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Dec 2011

2011-12-17T18:31:00.000-08:00

The hat is made free-hand by single crochet hem and knitted cone picked from the hem. Sometimes it is nice to make something totally free-hand without thinking about sts # or gauge ;). I hope you all have great holidays and have a lot of time enjoying knitting/crocheting! ym

June

2011-06-13T19:15:00.000-07:00

Atlanta is always hot in summer.

This year, it has been really hot and dry.

And it is still June.

My garden and kids need to be watered everyday.

And they all grow fast.

I hope you all well,

New pattern: Haru's hooded vest

2011-05-31T19:40:00.000-07:00

I'm happy that finally I made something not just for girls!

This is Haru's hooded vest.

It is really a simple pattern with no side seams. The pattern sts seems complicated but really is just 4 rows repeat (includes 2 ws rows with just purls) and easy to memorize. I add inside pockets in the front.

Size: Child 2[4, 6, 8]

with finished chest size 24[26, 28, 30]" (61[66, 71, 76] cm)

Suggested Yarn: Cascade Eco+ [100% wool, 478 yds/437 m per 250 g ball]

Yardage:(MC);33[350, 370, 390], (CC); 140 [140, 160, 160] yds

Gauge: 14 sts = 4" (10 cm)

Pattern PDF is available for sale from

My Website,

or Rvalry.com.

I'm home

2011-05-08T19:54:00.000-07:00

Thank you everyone who supported Japan my pattern. All April sales from Kira's hooded vest were sent to Japanese Red Cross Society on 5/1/11^^)/.

I got to know a lady through Ravelry who makes handmade accessories. I purchased a cute brass pendant from her shop. She also donates some parts of her sales for Japan tsunami relief (actually she's already went to Japan to donate some directly).

She etched a bird on the brass and below the bird's beak, it says in Japanese;

"I'm home"

on the opposite side;

"Welcome home"

They are such simple every day phrases, but make my heart aches thinking about mamy people who cannot even say those now.

There are tiny brass keys also hanging together with the bird and my husband added some of my favorite gem beads for me. I love them all together. Those little charms make pretty tinkling sounds.

Thank you for your beautiful work, Usagiuma-san.

YarnOnTheHouse!

2011-04-22T21:21:00.000-07:00

My Kira's Hooded Vest is featured here!

You may already know the wonderful site "YarnOnTheHouse".

Veronika hosts frequent generous giveaways at her blog, organizing KALs. She shares her beautiful FOs and takes such gorgeous photos. It is totally worth to go through her blog archive to just see them all (if you haven't done that already)!

We got to know each other shortly after I released my Kira's Hooded Vest pattern on Feb. She gave me a sweet message and offered me an opportunity to be shown in her blog. I was thrilled!

Then the earthquake hit Japan. Kira is my baby nephew and I couldn't see this pattern anymore without thinking about Kira and all my family and friends in Japan. This pattern became for the donation and now I appreciate even more for Veronica's strong message on her blog.

Thank you so much, Veronika.
It is so sweet of you, your post made me blush (you are the first person who ever said that my patterns are trendy and stylish!!;), and I'm grateful that you share this story.

Please, everyone, keep praying for people in Japan. They have a long way for recovery (they still having big/small aftershocks everyday) and our continuous supports are needed.
My Kira's pattern is here, but also you can directly contribute to Japanese Red Cross Society (English site, Paypal accepted)

Update 10-5-11: Japanese Red Cross Society stopped accepting Paypal donation on 9-30-11.
I'm trying to look other organization which accept Paypal easy for us in outside Japan.

Love xx
yumiko

spring

2011-04-10T20:41:00.000-07:00

We moved our current house last summer so we didn't know what would come out from our yard in the spring. We are happily overwhelmed with all the flowers keep popping up in our garden!

We really appreciate the former owner for this beautiful jobs and we appreciate also she gave us a great guardian of the garden (It's you, Butter!).

Thank you all! The first batch donation to Japan

2011-04-01T20:06:00.000-07:00

Update 10-5-11: Japanese Red Cross Society stopped accepting Paypal donation on 9-30-11.
I'm trying to look other organization which accept Paypal easy for us in outside Japan.

