Simple Phone Sock
You’ll need a pair of #6 needles and some worsted weight yarn (any material of your choice: cotton, acrylic, etc.)
Cast on 30 stitches.
k1, p1 until length gets long enough to cover phone.
(About 5 to 6 inches will fit a Samsung Galaxy.)
Bind off until you have 5 stitches left on needles.
k5 and repeat for the next 30 rows. (This makes a little handle.)
Sew up seams to form sock. Sew that one end of the little strap down to form a loop. Weave in ends.
You’ll need:
1 skein brown yarn (any material of your choice)
scraps of pink & white yarn
H crochet hook
yarn needle
Gauge does not matter.
With the brown yarn, chain 10. Leave a long enough tail to do decrease stitches later. Then slip stitch in first chain to form foundation of tube, chain 2 and dc each stitch all around.
Continue until tube reaches 48-60 inches. Now decrease double crochet, dc 1. Repeat until 1 stitch remains and bind off.
With the other end of the tube, do decrease double crochet, dc 1 with the tail. Repeat until 1 stitch remains and bind off. You now have a tree branch!
Now make some twigs!
Chain 8, slip stitch in first chain, chain 2 and dc each stitch until desired length is reached anywhere from 4-8 inches. Decrease double crochet, dc 1. Repeat until 1 stitch remains and bind off. Leave the other end alone; you’ll be attaching that end to the main branch.
Make 2 more twigs, any length is up to you.
Sew on the twigs onto the main tube so it resembles a cherry tree branch.
The branch need flowers. Go to this site and follow the pattern instructions: http://nekosknitting.blogspot.com/2011/03/sakura.html
(Someone else came up with this flower pattern, not me.)
Make as many flowers as you like.
Sew the flowers on to the branch. Weave in ends.
A baby hat inspired by the Little Prince book.
1) Cast on 2 stitches
2) Knit 1 row
3) Increase 1 stitch at each end. You should have 4 stitches on the needle.
4) Purl 1 row
5) Knit 1 row
6) Purl 1 row
7) Increase 1 stitch, knit all stitches in between, increase 1 stitch on last one.
8) Purl 1 row
9) Knit 1 row
10) Purl 1 row
11) Repeat Steps 7 and 10 until 48 stitches are on the needle. The piece should measure 11” long and 12” wide at top. You should end up with a nice triangle.
12) Knit & purl in alternate rows for another 15-20 rows (or more if you want a longer length)
13) Knit 1, purl 1 for the next 15-20 rows.
14) Bind off loosely.
15) Sew the long edges together to form hat. Leave the ends on for sewing on the star later.
16) Crochet the star:
a- Make a magic crochet ring.
b- 10 sc in the ring
c- 2 sc in each stitch
d- *sc 3 stitches, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat to end of circle. You should end with 25 stitches in the round.
e- sc 5 ST, ch 1, turn
f- sc all ST, ch 1, turn
g- sc2tog, sc 1, sc2tog, ch 1, turn
h- sc all ST, ch 1, turn
i- sc2tog, sc 1, ch 1, turn
j- sc 2 ST, ch 1, turn
k- sc2tog
l- slip stitch down one side of the star arm
m- repeat steps e through l to make the other four arms
17) Make another star. (My first star tend to curl up, so I made another one to stablize the arms.)
18) Sew the stars together to make a stable unit and attach to the pointy part of hat. Weave in ends. Done.
2 Prong Jester Hat
Materials:
#8 needles
2 skeins of worsted weight or sport weight yarn, (any color of your choice)
Yarn needle
Row counter to save your sanity for steps 3-7
(number key indicates which row you’re working on):
00 = increase stitches row
01 = knit 1st row
02 = knit 2nd row
03 = knit 3rd row
04 = knit 4th row
05 = knit 5th row
Gauge: 4 stitches / 4 rows per inch in garter stitch? (still trying to work that one out)
1) Cast on 2 stitches
2) Knit 1 row
3) Increase 1 stitch at each end. You should have 4 stitches on the needle.
4) Knit 5 rows.
5) Increase 1 stitch, knit all stitches in between, increase 1 stitch on last one
6) Knit 5 rows. (At this point, you should have an even number of stitches on the needle)
7) Repeat Steps 5 and 6 until 32 stitches are on the needle. (You may increase to 34 or more stitches to fit a bigger head.)
8) Knit for another 45 rows (or less if you want to go for a shorter length, or add more rows if you want a longer prong.)
9) Knit 1, purl 1 for the next 65 rows (or less rows if you want a shorter length. You can add more if you want to go longer.)
10) Bind off loosely
11) Repeat Steps 1-10 to make the second piece.
Your 2 pieces should look like this:
The ribbed and garter rows shows you where the skull area ends and the prong begins.
12) Now you’re ready to sew the pieces together. Take the 2 pieces and attach them together by sewing along the ribbed rows, then stop when you reach the garter rows. (I sewed the garter area 10 rows in before splitting into a fork because I want a bit more skull room.) Then sew along the individual prongs to seal them up. Weave in ends.
Finished!
