Knitting – Page 23 – unikatissima's

Knitted Christmas Tree

This Christmas tree really impressed me: a lot of people knitted in total more than 2000 simple green leaves which form the tree.
After Christmas the tree will be dismantled and the leaves will be sewn together to make blankets for elderly people.
That’s what I call recycling ;-)

Links:
Knitted Christmas Tree (Lancashire community knit Christmas tree)
There is the link to Knitting a Happy Christmas in Poulton

Wrist Warmers

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These wrist warmers are likely to be a very easy and quick gift and the best: you can make them for people, too, where you don’t know the wrist size ;-)

Links:
Wrist Warmers (#540 Sticka bohusländska revlingar) (Swedish)
English Google translation of entry

Knitting Row Counter

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I presented a row counter bracelet for knitting before, I find this row counter even better because you simply take it with you while knitting. It works like a stitch marker and every row you pick up the next ring.
You can easily improvise this from different coloured yarn loops or paper clips, e.g. 4 dark coloured, 1 light coloured for the five, again 4 dark coloured, and again 1 light coloured for the ten ;-)

Links:
Knitting Row Counter – Rainbow Beads – Bracelet – Matching Knitting Stitch Markers Available

Here at unikatissima:
Row Counter Bracelet
Little Improvised Knitting Helpers
Entries containing the words ‘stitch’ and ‘marker’

Necklace with Little Purses

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I find this necklace with little purses not only a nice gift, you can even use it as gift wrap: perfect in this times ;-)
And if you don’t have enough time for the whole necklace, you can surely knit just one little purse and give it as pin/brooch as a gift ;-))

Links:
Necklace with Little Purses (Halsband m. små väskor ) (Swedish)
English Google translation of entry
via: #145 Halsband med små väskor

Snowflake Table Runner

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I recently published an entry to the subject of: What c.a.n we do with lace (doilies)?, I like the idea to make a winter table runner also very much :)

Links:
Snowflake Table Runner (DIY Christmas Table Settings – Snow Cover)
=> it’s the 8th of 11 suggestions

Here at unikatissima:
Lace Inspiration

Bridal Shawl

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Do you want to see a really elaborate knitted shawl? ;-)
I fear that it would be much to much to knit for me ;-))

Links:
Bridal Shawl (Bridget Rorem Bridal Shawl)

Knitted Bag

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I find this a cute knitted bag :)
I guess, that it could be a quick gift.

Links:
Knitted Bag (Red Rock Bag)

Lace Knitters Advent Calendar 2011

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The pattern is published! :)

It’s time again: unikatissima’s Lace Knitters Advent Calendar 2011 can start on December 1 ;-))
This time we will knit a shrug or a scarf/a shawl, just as you like.

This year everythings works a little different: the actual pattern consists of 6 little patterns that can be knitted in whatever order you like.
To get the surprise feeling of an Advent calendar the 6 little patterns are named block 1-6 and are meant to be selected by rolling a die :)

But of course you can arrange the little patterns in advance to get a design that you like.
To get inspiration you may want to look at the project descriptions (read more further below).

You find the Advent calendar at ravelry (where else? ;-))

the terms of use (valid as well for the announcement file as for the actual pattern later)
an instruction on how to make a shrug from a rectangle (with pictures) and
descriptions for 4 projects I made with the pattern.

My terms of use are also available in German.

The project descriptions contain e.g. the sizes of the four items, the used yarns and how much I needed, the needle size etc.
If you’re a ravelry member you can use the links to the used yarns via my project pages, additionally you can look in the group unikatissima what yarns were used for the last Advent calendar.

Additionally you find on the same page more PDF files, in fact the actual pattern with a chart and written instructions and a file with the German legend to the chart.

Addendum: I made all projects with a provisional cast-on for reasons of symmetry and today I eventually found a tutorial for this :))

I always have to cheat a little bit when picking up the stitches, because one ‘looses’ one stitch. Cheating means here that I knit sometimes stitches together and sometimes I make 1 by picking up the loop that lies between the stitch just worked and the following stitch and knit into it to fake a yarn over. It just depends on how the original first row looks.

If you have problems with my cheating technique, you can simply knit a couple of rows in garter stitch to ‘hide’ every unevenness.

I hope that everybody will enjoy the knitting again! :)

Links:
unikatissima’s Lace Knitters Advent Calendar 2011 (Lace Holly)
Lace Knitter’s Advent Calendar 2010 (Lace Christmas Rose)
Project pages for Lace Knitter’s Advent Calendar 2010
ravelry
group unikatissima at ravelry

Provisional cast-on (Techniques with Theresa)
=> ‘mine’ is the Open, a.k.a. provisional, cast on

Here at unikatissima:
Lace Knitters Advent Calendar 2010
unikatissima’s Lace Knitters Advent Calendar 2010
Entry: ravelry