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Simple phone sock (free pattern)

Simple Phone Sock
PHONESOCK2

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.

PHONESOCK1

Le Petit Prince

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

finished jester hat 1

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:
1/2 of hat
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.

where to sew

Finished!
finished jester hat 2