Check out Olivia-in-Australia's post about scarves she's made for her three best friends. She modified Bryher into a neckwarmer and it's just gorgeous.
I just realized that no one ever knits any gifts for me. I'm constantly unloading stuff on friends, but nothing ever makes its way my direction.
Except for my friend C. who is apparently knitting a wedding gift for me. (Note to C: They say you have a year before you breach etiquette. You have 2.5 months.)
Showing posts with label Bryher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bryher. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
BRYHER Cable Scarf - Updated Version
Katie Rose here:
[updated January 2015]
Updated pattern PDF available as a $1 download from Ravelry, here.
Bryher is one of the first patterns I ever wrote. The first one I knitted (viewable here) was stolen from a restaurant—I left it on my seat, returned 15 minutes later to pick it up, and it was gone, gone from the restaurant completely. Here's a picture of the original:
Who would want to steal a handmade scarf? Until it disappeared, I wore the scarf every day. I made Madame Luscious to take its place, but the hole in my heart remained.
Enter Bryher 2.0. This time around, I've written a more complete pattern. I even made a PDF and put it on Ravelry as a free. The most recent update of the PDF includes a photo-tutorial on knitting cables without a cable needle, too.
Notes on the Pattern
Bryher 2.0 was knit with Idena "Mohair Lux" in colorway #4118, a green-purple variegation. (This replaced the Artful Yarns "Portrait" in the Madame X colorway from Bryher 1.0.)
This mohair is held with a Paton's Classic Wool Merino worsted-weight yarn in colorway Deep Olive, just like Bryher 1.0.
Needles are size 10 circulars. Scarf is worked in k1, p1 rib with a braided cable off-center. The first stitch of each row is slipped to create a selvedge.
Who is Bryher?
This scarf is named for the novelist Bryher.
Bryher was the pen name for Annie Winifred Ellerman, British novelist born in 1894. She was the life-long companion of the poet H.D. She was also very rich, and used her wealth to help Jews escape Germany in the 1930s.
A tough world traveler, she would have needed a compact, warm, yet stylish scarf like this one.
Check out other knitters' great projects on Ravelry using the link below.
[updated January 2015]
Updated pattern PDF available as a $1 download from Ravelry, here.
Bryher is one of the first patterns I ever wrote. The first one I knitted (viewable here) was stolen from a restaurant—I left it on my seat, returned 15 minutes later to pick it up, and it was gone, gone from the restaurant completely. Here's a picture of the original:
Who would want to steal a handmade scarf? Until it disappeared, I wore the scarf every day. I made Madame Luscious to take its place, but the hole in my heart remained.
Enter Bryher 2.0. This time around, I've written a more complete pattern. I even made a PDF and put it on Ravelry as a free. The most recent update of the PDF includes a photo-tutorial on knitting cables without a cable needle, too.
Notes on the Pattern
Bryher 2.0 was knit with Idena "Mohair Lux" in colorway #4118, a green-purple variegation. (This replaced the Artful Yarns "Portrait" in the Madame X colorway from Bryher 1.0.)
This mohair is held with a Paton's Classic Wool Merino worsted-weight yarn in colorway Deep Olive, just like Bryher 1.0.
Needles are size 10 circulars. Scarf is worked in k1, p1 rib with a braided cable off-center. The first stitch of each row is slipped to create a selvedge.
Who is Bryher?
This scarf is named for the novelist Bryher.
Bryher was the pen name for Annie Winifred Ellerman, British novelist born in 1894. She was the life-long companion of the poet H.D. She was also very rich, and used her wealth to help Jews escape Germany in the 1930s.
A tough world traveler, she would have needed a compact, warm, yet stylish scarf like this one.
Check out other knitters' great projects on Ravelry using the link below.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
FO Madness!
I traveled to Tokyo to visit Rapt With Fiber and we went a little nuts with the yarn buying and knitting.
First, we did a knit-along and made the Buttony cardigan.
Then, I finished a scarf made with some of the alpaca I recycled from a thrift store sweater. [*The pattern is Bryher. Check it out on Ravelry.]
I whipped out a Tudora for my momma for xmas.
And I made a luscious mobius scarf with some Noro Kureyon I bought that I LOVE SO MUCH. This is the greatest project and I wear it like crazy. It almost makes up for the scarf that was stolen.*
I'll post pics from Tokyo when I've sorted through them all.
*(My favorite scarf was stolen a few weeks ago. Not only did I knit the thing, but it's an original design, too. Someone isn't too bright.)
