Row 1 and all odd rows (rs): k all sts Row 2 - 8 (ws): k3, p5, k3 Row 10 (ws): k all sts Rep these 10 rows for desired length.
Stockinette Block chart
mult 11sts x 10rws
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Idand, With ideart
traditional hand-knits with a modem tuoist! Mary C. Gildersleeve, Design-Artist 112 Green Spring Road, Locust Grove, Virginia 22508 540-412-9055 bhwh.mary@gmail.com www.marygildersleeve.com
Pattern Notes:
● This tie is knit from the 2-1/2" wide bottom front in Triangle-stitch for 25"'; you willthen begin to narrow the tie down to 1-1/2" wide using a blocks of ss bordered in garter (this makes for easier to counting for final length To give this tie body, the yarn is HELD DOUBLE throughout. To make two balls from one skein, use a postal/food scale and roll two even balls of fiber This tie has 2 selvage sts ... you will slip the last unworked st of every row. When you get to tht narrowed section, the selvage st is part of the 11 sts. Knitting Directions: imere HELD DOUBLE, CO 17sts (15 sts for the pattern rep and 2 selvage sts Foundation rows: k 1 row to last st, sl st. k 1 row to last st, sl st. Keeping the first and last sts as selvage sts, work 3 repeats of the Triangle Stitch pattern until 19 row repeats have been worked. Tie should measure approx. 25" when stretched slightly. egin dec sets (3) for narrowing of tie (selvage st is included in these directions First dec set: Row 1: K4, ssk, k5, k2tog, k3, sl1 - 15 sts Row 2: K 5, p5, k4, sl 1 Row 3: k5, k5, k4, sl 1 Rep rows 2& 3 three times more Row 10: k to last st, sll Second dec st: Row 1: K3, ssk, k5, k2tog, k2, sl1 - 13 sts Row 2: K4, p5, k3, sl 1 Repr3:k4.&S3 kbre tims more Ida Row 10: k to last st, sl1 Third dec set: Row 1: K2, ssk, k5, k2tog, k1, sl 1 - 11 sts Row 2: K3, p5, k2, sl 1 Row 3: k3, k5, k2, sl 1 Rep rows 2& 3 three times more Row 10: k to last st, sl1
Idand, With ideart
traditional hand-knits with a modem tuoist! Mary C. Gildersleeve, Design-Artist 112 Green Spring Road, Locust Grove, Virginia 22508 540-412-9055 bhwh.mary@gmail.com www.marygildersleeve.com Working on the 11sts, begin the Stockinete Block stitch pattern (the selvage st is included in the 11 sts; remember to always slip, unworked, the last st of each row), doing a total of 22 repeats. Tie should measure (when stretched slightly) approx. 58". Work 4 rows of garter and BO. Tuck in all loose ends. Wet block the tie to the desired length/width.
The sample was knit with Spring Gate Farm's cashmere yarn, a quality fiber made from championship goats. For other cashmere designs and to purchase this luxury fiber, check out Jane's website, Spring Gate Farm! If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this pattern, please email: Mary C. Gildersleeve -- bhwh.mary @ gmail.com. Please visit my website, www.marygildersleeve.com, for other knitterly tidbits! I am a small, independent hand-knits designer who attempts to make a bit of money from this God-given talent; money that augments my family's income. Please honor my copyright by based on this design for charitable or profitable purposes. Please let me know if you do - I'd love to see the items!
Idand, With ideart
traditional hand-knits with a modem tuoist! Mary C. Gildersleeve, Design-Artist 112 Green Spring Road, Locust Grove, Virginia 22508 540-412-9055 bhwh.mary@gmail.com www.marygildersleeve.com
STANDARDABBREVIATIONSTABLI
(if you have any questions about these abbreviations, please don't hesitate to email or check my website for further information ... I'm here to help!) -- inches (） rep inst bet ( )'s as many times as noted afterward rep inst foll single \* as directed \* rep inst bet \* \*'s as many times as noted after [] rep inst bet []'s as many times as noted after 3nbo - three-needle bind off alt -- alternate approx -- approximately beg -- begin/beginning bet -- between BO -- bind off ·CC -- contrast color cm -- centimeter(s) ·cn -- cable needle CO -- cast on cont -- continue dec -- decrease(es) DPN(s) -- double pointed needle(s) EOR -- every other row inc -- increase inst -- instructions ·K, k -- knit20 ·K1-b -- knit 1 st tbl k2tog -- knit two sts together KFB -- knit into the front and back of stitch kwise -- knitwise LH -- left hand M1 -- make one stitch M1L -- make a left-leaning st M1R -- make a right leaning st MC -- main color mm -- millimeter(s) oz -- ounce PU -- pick up P, p -- purl p2tog -- purl 2 sts together pat -- pattern pm -- place marker pop -- popcorn pr -- previous row prev -- previous psso -- pass slipped stitch over pwise -- purlwise R --row rem -- remain(ing) rep -- repeat Rev st st -- reverse stockinette stitch RH -- right hand rnd(s) -- round(s) RS -- right side sk -- skip sk2p -- sl 1, k2tog, pass slipped stitch over k2tog: 2 sts dec skp sl, -- k, psso: 1 st dec sl -- slip sl st -- slip stitch(es) sm -- slip marker ssk -- sl, sl, k these 2 sts tog sssk -- sl, sl, sl, k these 3 sts tog St st --stockinette stitch sts -- stitch(es) tbl -- through back loop tfl -- through front loop tog -- together w&t -- wrap & turn (see specific instructions in pattern) WE -- work even WS -- wrong side wyib -- with yarn in back wyif -- with yarn in front yd(s) -- yard(s) yo -- yarn over
