Triangle Bottomed Dice bag

Yeah, I've just been on a general kick of making dice bags here lately.  So, here's another pattern for one.  Once again, I'm sure there are patterns like this out there in the world, but what's it gonna hurt for there to be another?

Triangle Bottomed Dice Bag

Materials:
~ Worsted weight yarn in some kind of fun colour.  I used RHSS in Camouflage for the example bag.
~ Set of DPNs, or a very long circular needle for magic loop method, in a size you like for this weight of yarn.  Example bag was knit with 5mm(US size 8) DPNs.
~ Stitch Marker
~ Tapestry needle
~ Yarn snips, or some other thing to cut your yarn with

Bottom of the bag

Cast on 18 stitches with your favorite cast on method
~ Knit
~ Purl
~ SSK, Knit to last 2 stitches, K2tog (16)
~ Purl

~ Repeat these last 2 rows until 2 stitches remain.

~ Bind off, but don't take the stitch off of the needle.

Body of bag

~ Pick up 17 stitches along first side (18), pick up 18 stitches along the cast on edge (36), pick up 18 stitches along last edge (54).  If using the DPNs, you'll have 18 stitches on each needle.  If you're using the magic loop method, you'll have 27 stitches on each side.  Use your stitch marker how ever you will to mark the start of your round.

~ Purl for one round
~ Knit one round
~ Knit 17, Purl 1, repeat around.
~ Repeat the last 2 rounds until your bag is the depth you want it to be, ending on a knit round.

Eyelet round for drawstring

~ K2tog, YO, K1, repeat around.
~ Knit 4 rounds.
~ BO, weave in your ends.

Drawstring

~ Cast on 2, knit an I-cord to the length needed for your bag, BO.  Weave the drawstring through the Eyelet Round.  Pull the ends of the drawstring really tight, or tie the ends into a knot after weaving the ends in.  Whichever you prefer.

Ta-da!  A dice bag is born!

Mary's Simple, but Pretty, Dish Cloth

Ever since I finally learned how to knit, I've been trying to reverse-engineer this dish cloth my Mother-in-law used to make.  She couldn't remember how she did it.  After having tried a few things, and knitting one while my Mother-in-law watched me, I've got.  So, here it is.


Mary's Simple, but Pretty, Dish Cloth

You will need

• Worsted Weight cotton yarn
• US size 10(6mm) straight needles.
• A needle for weaving in ends
• Optional, a crochet hook of same size to your straight needles for the hanging loop

Cast on 31 with whatever cast on you like

Rows 1-4) Knit
Row 5) Knit 2, *YO, K2tog* repeat from * - * across to the last stitch, Knit 1
Row 6) Knit across
Row 7) Knit 2, YO, K2tog, knit to the last 3 stitches, YO, K2tog, knit 1
Row 8) Knit across

Repeat Rows 7 and 8 until the dish cloth measures 7 inches from the cast on edge, ending on a Row 8.

Repeat Row 5

Knit for 4 rows

Bind off, weave in ends.

For a hanging loop, after you've bound off, but before you break your yarn, take your knitting needle out of the stitch, and slip your crochet hook in.  Chain 10, slip stitch back in to the dish cloth at or near where your chain started.  Weave in your ends as you normally would.

Squared Dice Bag

Woo!  New pattern!  And this one is for knitting.

I know there are a bunch of dice bag patterns out there, but what's it gonna hurt there being another freebie out in the world?

Square Dice Bag

Materials
-Worsted Weight yarn in a fun colour.  This can be a self striping yarn, an ombre, multi-coloured, or even scraps you just love and want to use for something.  Just make sure they're all worsted weight.
-A set of 3.5mm(US size 4), or 3.75mm(US size5) DPNs, or a long circular needle in one of those sizes for Magic Loop.
-Stitch marker
-Tapestry needle
-Scissors

The Bag
Cast on 15 with whatever cast on you like.  I like long tail, but just about any cast on should work for this.

Knit 15 rows in stockinette stitch

Turn your work 90 degrees, pick up 15 along the side.  Turn 90 degrees again, pick up 15 stitches along your cast on edge.  Turn 90 degrees one more time, pick up 15 stitches along the side.  You should have 60 stitches on the needles.

You are now working in the round.  If using DPNs, place your stitch marker on the needle holding the first 15 stitches.  Your marker stays with these first 15 stitches.  When you come to it, just slip it like you would for any other project.

