Red Hot Pocket Purse with Cell Phone Sweater
This set is a great way to practice intricate cables while making something beautiful and practicalno, With Ideart
Materials:
(1) skein Lorna's Laces "Shepherd Sport" (100% superwash wool) - 200 yards/70 grams per skein (1) 5/8”button US #4 needles - circular and set of dpns
Idand, With ldeart
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 Gauge: SS using #4 needles = 21sts x 28rows = 4" Aran panel = 5-1/4" x 5" Finished Size: Pocket Purse - 6" wide x 4-1/2" deep; strap 54" Cell Phone Sweater - 2” wide x 3-1/2" deep
Patterns Used:
Aran cable panel - see chart/text for directions Broken rib stitch (mult 3 sts) - worked flat: 1. (rs) -k1, \*p1, k2; rep from \*, end pl, k1 2. (ws) - k2, \*p2, kl; rep from \*, end k2. 3. same as row 1 4. (ws) - knit across rep rows 1-4 for pattern Aran Pocket Purse: Starting with #4s, CO 44sts and, using chart, begin pocket flap in Aran cable panel. Note that on the 5th row, you will be placing a simple, yo buttonhole.
Idano, 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 When the chart is finished, work one row of knit (on the wrong side) while at the same time, dec 1 on each side of this row (now you have 42 sts) - this will be the turn line for the back of the purse. Begin the broken rib stitch. Do 20 reps of this pattern, finishing with row 4. BO in knit on RS (decreasing 6 sts evenly across by knitting the 6 and 7th stitches together to avoid the top of the purse from stretching).
Fold purse into thirds - the Aran panel on top, then the broken rib portion folded in half - to create a completely covered pocket. You will be sewing the side seams while doing a 3-st I-cord up the sides, then the strap, then finishing the second seam, thus:NO,WithTaerT With #4 dpns, co 3 sts and begin “Bind-off I-cord" by: ·\* Knit 2 sts, slip next st to rh needle, pickup a st from the edge of the purse (make sure you take a stitch from each side of the purse), then slip these sts to the Ih needle and k3tog - 3 sts on needle. Slip sts to end of needle to bring 1" st back to tip, bring yarn around back and rep from \* until you've knitted together the side of the purse. Remember to knit-up at a rate of 3 stitches for 4 rows of pattern so that you'll have done 30 rows of BO I-cord.
Idand, With ldeart
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 Begin plain I-cord strap (approx. 54 inches) or desired length by: \* K3, slip sts to end of needle so that you're first st is back at the tip, bring yarn around back and rep from \* Once strap is desired length, begin BO I-cord along 2"d side of purse in same manner.
Cell Phone Sweater
With #4 dpns, CO 15 sts. 1. Knit into front and back of each st - 30 sts on needle 2. Using 2 empty dpns, slip alternating sts onto each needle so that there are 15 sts on each dpn. 3. Place the needles together so that the CO chain edge is inside. Join sts and work one rnd of purl. 4. Begin Broken Rib on the 30 sts as for pocket purse but now in the round: ● Rows 1-3 - k1, \*p1, k2; rep from \*, end p1, k1 ·Row 4 - purl around Work a total of 7 reps of the 4 pattern rnds, ending with the 4" rnd. On next round, k across, decreasing 4 sts evenly across the 30 sts. Purl one more rnd. K 1, BO around to last st, k1. Slip these 2 sts onto one needle and work plain I-cord for 7 rnds, break yarn and wrap I-cord around rh strap of pocket purse and sew to top of cell phone sweater. Tuck in all ends. 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 oh, copyright by not making extra copies of this design nor by selling this pattern to others. You may, however, create items from this design for charitable or profitable reasons. If you do, please send me a picture - I'd love to see what you've made!
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
STANDARDABBREVIATIONSTABLE
(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 -- knit201 ·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 tf - 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
