AngiPants Design

It keeps going and going...
I am close to the finish on this! I did have to rip it back a couple of times to just past the half way point to try and flip the image, but somehow I still ended up mirroring it. I finally threw my hands up in disgust as I have no more time to try and do this stupid little concept that only I would notice before this is due as an xmas gift. So it is what it is.

~angi~

Tulip table runner, about 4 rows from being 1/4 done!

 Shhh. Don't tell Momki, this is the table runner I am working on for a late Momki-day gift.

~angi~

Supplies:

Yarn: any yarn, any weight (I have used aran weight and sport weight with spectacular results)

Crochet Hook: US P / 15 mm

Pattern:
First Section:
Ch 46 +3 (the 3 are the dc and ch 1 for the next row), turn.
Row 1: Dc in the 4th ch from the hook. *Ch 1, skip the next ch and dc in the next ch*. Repeat between *’s to end, ch 3, turn.

Row 2: Dc in 1st dc. *Ch 1, dc in the next dc*. Repeat between *’s to end. Ch 3, turn.

Rpt row 2 12 times more, or until piece is 18” tall.

Row 15: Dc in 1st dc. *Ch 1, dc in the next dc*. Repeat between *’s to end. Ch 16 + 3, turn.


Second Section:
You will now be crocheting perpendicular to your previous work. You will be crocheting along the side of the piece.

Row 16: Dc in the 4th ch from the hook. *Ch 1, skip the next ch and dc in the next ch*. Repeat between *’s to end of new chained piece. Dc in top of dc from First Section (before the ch 16). Ch 1, dc in top of next dc, turning the rows from 1st section into columns in the second section. At end, ch 3, turn.

Row 17: Dc in 1st dc. *Ch 1, dc in the next dc*. Repeat between *’s to end. Ch 3, turn.

Rpt row 17 13 times more, or until second section also measures 18”.

Match up red edges and ss together.

Finishing:
Weave in all ends.
Optional: Add tassels to the points of the poncho, or add fringe all the way around.

Wearing:
Wear the poncho with the points at either side of you, or in the front and back.




Pattern is the sole ownership of Angela Waters and AngiPants Design. Pattern and the poncho made from it is for your own personal use and not to be used or sold for any monetary gain.

So lunch on Wednesday, after all the excellent suggestions from the crafties on Craftster, I just went with the Tunisian thing. I wanted to do a whole skein of a swatch before I made any judgment calls. So here is the Tunisian:


After skein ran out, I just sat and stared at it. It looks REALLY close. It has the "bubble rib" thing going.


So then rina was fabulous enough to go and swatch a single crochet round and post her pic. That got me thinking again, and I undid a few rows and chained a small round of 14 stitches and SC from the inside, so the WS appeared on the outside. (Is that what you were thinking rina?) So here is that.


My only issue with the SC is that the ribs slightly twist. I noticed it on my swatch (even is the picture didn't bring it out) and on rina's swatch. So I think I will pick up another skein of the Grey Wolf and try out an entire crochet pattern. Which ever one I don't like will be toaded (frogging is for knitting, I decided toading is for crochet, who's with me!?) and will become the ear flaps.

Also did some 8-strand braiding.


This is the ties coming down from the ear flaps. I know it's not exact, I suspect they used a 6 strand version, but I like it!

Still knitting away on that big blue sweater. It takes about 8 minutes a row, and each row adds about 1/8" in length. So, it is going to take a while. I would like to focus exclusively on this project, but the repetitiveness of it takes it's toll.

As a break, I continue to work on the Blue Crochet Motif top. I have completed 18 of the 30 motifs needed, if I decide to do the sleeveless version. If I want sleeves, I figure another 16 to 20.

I also started on making some gloves for a son of a friend. Pictures to come of that.

I also got back into chainmaile. I spent all day Sunday hunched over my 1/4" and 3/8" dowels wrapping 14g galvanized steel wire. After I have wrapped 8" (or until my blisters become to painful to continue wrapping), I then get out my Dremel and start cutting apart all the individual rings. I decided to do a Byzantine Weave with 3 center links. Similar to this picture:

I now have about 14" woven or knitted. I am planning on making a 24" wallet chain to attach to a leather wallet I got for free from the Love Ride I went on back in November.

As word of my crafty-ness has spread around work, I get more and more co-workers asking for fixes or "mimics" as I call them. They will see something they like somewhere and ask me to make it for them (or something like it for them) as they assume it will be a lot less.

I do enjoy this as I never quite know what project I will get when I agree to make something for them. I love the research going into the construction, the stitch type, the guage, what media will I be using... love it!

So I had a co-worker email me these pictures and request this item the beginning of December, you know, right before busy last-minute gift-crafting time.


So I finally have some free time to investigate. The hat is from Free People, I believe their Winter catalog. My co-worker said it retails for around something like $160** (Don't quote me on this, I don't get the catalog so I can't verify this).

So I begin my research.


**Thanks to someone in the Yahoo Knit group, she pointed me to the Free People website and to the hat. Price is $168.00