If you're going for the Magic Loop method, you can either do the same as if using the DPNs, or just mark a row near the start of the round, and leave it there.  The side with the marker is the start of your round.

Purl for 1 round.

Now follow this
Round 1) Knit around
Round 2) *Knit 14, Purl 1, repeat from * around
Repeat these 2 rounds until your bag is 4-5 inches tall from the Garter Ridge, end on a knit round.

Eyelet round
*K2tog, YO, K1, repeat from * around.

Knit 2 plan rounds
Bind off with your prefered bind off method.  Weave in your ends.

The Drawstring
Cast on 2, knit an I-cord until the drawstring is the length you want.  Bind off.  I don't bother weaving in the ends with this.  I just pull both yarn ends really tight so they don't unravel.  You can weave them in if you want to, though.

The Closing Do-Dad (optional, as you can just tie the bag shut with the drawstring)

Cast on 10
Knit in the round for 5 rounds.

Bind off with the standard knit stitch bind off.  This may seem a bit tight, but this is to your advantage, as it will help keep the bag closed.  Weave in the ends.

Weave the drawstring through the eyelets.  If you decided to not weave in the ends on the drawstring, you can make this a bit easier on yourself by threading one of those ends, and using the tapestry needle to help guide your drawstring through the eyelets.

Pass both ends of the drawstring through the Do-Dad, if you decided to make it.

Gripples from The Unexpectables

Long time, no posting.  At this point, I think y'all might expect that from me.  Funny that, because this is for something possibly unexpected.  haha, I'm funny.  Not.

Any way, new year, new pattern.

If any of you have watched/listened to The Unexepectables, you know about Gripples.  I like to call him the splody penguin of doom.  If you haven't, do yourself a favor, and at least check out the wiki for the Unexpectables.  Now, onto the pattern!

Gripples, the Obsidian Penguin

Materials
G hook
Worsted Weight yarn in black
Red fabric paint
Stuffing

Body
1) 6sc in Magic Ring (6)
2) Inc around (12)
3) (sc, inc) repeat around (18)
4) (sc 2, inc) repeat around (24)
5) (sc 3, inc) repeat around (30)
6) (sc 4, inc) repeat around (36)
7 - 20) sc even (36)
F/O

Bottom
Repeat rounds 1-7 of Body
F/O with long tail

Feet(make 2)
1) 6 sc in Magic Ring (6)
2) (sc, inc) repeat around (9)
3) (sc 2, inc) repeat around (12)
4 - 5) sc even (12)
Hold piece closed, sc through the two layers (6)
F/O with long tail

Wings (make 2)
1) 3 sc in Magic Ring (3)
2) inc around (6)
3) (sc, inc) repeat around (9)
4) (sc 2, inc) repeat around (12)
5 - 6) sc even (12)
Hold piece closed, sc through the two layers (6)

Beak
1) 3 sc in Magic Ring (3)
2) inc around (6)
3) sc even (6)
F/O with long tail.

Assembly
1) Stuff body.
2) Sew bottom to openning on body, add any exrta stuffing you might need before finishing this.
3) Using the picture as a guide, sew the wings to the sides of the penguin.
4) Using the picture as a guide, sew the feet to the bottom of the penguin.
5) Using the picture as a guide, sew the beak to the front of the penguin.
6) Using the picture as a guide, and the red fabric paint, paint on the eyes.

Check in time again!

Still no new crochet patterns to share(but I am working on a pattern for Pachimari from Overwatch!), but I have more knitting progress to share.

Bam, another sweater!  This is $5 in Paris, a free Ravelry pattern.  The yarns I used was Red Heart with Love, in the colors Black, and Berry Red.

This one is the Peggy Sue, free from Ravelry(big surprise, right).  This one is a little bit of a fail, but not much as the February Lady was.  It's a bit loose, but I can live with it.  Yarn was Red Heart with Love, in the color Boysenberry.

Not a sweater!  Yes, I knit more than sweaters.  This is the Sylvia Eyelet Cowl.  I made this one for my Mother-in-Law for Mother's Day.  She loved it!  Yarn was Red Heart with Love, in the color Blue Hawaii.

 

Finally, for this check in, we have Skoosh!  I fell in love with this pattern, not gonna lie.  I'm actually making this one again, for myself.  The lovely grey one above was made for my Mother.  Yarn was Red Heart with Love, in the color Pewter.

And that's that for this check in.

Opps, been away for a long time again

Sorry for being away again for so long.  I've kind of gotten obsessed with knitting, and not making patterns.  At least I have pictures to share of the things I've knit!