Thank you so much for your kinds words and supports.

I just sent the first batch of the sales from Kira's hooded vest to Japanese Red Cross Society (日本赤十字社）.

Kira is doing fine at my parents' house. There are still shortages of gasoline, bottle water, etc. but other supplies in stores are coming back so they can get essential foods and diapers. There are people in much harder situation than my family is in, so even though I told on the last post that I would use some for Kira, I decided to send all this first batch of donation to those who suffer more and need urgent help. I personally sent a lot of baby cloths and bottles and some toys for him because he didn't bring much of those from his house and he is getting bigger so fast! His parents are also applying for a passport for him now so when radioactive contamination is getting more concern (The local government has been detecting low levels of radioactive in the air/water, which they says it's ok, it should not affect people's health immediately.....WTH does "immediately" mean?!) they can fly here all together.

Anyway, again, thank you all who purchased Kira's hooded vest pattern this past weeks. I will continue contributing to Japanese Red Cross with this pattern sales. If you aren't interested in my pattern, but want to help people in Japan, this is the link to their site (http://www.jrc.or.jp/english/index.html). They can take Paypal.

My sister sent me Kira's picture a few days ago. He is wearing the vest ^^)/

And look at his shiny happy forehead (where did he get that from?)!

Please pray for people in Japan

2011-03-15T11:40:00.000-07:00

Thank you so much for all kind words. My family is safe.
My nephew Kira is now 8 months old and he and his mom (my sister) were evacuated from his house where lost water supply and now joined grandparents in another city.

I made a pattern last months dedicated to him and I'm going to use all its sales for sending him diapers/milk and for third party donation.

Kira's hooded vest

I'm still freaked out about whole things going on in Japan and please excuse me if my English is horrible to read.

Please pray for people in Japan.

sprouting up

2011-02-27T21:14:00.000-08:00

Midori (3) asks me everyday (actually almost everyhour!),
"Am I bigger?"

This past 6 months or so, she has realized there are so many things her brother can do but she can't because she is "small". Riding a school bus, building a fire, taking Butterscotch to walk, eating with chopsticks, etc...To my surprise, even though those things are brought up constantly, she never complains or gets frustrated. She would just say "Oh, I can't do that because I'm small?" and seems convinced.

But, it doesn't mean that she doesn't care about it. I realized that she had been measuring her own limits every day and now she knows that she is getting bigger every day! "Let me open the refrigerator for you. I'm bigger, mom." "Please don't help me, mom, I think I can reach the sink." "Can I carry the (grocery) bag for you?" "(turning on a light) Mommy! I reached it, I'm big!" Even after dinner she looks at her big belly sticking out happily "Mommy, I'm getting biiiiiiiiiiiig." She knows she is getting there. She is really confident and I'm proud of her.

Oh my, my baby girl is sprouting up!

and some sprouts from our yard.

Spring finally!

My girl and cat, and my first granny squares you see a bit in the back.

2011-02-14T12:57:00.000-08:00

I finished my first granny squares using various leftover yarns I accumulated for those years. It took more than two years of my slow crochetting during my commutes to make decent amount of motifs, and still, they were not enough for the size I wanted be originally…

Anyway I thought the time had come and I put them together.

Oh, poor thing.. I don't have enough nerve to show close-up of my sorry afghan. My sewing is a mess!! I hope I do better job next time and I won't use white yarn for sewing again! At least it makes my lap warm and my girl seems to love it, too.

Anyway I love the way this picture itself turned out. My daughter keeps her toy cat close everywhere in our house.

Happy Valentine!

Kira's hooded vest

2011-02-07T21:45:00.000-08:00

Update 10-5-11: Japanese Red Cross Society stopped accepting Paypal donation on 9-30-11. I'm trying to look other organization which accept Paypal easy for us in outside Japan.

update 4-5-11: Thank you! The first donation was sent (more details are posted here).

update 3-15-11: All sales will be spent to support Kira and people in Japan (post about this is here).

