Home Spun Head Scarf 2017 Part 2

Home Spun Head Scarf 2017 Part 2

New Plied Ball of Wool

In order to match the Head Scarf body I decided to stick with the 3.25mm circular needles.

The pattern I am using is not mine but one I have used before to edge other items such as my Purple Head Scarf

Purple Bamboo Cotton Headscarf

This purple Head Scarf is what I based my Spun Head Scarf upon though the first one was more triangular in shape and knitted with Bamboo Cotton.

Knitted Edging

As stated this edging pattern is not mine but Barbara Palmer’s. It can be found for free online. I will post the link at the bottom of the page.

Sewn Edging

I made the edging long enough to sew all around the main body plus enough to tie. In the above photograph I attached one edge to the bottom right photograph and carried all the way around until it met. I then sewed the two edges together and left the tail.

Now on the bottom left hand corner I picked up 5 stitches on the needle and continued with the edging pattern until I reached the desired length.

At this point I have to admit I made a mistake. I miscounted and cast off one wave too soon. As it appeared long enough to tie I left it as it was as I couldn’t be bothered to unravel and correct it.

Home Spun Head Scarf Washed & Pressed

This is the final result. All that is left is for it to dry and it is ready to wear.

Wavy Edge Pattern by Barbara Palmer

https://www.scribd.com/doc/36717446/Wavy-Boarder

Home Spun Head Scarf 2017 Part 1

Home Spun Head Scarf 2017 Part 1

In a break from the usual blogs regarding my long term project here is something a little different whilst I am waiting for some materials to arrive.

Spun Wool

Quite a while back I mentioned I had done some spinning. Until now I hadn’t actually used the wool. I also had some Fleece that I hadn’t yet spun so I thought I would do a blog about it.

Fleece is shorn off the sheep then washed. After washing it is then combed. You then have raw washed Fleece.

Unspun Fleece

I have a fair amount of the Fleece so I take a medium sized piece to start with.

Teased Fleece

Taking the end of the Fleece I gently begin to pull until I get a thin length I can use. This is referred to as teasing.

Start of Spinning

I slowly twist the thin length of Fleece until I can tie it to the drop spindle.

Fleece Being Spun Anticlockwise

Taking hold of the bottom of the spindle I spin Anticlockwise. This is extremely important and must be spun always in this direction as if you reverse the spin it will simply untwist again.

Spinning and Teasing 

I continued teasing whilst spinning until I had a full spindle. I then gently wound into a ball. I then repeated the process with another piece of Fleece.

Spun Fleece Being Plied

In order to ply the two pieces together tie to the spindle but this time Spin Clockwise.

The Head Scarf Pattern

Using the three balls of wool in the first picture I began to knit a headscarf. I hadn’t got a pattern so I made one up. First of all I had to decide on what size needle to use.

I decided to use a 3.25mm size to keep the stitches small and also in circular needle form for ease.

Pattern

K = Knit

P = Purl

K2tg = Knit two together

Cast on 70 Stitches

Row 1 Knit

Row 2 Purl

Row 3 Knit

Row 4 Purl

Row 5 K10 K2tog K10 K2tog K22 K2tog K10 K2tog K10

Row6 P66

Row 7 K66

Row 8 P66

Row 9 K10 K2tog K10 K2tog K18 K2tog K10 K2tog K10

Row 10 P62

Row 11 K62

Row 12P62

Row 13 K10 K2tog K10 K2tog K14 K2tog K10 K2tog K10

Row14 P58

Row 15 K58

Row 16 P58

Row 17 K10 K2tog K10 K2tog K10 K2tog K10 K2tog K10

Row 18 P54

Row 19 K54

Row 20 P54

Row 21 K10 K2tog K10 K2tog K6 K2tog K10 K2tog K10

Row 22 P50

Row 23 K50

Row 24 P50

Row 25 K10 K2tog K10 K2tog K2 K2tog K10 K2tog K10

Row 26 P46

Row 27 K46

Row 28 P46

Row 29 K8 K2tog K8 K2tog K6 K2tog K8 K2tog K8

Row 30 P42

Row 31 K42

Row 32 P42

Row 33 K8 K2tog K8 K2tog K2 K2tog K8 K2tog K8

Row 34 P38

Row 35 K38

Row 36 P38

Change Wool

Row 37 K6 K2tog K6 K2tog K6 K2tog K6 K2tog K6

Row 38 P34

Row 39 K34

Row 40 P34

Row 41 K4 K2tog K4 K2tog K10 K2tog K4 K2tog K4

Row 42 P30

Row 43 K30

Row 44 P30

Row 45 K4 K2tog K4 K2tog K6 K2tog K4 K2tog K4

Row 46 P26

Row 47 K26

Row 48 P26

Row 49 K4 K2tog K4 K2tog K2 K2tog K4 K2tog K4

Row 50 P22

Row 51 K22

Change Wool

Row 52 P22

Row 53 K2 K2tog K2 K2tog K6 K2tog K2 K2tog K2

Row 54 P18

Row 55 to Row 78 K 18 P18

Row 79 K2 K2tog K10 K2tog K2

Row 80 P16

Row 81 K16

Row 82 P16

Row 83 K2 K2tog K8 K2tog K2

Row 84 P14

Row 85 K14

Row 86 Purl Cast off.

Head Scarf Pre-edging

This part of the Head Scarf is now done. The next blog will be about the edging.

Autumn Cape 2016 A long Term Project - Front Daytime

Part 3

Last time I left talking about the adjusting the Fox’s spindly legs. Did you spot the - ahem ‘deliberate mistake’?

Fox Spindly Legs Mistake

When altering the chart I accidentally put one of the lines on the far hind leg the wrong way around so the shape was far too full. Compare that leg shape with the other hind leg and you should spot the difference.

Fortunately this was spotted and corrected before the knitting was done.

Fox Pre-tidying Spindly Leg

 

The legs are now fuller and more proportional the body. I only now need to do some tweaking to redefine some of the shaping. I will say one thing my Fox is certainly well fed by the looks of it.

I have come to a little bit of an impasse. I have been toying with whether to add a pocket or not to the cape. I would like to but I have had a word of caution about dragging the rest of the work down.

Since I have never tried to put a pocket on anything my first reaction was to do a test piece. I decided to do this on my old summer cape to see what it would look like.

Summer Cape Pre-Pocket

 

I intend to kill two birds with one stone here. There is a slight fault in the knitting so if I place the pocket here it should disguise it.

  

Summer Cape Pre Pocket Marker

 

I have placed a marker just under the spot I want to cover up. This will be where the bottom of the pocket will be. I am going to attempt to do a pocket using the cast on method.

Summer Cape Pocket

 

As you can see I have added the pocket. It is slightly wonky due to the fact that I forgot which row I was picking up on. The pocket itself looks a bit untidy but that is purely because I had to add more yarn and pulled it a bit. However it is a pocket and it works as I have carrying my mobile phone in it.

In an unrelated item I have finally managed to ply some wool. I have had it absolutely ages but never seemed to have the time to do it. Let’s face it trying to spin yarn with a cat around it just asking for trouble. There are so many knots in it bumpy isn’t the word.  See what you think

First Ever Balls Of Hand Spun and Plied Wool