Here's a sweater that I made for my niece, and thanks to the nice, freshly pealed banana color of it(according to my husband, this yarn is the same color as a freshly pealed banana), my nephew can wear it when the niece is too big for it.

The niece wearing her sweater!  This is a free pattern I found on Ravlery.  You can find it here.

Next up, another sweater!  Fair warning, I have made mostly sweaters in these past months.  I'm a little sweater obsessed.

This one was made for my Mother.  This is also a free Ravelry pattern, but I altered the neck of it.  My Mother's not the biggest fan of cowl necks on sweaters, so I just improvised the neck.  Really easy alteration, too.  I just picked up the same number of stitches for the neck the pattern called for plus 1, did seed stitch for 4 rounds, decreased a total of 4 stitches in round 5(2 at each shoulder), then did 2 more rounds of seed stitch.

Just a shot of the back of Mom's sweater.

Here's the same pattern as my Mom's sweater, made for me!  This one was made in the largest size, and the cowl neck done as the pattern calls for.

Just a quick back shot.  I love how the raglan increases look.

This one, was, well, a bit of a fail.  Well, not really, it just came out bigger than I thought it would.  So, I gave the sweater to my Mother-in-Law.  She likes loose fitting clothes, so it works out.  This is the February Lady Sweater, from Ravlery.

Last bit of knitting for this post!

Hey!  It's not a sweater!  This is the Murcia Shawl, from Ravlery.  I made it with this color, thinking I'd like it.  After finishing it, not so much.  Whoops.  Thankfully, my Aunt-in-Law likes it.  So, this will be going to her.

I do have other things done, but I haven't taken pictures of them as of yet.  When I do, I'll just make a new post to show them off.  Links to the patterns used will be included.

Tato! The Singing Potato!

Hey!  I'm back, yet again!  And with a pattern!  This one is of a character that a friend I made in the RP community on tumblr made on a whim.  Allow me to introduce you to the cutest potato on the internet, TATO!

(Disclaimer:  This post was made late at night, so it may contain some sillyness within the pattern it's self)

Look at that adorable spud!  Want to make your own singing tatter?  Just look below for the pattern!

Tato!
Materials
WW yarn in a light tan (I used RHSS in Buff), light green (I used RHSS in Tea Leaf), and small amounts of both white and black yarn(RHSS White and Black used)
12 or 15 mm saftey eyes (up to you how surprised you want your Tato to be)
G (4-4.25 mm) hook
Stuffing
White felt (optional)
Black fabric paint (optional)

Tato
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc around (12)
Rnd 3: (sc, inc) around (18)
Rnd 4: (sc 2, inc) around (24)
Rnd 5: (sc 3, inc) around (30)
Rnd 6: (sc 4, inc) around (36)
Rnd 7: (sc 5, inc) around (42)
Rnd 8-22: sc even (42)  Add eyes now.  Place them between rounds 10 and 11, about 7 stitches apart.
Rnd 23: (sc 5, dec) around (36)
Rnd 24: (sc 4, dec) around (30)
Rnd 25: (sc 3, dec) around (24) start stuffing
Rnd 26: (sc 2, dec) around (18)
Rnd 27: (sc, dec) around (12)
Rnd 28: dec around (6)
F/O, finish stuffing, and sew shut.

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Look at that!  Tato is watching your progress!  He approves, and sings to encourage you!

for leaf
use this pattern in your green

To make the stem, keep slip stitching to the 5th trc.  Ch 9, slst in 2nd ch from hook, and each remaining ch.  Slst back into the stitch you started from, then slst in the top of the remaining trc.
F/O, sew that hole in the center shut as best you can, sew to top of Tato.  Right at the top of his head.

Mouth:  Starting with white
Rnd 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6)
Rnd 2: inc around (12) change to black at end of round.  F/O white.
Rnd 3: sc even (12)
F/O, sew to face with top of mouth at about round 11.

If you don't want to crochet the mouth, just use white felt, and paint the outside of the mouth black with the fabric paint.  Then just glue it on with either fabric glue, or hot glue it on.

Ta-da!  You have a Tato!

Tato was created by Dahlia, who runs this brand new Link rp blog, as well as this Kadaj blog(currently on hiatus).  I'm just a lucky fan who got to make the crochet pattern for this little cutie!  If you use this pattern, please give credit to her for creating Tato, and to me for creating the pattern, simple as it is.