Hi there!

I just released a new knitting pattern for baby.

"Kira's hooded vest"

"Kira" is my first nephew and means shiny.

I used the pattern stitch (it is called star tweed!) for a kids coat before in Petite Purls , and fell in love with those cute stars. Since then, I wanted to use this stitch again in different way.

This pattern is fairly simple; The body is worked in one piece mostly in plain Stockinette stitch and knits up quickly. The star tweed stitch will be worked in the end as a part of front/hood edging. Buttons are attached for front closure. Also optional waist tie can be added as an accent.

Size: baby 0-6[6-12, 12-18, 18-24] months, finished chest size 19[20, 21, 22] inches (48[50.5, 53.5, 56] cm)

Needles/Notions: Size US7 (4.50 mm) and US8 (5.00 mm) 24” (60 cm) or longer circular needles; one set of US8 double point needles (DPNs); two markers; a stitch holder or a waste yarn; tapestry needle; buttons.

Gauge:
18 sts and 24 rows = 4" (10 cm) in St st

The pattern PDF is available for sale at

my site

or at Ravelry.com

You can get hardcopy at Sheepish, Atlanta.

Choosing color combination is really fun!

Can you think of any unique color combo??

2-5-11

2011-02-05T18:39:00.000-08:00

I made a pair of modified Staccato Socks from "Knitting Socks With Handpainted Yarn" for my husband. It was our anniversary (12th!) yesterday. I was determined to get over the second sock syndrome, so I was very proud of myself, even though the socks was meant to be for his Christmas originally ;) Anyway, if it was not for my beloved, I couldn't finish this forever (I mean, the pattern is great, It is me thing, mind you)!

And for the reward, I got a beautiful book from which I want to make every single thing. I'm so excited!

You all have a great weekend!

waiting for a school bus

2011-01-31T22:30:00.000-08:00

My son loves riding on a school bus. He is very serious about not missing it, so we come out our house way before the bus actually comes. It is pretty cold right now, we try to entertain each other during waiting, to keep us distracting from the cold. The bus comes usually around 7:20 in the morning, and in this time of the year, the sky just starts showing some sign of the morning coming.

I took my camera the other day and tried to capture the Venus we see every morning. I've never tried to take pictures of stars. so I was not sure if I could capture it.

I didn't take tripod with me so I needed to make exposure as short as possible. So the picture is pretty dark even though the sky was getting bright, but I managed to get a little dot of Venus in the view. Do you see it?? (Sorry I don't even have a zoom on my camera..... ;) It is always impressing how bright Venus is.

There was also the Moon;

It was fun, except I was a little shy to say good morning to the bus driver with big camera hanging from my neck..My son might be also a little embarrassed for me, but he waved at me as always from the bus window so cute. That is the best morment first in the morning.

And Butter in the morning light;

What I'm working on... and today's Butter

2011-01-27T07:32:00.000-08:00

Little hints on what I'm working on now.
This will be named for my first nephew "Kira".
"Kira" also means "shiny" and I have shining Star Tweed stitches here...

And today's Butterscotch looking up my son.

Have a wonderful day!

camera test

2011-01-15T20:21:00.000-08:00

In Atlanta we were stuck in snow whole week. No work for me, no schools for kids.
It could have been so boring if I didn't receive the camera right before the snow began.

I got my first DSLR!

It's an used Canon 30D (used, otherwise I couldn't afford it!). It came without a manual and also I need to get used to use the view finder because it has no live preview which I had been so spoiled with.

So, my girl and I, whenever we had nothing else left to do indoor, did test shootings together to play with the camera. In this case it was a good thing that it took a while to figure out how this camera works because we had so much time!

And

We love this camera so much already!

I also took some pictures of my favorite projects again. This is one of my most favorite project, Sunflowers Satchel (currently the pattern is available for Ravelry users only), a crochet bag designed by my knitting BFF, Asami Kawa. I hope I can write about her sometimes, she is such an amazing designer, and also my knitting boot camp buddy!

