Happy New Year (2010) and a free pattern

Happy New Year to all. May 2010 be a wonderful year for us all.

To welcome that thought I am offering the fingerless glove pattern free

My Bleeding Heart
Fingerless Gloves
Materials: 1 skein of Malabrigo Yarn in Rayon Vert 440 yards (you will not need that much yardage for these gloves), 4 size 2 dps needles, stitch holder, stitch markers, 53 cm beads glass, 1 needlepoint needle for threading beads on the yarn.
Directions: cast on 60 stitches (20 stitches per needle) being careful not to twist the stitches join and knit in K1 P1 ribbing for 8 rows. Begin pattern for glove *K1, P1, K1, P1, K2 tog, yo [2 more times] *continue to end of row. Next row K1, P1, K1, P1, K6, continue to end of row. Continue in pattern for 7 inches. Begin work for thumb. K1,P1,K1,P1, K2 tog, yo,[ 2 more times] (repeat one more time ) K1,P1,K1, P1, K2 tog, yo, K2 tog, yo, place marker M1, K1, M1, place marker K2 tog, yo,* K1,P1,K1,P1, K2 tog, yo, [2 more times]*, repeat 2 more times to end of row. Next row K1, P1, K1, P1, k6 continue in pattern to the stitch marker. Pass stitch marker to right needle P1, K1, P1, continue in pattern to end of row. Continue making a stitch at the markers every time the pattern is K2tog, yo, until you have 19 stitches between the markers be sure to do the thumb stitches in K1, P1, and pattern. Put the nineteen stitches on a holder and continue to end of row. Continue pattern to the thumb area and cast on 4 stitches which you will keep in the K1, P1, K1, P1, and ribbing. Continue for 8 rows then 4 rows of ribbing cast off all stitches. Pickup all 19 stitches from holder and pickup 6 additional stitches around thumb knit in K1,P1 ribbing for 4 rows cast off. Weave ends of the yarn at the thumb and fingers.
For the beading edge at elbow: thread onto the yarn a minimum of 60 beads cast on 10 stitches. Starting with the wrong side bring up one bead tight against the cast on stitches
Row 1:K2, P6, K2.
Row 2:P2, C4B, K2, P2
Row3: pull up a bead tight against work, K2, P6, K2
Row4: P2, K2, C4F, P2
Continue in established pattern until piece is long enough to be sewn to the ribbed cuff of glove. Gently, east cabled cuff onto the ribbed cuff of glove. Then, sew the stitches from the needle to the start of the cabled cuff. Weave the yarn tails into work.
This is a picture of the glove without the cabled cuff. Enjoy

©2009 Karen V. Austin

Silk Lace Scarf

The newest design done for Dodge Creations the pattern is available thru her site plus the yarn which is a lovely 100% silk lace weight yarn.

Happy Thanksgiving all
Karen

Bernat Satin Vest with matching scarf

Designed for

Dodge Creations

and available as of November 1st. This is made on circular needles with no side seams. Comfortable, and attractive. Please say Hello to Debra Dodge.

"Chosen" Fingerless Gloves

Sandra Singh of Sandra Singh.com is developing with an indie yarn dyer a line of yarns based on the vampire books. She asked if I could do a design for this line and I came up with Chosen. The tactile cable binding at the elbow with crystal beads makes the lace and ribbing of the fingerless gloves pop. Although the gloves may look complicated they are super simple to knit. At This time Sandra is unable to offer the pattern on her website. Please email me if you are interested in the pattern. (10-19-2009)

Hope everyone enjoys.
Karen

Newest Pattern

Just in time for Christmas and lovely silk and wool scarf to make
Pattern is available at

Dodge Creations

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Hard Candy Hat and Scarf

First, I will be listing on eBay some of my sock yarns for sale today and tomorrow. Need to make space on the yarn shelves.

Second, the remainder of the scarves with the rolled brim hats that are currently in stock. Still working on dog sweaters.

Preparing for the Winter Season (or Christmas)

This year I am pairing the hats and scarves together as a single item. The only real problem is getting the website up to speed. I hired in 2006, a consultant to set-up a shopping cart on the advice that it was more professional than a yahoo shopping cart. Still 3 years later I can't run the click cart pro application by myself and of course the consultant is long gone. Currently I am reading everything I can to understand the application.

Current projects are dog sweaters. Many of my friends and customers have asked for colorful and fun dog sweaters. Will be posting pictures of them as I finish them. Then will get posted to the website (hopefully by then I will understand the application better).

As always the shipping is free (USPS Priority mail) but, if you need UPS or FED EX overnight shipping is your cost. Paypal is the only option for payment.

If you have a particular style or color you want for yourself this year please send me and email.