Cloche

I just knit this cloche from Boutique Knits by Laura Irwin. She seems to be fan of ruffle details.



The ruffle created on the edge of the hat band was fun to make. Basically the bottom is a larger ruffle and after knitting it the stitches are kept live while knitting another smaller ruffle. The two ruffles are then knitted together. This technique would make a really fabulous scarf.

SO THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PATTERN ??

I am delighted to belong to the Curly Whirlies......... I have only used the one pattern for those that I have knitted in the past:
Using fairly large needles, cast on 150 stitches, Knit 1 row, increase in every stitch (300), knit 1 row, increase in every stitch (600), Knit 1 row and cast off.

This photo shows one of my Curly Whirlies knitted in handspun and hand-dyed wool.

Hello, everybody!!!

Thank you for the admin who have kindly invited me to join this blog. I'm very new to crocheting and I don't know how to knit. Basically, I would like to learn from other's experience and try to exchange ideas later on by join this blog. I'm currently working on a simple double-crochet-pattern felted bag and a shell-pattern scarf (on the left).

Krisbe x

Looks Like Lion Brand Yarn is Getting Curly

Hi whirlers:

I received an email about a new yarn from Lion Brand Yarn - it looks like a strip of (white or black) already knitted fabric which when knitted, creates layers of ruffles.

Check out the pic


Here is a link to the free pattern.

Peace!

Susan at ZenKnit.

slithering snakes

thanks all for the KAL! i got a yummy yarn from my one-skein secret pal, and while i was browsing i discovered the perfect pattern on the sidebar.



curves, baby!

pattern: Kureopatora Snake Scarf
yarn: jade sapphire keja 4-ply cashmere (how far will 200yds take me?)
needles: size 3 inox

:)

Short Rows Curly Whirly

Antoinette has kindly given us permission to link to her free pattern for a short rows curly whirly scarf. Like the Ruffles Scarf pattern from Scarf Style which also uses short rows, this is an ideal knit for those who'd like to make a CW but are not too enamoured with having zillions of stitches on long, long circular needles!

As regards pros and cons, the only disadvantage I found about using the short rows technique for CWs was the constant turning of the work as you're knitting a very long piece (given as it twists) with very few stitches. To overcome this problem, why not hone your backwards knitting skills (link to technique for both English and Continental styles in the sidebar).

Many thanks to Antoinette for the pattern!

YACWS (yet another curly whirly scarf)

I still think that making other items into curly whirly projects would be a great thing to do, but I haven't done one yet. So I at least wanted post my latest curly whirly. I had rather forgotten about it as it got stuffed into the bottom of a project bag.

Anyway, I really like the girliness of this scarf. I did a chain 5, sc into every 3rd stitch edging on it to give it that frou-frou, frilly look. I think it would be very nice in cotton for summer. Hmmmmm.....I have some Jaeger Trinity.....

And while I was making this scarf I crocheted another one that was a combination of the one above and the beautiful one from ColoursKnits (the Japanese pattern). The shot's almost the same, too. :wink:

Non-Scarf Project Suggestion

I haven't been in a scarf mood but have been adding curly whirlies to hats.

A couple of hours ago I saw this picture of curlicue bead crochet earrings. The caption says that a pattern will be coming soon but hey! now we've got the idea in our heads, I'm sure we can come up with something similar. I think a matching pendant would be lovely.

Ideas for materials - crochet thread, wire, metallic embroidery threads, and tiny needles & hooks, of course.