And a sweater I finished this winter. The pattern is from a book "a fine fleece" by Lisa Lloyd.

I wish I could re-take for all my works with this camera, This is so much fun!

And our Butterscotch looking at snow.

Merry Christmas

2010-12-25T19:49:00.000-08:00

It's in here Atlanta!

My son (9) writes to Santa every year sending the list what he wants and in the end of the letter he always ask for snow. This is not easy for Santa because we live in the South.

But this year, finally Santa heard him!

Merry Christmas, you all!

retromummy

2010-12-20T13:56:00.000-08:00

Corrie from retromummy was one of the test knitters for Like Sleeves for babies, and her little baby Elodie was the model!

Here is the pattern sneak peak. Isn't she just gorgeous?

and here is her post about it and more pictures.

Corrie lives in Australia, has 4 kids including a twin and a newborn, operating a cute Japanese fabric shop (retromummy) and posting her blog with full of cooking, sewing, knitting ideas and cute stories about her beautiful family, almost daily bases (there are thousands of followers, off course). She is just amazing!

She was so nice to say yes when I asked her about test knitting, but I didn't realize how busy she was then. Once I realized what was going on with her daily life (I was quite a follower already by then!), I was ready to throw the towel into her ring anytime. But she never boo boo on me and finished such a lovely piece.

Thank you so much Corrie! Next time, I will just send you a finished piece to you so you can just try it on your precious ones.^^)/

Like Sleeves for babies

2010-12-20T11:32:00.000-08:00

Finally available!

Like Sleeves for babies;

Size: baby 3, 6, 12, 18, 24 months, finished chest size 16.25 , 17.5, 18.25, 19.5, 20.25 inches (41.5, 44.5, 46.5, 49.5, 51.5 cm)

Yarn: Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Superwash Sport or Cascade 220 Superwash Sport.

Gauge: 24 st and 32 rows in 4 inches (10 cm)

The dark red one in the picture is size 3 months overlaying pink one (kids size 3-4). It is so tiny and cute! I used sport weight yarns for baby sizes and I love it!

Pattern PDF is available for sale from

Ravelry.com

or my site

Really in last minutes

2010-12-19T09:23:00.000-08:00

Sorry, it is not about knitting....

It is really in last minutes but I found this cross stitch pattern as an used book and couldn't resist....

So cute!!
Things are crazy this week for me (and I bet for everyone) and only few days left before The Eve. Can I make it?? Can I make it??

The patterns are called Santa Rides and from The Prairie Schooler. This particular one above seems out of print but they have so many other wonderful Santa patterns available.

Those are what I got.

Alright, wish me luck!

my model

2010-12-05T09:26:00.000-08:00

When I take pictures for my knitting patterns, most of the time my daughter is the model. She's been doing this since I made her a Caiden's Skirt (7 months). She is 3 now and she enjoys modeling and has better understanding about it, but it is still a bit challenge for her to pose straight without moving during shooting. So during shooting, I ask her to pose also with some movements between without-any-funny-move-shoots to keep her entertained even though I know they can't be used for the pattern.

And actually those pictures I love the most.

These are from the shooting for Like Sleeves for kids.

Though sometimes she just feels like this, too......

Happy Thanksgiving,

2010-11-22T21:04:00.000-08:00

My son and I had a little project today. Harvesting little odd balls of yarns from my stash box, he arranged them on a twig wreath. The color choice is a little Easterish rather than harvesting, but it's ok, I think it turned out pretty. I may add one or two crochet snowflakes later.

You all have a nice holiday,

New design: Like Sleeves for kids

2010-10-30T19:52:00.000-07:00

Many people may not, but I actually LOVE drop shoulder construction for a knitted garment. Especially for kid size, it gives just right touch of sleeveness (???) to a plain body. With a little twist, you can make a "fake sleeve" without making a real sleeve to sew on. This is my new design, "Like Sleeves". It is such a simple piece. A little gathering at the high waist and roomy bottom cover child's tummy well. Also I'm glad that finally I could use my favorite stitch, Kanoko, again in my design. The PDF file of this pattern is available for sale at my website and Ravelry.com. Hardcopies of the pattern is available at Sheepish, Atlanta.

