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Collars:
1. With size 7 needles, pick up and knit 60 stitches (I like to pick up my stitches from the right side with a crochet
hook, single crochet one row , then pick up and place the stitches on the needles. Makes less of a ridge. Knit for 5 rows
and at the same time, dec 1 st at each side row for 6 rows. Switch to size 8 needles and knit for 5 rows, switch to size 9
needles and knit for about 15 more rows or as long as you would like the collar to be. The reason you use different sized
needles is to ensure the collar rolls nicely.
2. You can also start your collar with needles two sizes smaller than you knit the sweater with. Pick up 50 sts. For a
regular sized sweater . Pick up the first three on the outside of the sweater, then the next 44 from the inside, then three
from the outside (the 44 inside are what shows). On the next row bind off the first three stitches, kit across. Bind off three
stitches on the next row and knit. This makes the collar not quite meet when buttoned. Increase your needle sizes as you did
above.
Cuffs:
Pick up and knit 34 stitches around the cuff on double point needles after the sweater has been sewn. To pick up the stitches
, reach over the first stitches facing you and pick up the loop that are to the inside. K1, P1 for about 2 and ½ to 3. Bind
off in ribbing. You could also knit your cuffs first flat, place the 34 stitches for the first cuff on the needles, cast on
92 and then place the next cuffs 34 stitches on the needles. Begin working Row 1 of the Baby Surprise.
Hood: pick up 58 stitches around neckline. Knit for 28 ridges or desired length for hood. Knit to the middle of the row
and weave sides together in garter stitch.
Attached I-Cord:
To begin, let's learn what I-cord is and how to make it.
To start use two double pointed needles , the same size
you used to knit the sweater. Cast on three stitches. Knit
those three then slide the stitches back to the beginning end of
the needle. Without turning , knit those same three stitches again.
Repeat that row until desired length. As you keep on knitting you
will be forming a nice little hollow tube.
These little I-cord tubes make great decorations for the top of hat, drawstrings, ties for hats, ties for a baby sweater
and so on. The possibilities are endless. Now that we've learned to make I-Cord , lets move on to attached I-Cord.
To make it, Cast on 4 or 5 stitches on a dpn. Then pick up and knit 1 stitch along the edge of your BBS.
Slide your stitches to the opposite end of dpn and then knit 2 or 3 stitches, K 2 tog through the back loops, pick up and
knit 1 st from the edge. Repeat this row for Attached I-Cord.
You can make I-cord button holes by stopping attached I-cord and making un-attached I-cord to the desired length , then
begin attached I-cord once again. This will form a button hole loop.
Very Easy I-Cord Buttons
Using 2 dpn's the size appropriate for your yarn, cast on 3-5
stitches and make about 2" of i-cord (k across, push stitches to
other end of needle, repeat, never turning) Bind off or draw the
thread through the stitches. Use the two tails to allow you to make
an overhand knot with the i-cord section. Use the tails to stitch the
button on.
Leah's cuff trick
I hope it's ok to post this (but, then, it's not like a mystery
novel
> where you don't want to know
what comes next! LOL) I just wanted to
> share what I did for the pickup rows (100-101). There were a lot of
>
messages about this when I read through last May's messages during
> the BSJ KAL. This is what I came up with and it
worked without any
> problem -
>
> (row numbers from the PDF spreadsheet, I'm actually using the
>
Knitting Workshop version of the pattern)
> Row 80 - K all stitches, do not cut yarn
> Row 81 - put 34 stitches
on a holder, using a *new* yarn, K 90, put
> 34 stitches on a holder
> Rows 82-100 - k 90 stitches, cut yarn
>
Row 101 - Using yarn from row 80, knit 34 stitches from holder,
> pickup 10 stitches, place marker, knit 90, place
marker, pickup 10
> stitches, knit 34 stitches from holder.
> Row 102 - knit across
> Row 103 etc follow
spreadsheet
>
> This way all the pickup stitches are in the same row and there's no
> interruption in
the garter ridges.
>
> FWIW, I did rows 80-102 in the same color, then changed color on
row
> 103.
(Depending where you want stripes, you might need to cut the
> yarn at row 80, and use a new yarn for row 101.) The
k90 rows had
> their own yarn. It does mean 2 more tails to weave in, but imho
> that's no big deal.
>
> Leah
Joanna's Hood Trick
Someone asked about putting a hood on a baby surprise.
A simple way to make a hood is to pick up ALL the neck
stitches (the
stitches on top of the fronts and the back of the neck) and knit up (in
garter) and then when the hood
is long enough (about 75% or so of the
sweater length), then graft half the stitches to the other half, making
a peaked
hood. You have to do kitchener in garter method (ha-ha ha-HA!)
or you can CHEAT and do a three needle bind off or cheat
even more and
bind off regular and sew together.
Do not put in any cords or drawstrings around the neck--this is
of
course right out for babies' safety. I don't even put a button or a
tab because it's enough to pull the
hood up over the head as cover. If
Junior has some fuzz, it holds the hood on well enough as he lies in his
carrier
or carseat.
There is a more elegant style of hood with a back like a baby bonnet.
You essentially knit a "t" shape
and sew the sides of the "t" to the leg
of the "t" to make a cup shape. The TOTAL number of stitches on the each
arm's
underside of the t and the bottom of the "t" happen to equal the
number of stitches on the neckline: THUS
1. Cast
on (1/3 x T, where T is the total number of stitches back neck
plus each front neck piece.) Knit up to height desired (almost
the same
as the length of the sweater, say 75% of the length at back neck.)
2. After knitting up the length, then
cast on 1/3 more stitches (one
side of arms of "t" knit across.)
3. Next row, add the next 1/3 of stitches to make
the other arm of the
"t". Continue knitting across these stitches until top of "t" is
finished. The width of the top
of the t should be the same as the width
of 1/3 of T (the width of the upright of the "t."
4. Now sew the "t" together.
If you are clever you can even sew by
picking up and knitting together with an i-cord bind-off variation but
that's
another discussion.
5. Now the hood is done, so sew or knit onto to the neckline of the Baby
Surprise. If you get
crazy with hoods, you can then knit on a border of
wild furry yarn to make a faux fur parka. Or (crochet) a border of furry
yarn
on it.
If this is all too much, then purchase the Bears and Babies sweater
pattern from Cottage Creations. It is
somewhat like a baby surprise and
has a hood. It is a very nice pattern, worth having anyway.
Regards,
Joanna
| BSJ with hood, I-cord |
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| BSJwith collar |
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