Patterns, Errata, Etc.

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Patterns, Errata, Etc.

Updated 8-16-07

It’s the pattern home! Here you’ll find information, errata and relevant links for patterns I’m sharing.

You can download from this page, but there is also a handy little widget, at the bottom of each page from box.net. Whichever way floats your boat. Don’t forget to check out the copyright notice hanging out on the sidebar. If you use the pattern, please leave a note. I’d love to know what you think.

Note: I designed the pdfs to be read on the computer, and printed out for easy reference, so the graphs or instructions are grouped so you only have to print out one page, if necessary. If this is hard for you to read, they should print out with no problem at a higher percentage. If you hate this default, drop me a line. I’m not averse to considering alternatives.

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ReCycle

Posts about ReCycle are here and here.
(Update 6.13.07: I modified the file so that now you only have to download one pdf, not two.)
Bonus: Significantly less than one-skein for each color!

Country Gingham Tea Towel

The post about Country Gingham is here.
Another much-less-than-one-skein wonder. (You’ll need two colors.)

Errata: As of 08-16-07 the pdf still reflects the uncorrected pattern. As soon as I make the changes I’ll indicate it here.

The grid stitch section is actually 13 rows. The chart reflects this correctly. The written instruction do not. After the 3 repeats of grid stitch, Row 1, with Color B, is repeated once more, before starting the Gingham Stitch with the Setup row on the WS.
Right now the instructions say:

Setup Row 1: With B, k1 *k5, kwp4 (5x),* end k1.
Row 2 (etc): With A, k1, *k5 (wyif sl1, wyib sl1) 2x, wyif sl1* end k1.

It should say:

Don’t turn the work after the setup row. Things won’t line up, you’d have to shift your stitches, cut the yarn and weave ends. (eek.)
Setup Row 1: (RS) With B, k1 *k5, kwp4 (5x),* end k1.
Row 2 (etc): (Still RS, don’t turn the work) With A, k1, *k5 (wyif sl1, wyib sl1) 2x, wyif sl1* end k1.”

Tips that may help with the Gingham stitch:
It’s the same 11 rows over and over again. In this case, there are two colors, offset to make the gingham pattern. Row 11 is always the set up for the color change. Because it’s an odd number of rows, the first time you use a color you’re working it on the right side, but the next time you come to that color it will have to be worked from the wrong side since the yarn is carried up the side as you go. If you cut the yarn, you could work all the repeats from the front if you wanted to. (If you look at middle of the the chart, you’ll notice the repeats never change, though in the written instructions the knits and purls, etc. are reversed.) I hate weaving in ends, so I carry when possible.

In this pattern there are two colors. So, the first 22 rows work the pattern from the right side. The next 22 work the pattern from the wrong side.

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