Size: child 2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, finished chest size 21.523.5, 25.25, 27 inches (54.6, 59.7, 64.1, 68.6 cm), 12, 14, 16, 18 inches (30.5, 35.6, 40.6, 45.7 cm) in length.Yarn: Cascade 220 Heather (color#9558, I love this color!)

Click below for PDF download from Ravelry.com;

Or from my website;

For baby sizes are coming mid Dec.

Cheers!

a little ring

2010-09-21T18:44:00.000-07:00

I got a ring from my husband...... but not the ring.

He has a talent in tiny wire works. He makes earrings as hobby and they are so beautiful and dainty. He works as an electrophysiologist during a day dealing with various kinds of wires and their tools. He can tweak tiny things even under the microscope!

So I had been asking him to make some tiny stitch markers so I can use for my lace knitting.

And finally I got it!

See how small it is! I love the way he adds the tiny ring coral on top of peridot.

And I asked for more (off course!). They are so cute.

Now I need to find a good project to go with these.......

The boots and skirt

2010-08-31T08:40:00.000-07:00

Finally I felt a little chill this morning. It was such a long summer in Atlanta.

Anyway, I think my boots and skirt are ready!

Link: Running-Stitch Skirt

Last year when I was preparing these photos for the submission, I got some weird leg inflammation which made me eventually not be able to wear the boots at all the rest of winter. Instead of the boots, I was in the high pressure support hose which was the most comfortable thing to put on the legs but least great looking.....
So I was really looking forward to seeing the cool weather coming this year.

And for the skirt, I made a pink-purple one, too!

8-27-10

2010-08-27T10:56:00.000-07:00

Things are changing a lot around me...

About knitting, one of my pattern is now on Interweave Knits fall 2010. (for Ravelry, click here) and I started my designing into a real business.

Almost the same time as my pattern were out, my family moved into a new house. Now I have my knitting space where nobody complains of my leaving my swift open, or their getting trapped in tangled mohair (see what I was working on at that time in here).

The house is 50 years old, but nice and spacey and it came with A DOG! The story is that he lived his past 8 years in the backyard of the house, and the former owner was moving to a small condo which has no yard and looking for a good option for him. Well, we met him and we fell in love with him, especially my daughter;

And he loves her, too. We told her that we will keep him, respecting his current lifestyle and welcome him as our new family member. So his name is now Butterscotch Sakurai !

Anyway, now I'm in new place and getting a lot of inspirations from those my new surroundings. I hope soon that I can post some free patterns and a lot more here.

Hope you all well,
yumiko

Star Tweed

2009-12-16T21:20:00.000-08:00

My pattern in now in Petite Purls, issue 3, winter '09, called "Star Tweed".

I'm really happy to be a part of this wonderfull site. There are so many cute designs for kids!

Little Bee Capelet

2009-09-20T15:27:00.000-07:00

This is very quick and easy capelet for kids.

The pattern stitch here is from the repeats of only 4 rounds; 2 rounds with garter stitches to create horizontal stripes and 2 rounds with stockinette stitches plus some slip stitches to create checkered squares.

The pattern looks a little more complicated than it says, because we are going to switch three colors every 2 rows in order, independently to the pattern stitches. You will see the same color/texture combination only every 12 rows.

I named this “Little Bee” because of my color choice, but I hope you all have fun to pick your favorite color combinations!
PDF file will be available at Ravelry shortly.

