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Saturday, September 2, 2023

Free Shopping Bag Pattern

Colorado Shopping bag

Colorado now charges $.10 for shopping bags at all stores, including yarn stores and grocery stores. So why not make loads and loads of shopping bags in wonderful colors.

MATERIALS: 250g/9 oz worsted weight cotton

1 5.5mm/9 US 16 in circular needle

1 8mm/11 US 24 in circular needle

Bag Bottom

With Size 9 circular needle, cast on 30 sts. Work in garter stitch (knit every row) to make a square, approximately 40 rows.

Pick up 30 stitches along the side, 30 stitches along the bottom, and 30 stitches along the other side (120 stitches total). Mark the beginning of the round. Knit 8 rounds in garter stitch (4 ridges).

Switch to size 11 circular needle.

Bag body

Round 1: Knit

Round 2: K2tog, YO to the marker.

Continue round 1 and 2 for approximately 10 inches. (I counted 18 ‘holes’ or yo). Change back to size 9 needle.

Bag top

Round 1: Knit

Round 2: Purl

Continue Round 1 and 2 four times.

Next round: *Cast off 15 stitches. Knit 45 stitches* twice

Next round: *Using the E method (www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vYqm13EMlY), cast on 15 stitches, purl 45 stitches* twice.

Round 1: Knit

Round 2: Purl

Continue Round 1 and 2 for approximately three inches.

Cast off. Weave in ends.

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Here are some more potholders

Lots of Potholders! I've been busy

I have been double knitting my fingers off making potholders. Double knitting means that the picture is reversed on the other side. If you are interested in any of these potholders, either as a pattern (usually free) or the finished product ($15 each), let me know by replying to this blog or my email of pribfam@msn.com. Here are all I have done so far:

Thursday, August 10, 2023

Is it a Bigfoot or a Yeti? And a free pattern too.

I admit it. I have never seen a bigfoot, but I hope they are real. I don't think I want to see one, though, unless I am safely driving away in a vehicle. I understand that they might be here in Colorado. So I had to design a potholder to get my own bigfoot. This is done in double knitting, so it is a Bigfoot on one side and a white Yeti on the other. I think he turned out really cute.

Here is the pattern I designed of this guy. Feel free to use it to make your own. Use cotton yarn to make the potholder oven-safe. Using size 5 needles, cast on 64 stitches to make a potholder 32 stitches wide. If you are new to double knitting, this YouTube video will help you out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXmgdIUANP4

In fact, just up the mountain from us, there is a Sasquatch Museum in Bailey, Colorado. We have actually been there twice. Even if you don't believe, it is a nice drive and a fun little place to explore for an afternoon. It tells all about the stories, evidence, pictures, and legends of the cryptid. To find out more about the Sasquatch Outpost, go to their website https://www.sasquatchoutpost.com/.