TEENY TINY HAT-make 1. by Lora Kinan
“e” wrap cast on from needle #13 Left to #14 right on every other needle. Tension 3, Knit 4 rows. Hang a hem onto empty needles. Tension 8, on all needles #13L-#14R, knit 13 rows.
Transfer every other stitch to every other needle. #12 left to #11 left etc. Knit one row. Break yarn leaving about 12 inches of tail. Use this to gather off pulling the stitches together tightly. Sew side seam. Hide ends.
FINISHING Thread a needle using a piece of yarn about 10 inches long. Go into the hat from the bottom (the mock rib end) and up through the little hole at the top of the hat (the hole you would cover with a pom pom.) Then go over one of the stitches up there and come back down through the inside of the hat. The idea is to have both ends of this piece of yarn hanging out at the bottom of the hat. Attach the each mitten to one end of the yarn. Put a store bought pin on the back of the hat and a little pom pom on the top.
Tiny Mittens Ornament by Mar Heck
10 minutes max for a pair of mittens!
Machine: Standard (could use midgauge but mittens would be larger)
Yarn: Any that works with your machine. These were made with Mary Lue’s Symphony
Gauge: doesn’t matter
Finished size: Mittens are about 1 ½ inches in length
Directions:
E wrap cast on with white, every other needle, left needle 7 to right needle 10. T3, knit 10R weighting knitting with your fingers. Hang hem on empty needles. Knit one row to seal hem. Hang claw weight.
Change to red. At T 6 K 5 rows. (6 for second mitten.) Knit thumb: Put all but 4 edge stitches into hold. (For first mitten use 4 needles on right, for second mitten use 4 needles on left.) Knit 16 rows on the 4 thumb stitches, pushing the thumb stitches down with your finger so stitches don’t pop off. Hang a hem from the first row of the thumb.
Hand: Take machine off hold. Knit 11 (10) rows across all 17 needles. Transfer every other stitch to its neighbor, knit one row. Cut 10” yarn tail. Take stitches off and gather into tip. Sew side seam of mitt and sides of thumb with the red tail. Hide yarn tail. Sew cuff with white yarn end. Hide these yarn tails inside mitt also.
Mitten strings (make 2): Pick up 3 st from cuff of one mitten. Knit one row. Set machine for slip (one part button), knit 80 rows. Put outer two stitches on center needle and bind that stitch off. Repeat for other mitten. Hide yarn tail into the string. Tie a bow with the two ends and this is how you’d hang the mittens on a Christmas tree branch. You could use these as a package decoration too.
Tiny Christmas Sweater Ornament
TINY CHRISTMAS SWEATER ORNAMENT
by Mar Heck
Machine: Standard Gauge (any machine, but larger gauge = larger sweater)
Yarn: Any that works with your machine– I used Symphony, small amounts of red and white
Finished size: body is 2 ½ “ long by 2 ½” wide excluding hanger
Gauge: not important, but mine was
Approximately 8 st x 10 r to one inch at T 8
Pictured is a plain version, but you could do tiny stripes, embroidery on the front, a fairisle snowflake or other stitch types or embellishments. Would be cute to incorporate a person’s name or initials and the year. (See below.) The more colors you use, however, the more ends there are to work in. But you don’t have to be as careful as you would with a life sized sweater. The body is knit in one piece from mock ribbing at the bottom, up over the shoulders to the back side, ending with mock ribbing again. The sleeves are hung from the body and knit downwards, ending at the cuff.
Directions:
Body —Cut a 12” piece of red yarn and set aside. This will be used for the neck. Bring out 23 stitches and push back to non-working position every other needle. With white, E wrap stitches in work. COR T 3 knit 10 rows. Hang a hem on every other empty needle. 23 needles in work. Hang claw weights. Change to red T 8, knit 10 rows. Bind off 3 stitches for underarm, k 1 row, bind off 3 stitches for other underarm, knit back to right. Knit 10 rows. With a separate piece of main yarn, bind off around the gate pegs the center 9 stitches for the neck opening. Wrap the yarn both sides around the adjacent needle to prevent holes. Push the needles all the way out and lift neck stitches off the gate pegs. With the same yarn piece, ewrap back on the same 9 needles. Wrap the adjacent N to prevent a hole and drop the yarn end for now. Keep N all the way out on the first row so the stitches knit off. Knit 10 rows. Ewrap 3 stitches, knit one row, ewrap 3 stitches for the underarms, knit back to the right. Knit 10 rows. Transfer every other stitch to its
neighbor and push the empty N to the back of the bed. With white, T 3 knit 10 rows. Hang a hem on every other empty needle and bind off all stitches by going around the gate pegs.
Sleeves—With wrong side of sweater facing you, pick up whole stitches of the armhole opening, 10 stitches each side of the shoulder. On the 20 stitches, knit 2 rows, decrease one stitch both sides x 2 (16 stitches). Knit 16 more rows. Transfer every other stitch to neighbor and push empty needles to back of the bed. With white, T 3, knit 10 rows. Hang a hem on every other empty needle and bind off all stitches by going around the gate pegs. Repeat for other sleeve.
Hanger—Pick up 3 stitches at the center back of the neck. Push in one part button. Knit I cord 80 rows (or desired length). Pick up beginning 3 stitches and hang on the stitches in work. Bind off.
Finishing—Seam sleeves and sides with matching colors, hide all yarn ends inside the sweater. Tiny motifs you could use on the front of the sweater:
CHRISTMAS BAUBLE
These instructions are for a standard gauge (4.5mm) knitting machine, using scraps of 4 ply yarn. I used a Silver Reed SK280.
You will need a ball or foam sphere for the inside. I bought a pack of 6 polystyrene foam balls from The Range for £1.00. They are approx. 7cm in diameter, or 22cm circumference – about the size of a tennis ball.
Tension dial is at 7 throughout, for plain or fairisle pattern.
BASIC PATTERN
Starting with needle 27R and finishing at 26L, pull needles to B position, in the following needle arrangement:
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With main yarn, knit one row (open cast on), and hang comb and weights.
Now put the middle needle of the groups of 3 (shown in red above) into work and knit one row.
Finally, put the remaining needles into work (shown in green above). Reset row counter to 000 and knit 30 rows. If you are using a fairisle pattern, pick one that is about 22-24 rows long, and knit within this 30 row sequence. Secure contrast thread on the back as you knit.
Transfer every alternate stitch to its neighbour, put empty needles out of work.
Knit 1 row.
Transfer every alternate stitch to its neighbour, put empty needles out of work.
Knit 1 row.
Cut yarn. Thread up a bodkin with the tail of the yarn, and pass through every remaining stitch, removing from the machine as you go. Remove weights and comb.
Draw up the bottom thread. Insert ball shape. Pull up both bottom and top threads tight and secure. Use one of the threads to slip stitch the opening together.
Attach a thread loop (if your bauble doesn’t already have one).
Sally Butcher
Oct 2019