SIZE
child 2 [4, 6, 8, 10, 12]

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
middle shoulder: 26 [27, 28.75, 30.5, 32, 33.5] inches
Length: 9.5 [10.5, 11.5, 13.5, 14, 15] inches

MATERIALS
[MC] Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash [100% Superwash wool; 220 yd/200 m per 100g skein]; color: Aran; 1 [1, 2, 2, 2, 2] skeins
[CC1] Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash [100% Superwash wool; 220 yd/200 m per 100g skein]; color: Mocha; 1 [1, 1, 1, 1, 1] skein
[CC2] Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash [100% Superwash wool; 220 yd/200 m per 100g skein]; color: Daffodil; 1 [1, 1, 1, 1, 1] skein

16[16, 24, 24, 24, 24] length-inch US 8/5.0mm circular needle
16 length-inch US 6/4.0mm circular needle
6x stitch markers
tapestry needle

GAUGE
24 sts/40 rows = 4" in pattern stitch without decreasing
22 sts/24 rows = 4" in stockinette stitch

PATTERN NOTES
When you work slip stitch, move yarn to WS. ( i.e. wyb on RS and wyif on WS)

PATTERN
Using larger needle, with MC, CO 192[204, 220, 236, 252, 268], join in round, pm.

Rnd 1: P all sts.

Rnd 2: K all sts.

Rnd 3: K all sts.

Rnd 4: P all sts.

Cont. in St st (k all sts) until it measures 2[2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4] inches from CO edge.

Next rnd: P all sts.

Next rnd: Join CC1, k1, [slp(slip purlwise)2, k2] to last 3 st, slp2, k1.

Next rnd: K1, [slp2, k2] to last 3 st, slp2, k1.

Next rnd: Join CC2, k all sts.

Next rnd: P32[34, 36, 40, 42, 44 ], pm, p32[34, 38, 38, 42, 46], pm, p32[34, 36, 40, 42, 44], pm, p32[34, 36, 40, 42, 44], pm, p32[34, 38, 38, 42, 46 ], pm, p32[34, 36, 40, 42, 44] , slip marker.

Next, start pattern sts with decrease round as foll (AT THE SAME TIME, change the color every 2 rnds starting from MC, CC1, then CC2);

Note: After pm, pattern sts repeat will be disrupted by markers during most of dec rnds (depend on sts numbers). In the cases, just stop patt sts before each markers, and restart the repeat (k1, [slp2, k2]) after each markers (you can also see more detailed explaination and example in comment section).

Rnd 1: change to new color, *k1, [slp2, k2] to marker* rep * 5 more times.

Rnd 2: *K1, [slp2, k2] to marker* rep * 5 more times.

Rnd 3: Change to new color, k all sts.

Rnd 4: [p to last 2 sts before marker, p2tog] total 6 times.

Repeat rnd 1-4 11[13, 15, 17, 19, 21] more times, 120[120, 124, 128, 132, 136] sts rem.

Cont patt sts without decreasing until it measures 8[9, 10, 12, 13, 14] inches from CO edge.

Break CC1, CC2.

Neckband ribbing
Switch to smaller needle, with MC, work k2 x p2 ribbing until neckband measures 1.5 inches.

BO loosely.

FINISHING
block and weave in all ends.

9-10-09

2009-09-10T07:56:00.000-07:00

I changed a bit of my blog appearance.
Hopefully refreshing the site stimulate me to write more......

The picture is my son fishing at a lake in Stone Mountain Park, GA.

Summer is almost over in Atlanta.

Hope you all well.....

Kanoko Pants

2008-03-10T14:57:00.000-07:00

A month ago, I made a vow to my husband, who has started to worry about rising cost of yarns, that I would not buy any new cloths other than pants and underwears. I have to knit all (Have anybody made same silly vow like mine?). Of course, my husband dosen't take it seriously, but well, I will try as far as I can go. Fortunately winter is almost over. I don't need time/yarn consuming heavy garments, I guess several summer sweaters and some tanks may be enough to survive next 6 months. Oh, and several pairs of socks, too.

Anyway,

This vow is not applied to my daughter almost 8 months now. However, her pants are getting small and running out. She needs more pants! I am not gonna knit my pants, but baby's one should not be that terrible..

So naturally I made one. I call it "Kanoko Pants". "Kanoko" is from Japanese term "Kanoko-ami" which means "seed(moss) stiches".

It is knitted from waist and divided into legs. Waist dosen't join, so later waist band can fold in two with waist string inside.

SIZE: 3-9[9-18, 18-24]months or finished measurement for waist: 16[19, 21.5] inches without stretching.

