Monday, May 9, 2011

How to knit a beret

Cast on 83 stitches and knit 3 cm in heigh using 1x1 (1 knit and 1 purl)

Then make 2 stitches out of each purl stitch so that you would have 124 stitches instead of 83. keep knitting for 6 sm using 1x2 (1 knit and 2 purl stitches)

Then to each group of purl stitches add one more stitch so the total would be 165 stitches instead of 124, and continue knitting 1x3 (1 knit and 3 purl stitches) for 8cm more to reach height of 17 cm.


Then start decreasing purl stitches by removing one purl stitch from each group of purl stitches so that the total number of stitches comes down to 124.

Knit for 3sm to get to 20 cm total height and then decrease number of stitches to 83 by decreasing each group of purl stitches by one again. Knit this way for another 5cm to get to 25 cm and after that start knitting each two stitches together to decrease the total number of stitches to 43. Keep going for 2 rows. Then repeat decrease every 2 rows to get from 43 first ot 21, then to 11, and then to 6. After you get to 6, pull the yarn through all 6 stitches, pull them all together and secure tha yarn around them.


Next knit the cable by casting on 11 stitches and knitting about 25 cm in length, using the following pattern:

row 1 - 11 knit stitches
row 2 - 11 purl stitches
row 3 - take off the first stitch to a second needle and take off stitches 2,3, and 4 to an extra needle and keep them behind your knitting, knit 5,6, and 7 using knit stitch, followed by stitches 2,3, and 4 from the additional needle, then knit the rest - 8,9,10, and 11
row 4 - 11 purl stitches
row 5 - 11 knit stitches
row 6 - 11 purl stitches
row 7 - Take off stitch 1 to the second needle and knit stitches 2,3, and 4. Take off stitches 5,6, and 7 to an additional needle and keep them in front of your knitting, and knit stitches 8,9, and 10, followed by stitches 5,6,and 7 from additional needle and finish with knitting stitch 11.
row 8 - 11 purl stitches


then repeat the above pattern.

Sew the cable onto the rest and close the side stitch as well

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Sporting my new purchase

Yesterday my husband took me to Brazilian steakhouse for Mother's Day and I decided to give my new purse an airing.