MATERIAL: 2x Lion Cotton-Ease (taupe) , tapestry needle, stitch holder, size G crochet hook for waist string.

NEEDLES: US6 circular 16" , and double points.

GAUGE: 18sts x 28rws = 4 x4 inches.

PATTERN
WAISTBAND RIBBING

with circular needle, cast on 72[84, 96] sts, DO NOT JOIN.

row1-18: [k2 p2] repeat[] to end.

BODY

join in to circle.

rnd1-6: k to end.

rnd 7: [k2, k front and back (1 inc)] repeat [] to end. 96[112, 128] sts.

rnd 8: p to end.

rnd 9-11: k to end.

rnd 12: p to end.

rnd 13: k to end.

rnd 14: [k1 p1] repeat [] to end.

rnd 15: [p1 k1] repeat [] to end.

repeat rnd 14-15 5[7, 9] times more.

next round: k to end.

next round: p to end.

next 8 rounds: k to end.

next 2 rounds: p to end.

put the last half sts (48[56, 64]sts) on stitch holder (for left leg).

RIGHT LEG

switch to dpn, divide sts on 3 needles. k in circle.

rnd1-12: k to end.

rnd 13: p to end.

rnd 14-16: k to end.

rnd 17: p to end.

rnd 18: k to end.

rnd 19: [k1 p1] repeat [] to end.

rnd 20: [p1 k1] repeat [] to end.

repeat rnd 19-20 2[4,6] times more.

next round: k to end.

next round: p to end.

next 12 rounds: k to end.

next 2 rounds: p to end.

next 5 round: k to end.

BO.

LEFT LEG

join new yarn (leave at least 5 inches).

do same as right leg.

WAIST BAND/STRING

make 25-30 inches of chain using crochet hook for waist string.

place waist string in waist band ribbing and fold the band in two toward inside of pants.

saw the edges at the waist band border.

FINISHING

using yarn left at the begining of left leg, close the crotch. weave in all ends.

I love seed stitch!

Caiden's skirt

2008-03-04T21:30:00.000-08:00

This is a skirt I quickly made for my 7 months old daughter.

It is made of two identical fromt/back pieces seamed togeter. I used straight needles because I didn't have circular needle for right size but sure you can use circular/dpt without seaming.

The wavy edge is simply from repeated k2tog and yo, k and switching to second color on WS gives you stitch-like line by the main color from the last row on RS. I think that looks cute.

Caiden is my friend's baby who are always so cute in brown outfit with brown tights.

Size: 12 months

Material: MC(main color): Lion Cotton-Ease (brown), CC (contrasting color): Bernat Bamboo Natural Brand (beigh) , tapestry needle, 3x stitch markers. (optional: size G crochet hook for waist string)

Needles: US8 and US6 straight needles

Gauge: 16sts x 22rws = 4 x4 inches with US8.

Skirt (front and back): This will be knitted from the bottom. (MC) with bigger needle Cast on 72 sts.

row1: k to end.

row2: p to end.

row3: [k2tog 3 times, (yo, k1) 6 times, k2tog 3 times] repeat [] 3 times more.

row4: Switch to CC and k to end.

row5: k to end.

row6: Switch back to MC and p to end.

row7: [k2tog 3 times, (yo, k1) 6 times, k2tog 3 times, place marker] repeat [] 2 times more, k2tog 3 times, (yo, k1) 6 times, k2tog 3 times.

row8: Switch to CC and k to end.

row9: k to end.

row10: Switch back to MC and p to end.

row11:[k2tog, k to marker] repeat 3 times more.

row12: p to end.

row13: k to end.

row14: p to end.

Repeat row 11-14 8 times more, 36 sts remains.

For waist band ribbing, with smaller needle [k2, p2] repeat to end for next 8 rws, BO.

Finishing: seam each side of front/back, weave in loose ends. (for optional waist string, make 30 inches of chain with crochcet hook and weave through the waist band)

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Well, this is the first pattern I've ever written, so I appreciate your comments and suggestions.