First, we did a knit-along and made the Buttony cardigan.
Then, I finished a scarf made with some of the alpaca I recycled from a thrift store sweater. [*The pattern is Bryher. Check it out on Ravelry.]
I whipped out a Tudora for my momma for xmas.
And I made a luscious mobius scarf with some Noro Kureyon I bought that I LOVE SO MUCH. This is the greatest project and I wear it like crazy. It almost makes up for the scarf that was stolen.*
I'll post pics from Tokyo when I've sorted through them all.
*(My favorite scarf was stolen a few weeks ago. Not only did I knit the thing, but it's an original design, too. Someone isn't too bright.)
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
BRYHER Cable Scarf - The Original
[Update June 30, 2008]
This pattern has been significantly revised and rewritten as a .pdf. You can download the .pdf here for free.
I've reintroduced this pattern with a newer blog post and another FO, here.
I've made this scarf a few times now and it's so simple and fun I thought I'd share the pattern. It's a great Christmas present and because of the larger needles takes very little time to knit. It's also a great pattern to learn the cabling-without-cable needles technique.
Yarn: a heavy worsted or Aran weight yarn, or, a worsted held together with a strand of mohair.
Here's an example with Paton's Worsted Merino in Olive Green with Artful Yarns Portrait variegated mohair.
Needle: Size 10 1/2.
Cast on 20 stitches.
Rows 1-4: Knit in K1, P1 rib.
Row 5: (First cable row) K1, P1, Slip four stitches onto cable needle and hold to back of work, K1, P1, K1, P1, then K1, P1, K1, P1 stitches from cable needle, then K1, P1 to end.
Rows 6-8: Knit in K1, P1 rib.
Row 9: (Second cable row) K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, Slip four stitches onto cable needle and hold to front of work, K1, P1, K1, P1, then K1, P1, K1, P1 stitches from cable needle, then K1, P1 to end.
Rows 10-12: Knit in K1, P1 rib.
Repeat rows 5-12 until desired length is reached.
Cast off.
(This pattern is now in Ravelry, too!)
This pattern has been significantly revised and rewritten as a .pdf. You can download the .pdf here for free.
I've reintroduced this pattern with a newer blog post and another FO, here.
I've made this scarf a few times now and it's so simple and fun I thought I'd share the pattern. It's a great Christmas present and because of the larger needles takes very little time to knit. It's also a great pattern to learn the cabling-without-cable needles technique.
Yarn: a heavy worsted or Aran weight yarn, or, a worsted held together with a strand of mohair.
Here's an example with Paton's Worsted Merino in Olive Green with Artful Yarns Portrait variegated mohair.
Needle: Size 10 1/2.
Cast on 20 stitches.
Rows 1-4: Knit in K1, P1 rib.
Row 5: (First cable row) K1, P1, Slip four stitches onto cable needle and hold to back of work, K1, P1, K1, P1, then K1, P1, K1, P1 stitches from cable needle, then K1, P1 to end.
Rows 6-8: Knit in K1, P1 rib.
Row 9: (Second cable row) K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, Slip four stitches onto cable needle and hold to front of work, K1, P1, K1, P1, then K1, P1, K1, P1 stitches from cable needle, then K1, P1 to end.
Rows 10-12: Knit in K1, P1 rib.
Repeat rows 5-12 until desired length is reached.
Cast off.
(This pattern is now in Ravelry, too!)
Monday, October 22, 2007
Mohair Cable Scarf
[Update June 18, 2008: This pattern is called Bryher. It's now available on Ravelry, for free.]
Here's a project I just finished. I bought an odd lot skein of Artful Yarns "Portrait" mohair blend and mixed it with a worsted weight merino. I used size 10.5 needles, and realize now that I could have used an even bigger size, because the gauge is still a little tight. But it's not too tight by any means. Just a note for future ref., or for anyone interested in making something like it.
The pattern I stole from an episode of Knitty Gritty, when Lily Chin was on talking about a nine-block baby blanket. She showed us how to make a double-sided cable using k1-p1 rib (otherwise the rest stays the same). Brilliant!
I ran the cable off-center for kicks, and kept it skinny because it's fairly warm here down south and this is mohair, and now I just want cool weather to kick in.
Here's a project I just finished. I bought an odd lot skein of Artful Yarns "Portrait" mohair blend and mixed it with a worsted weight merino. I used size 10.5 needles, and realize now that I could have used an even bigger size, because the gauge is still a little tight. But it's not too tight by any means. Just a note for future ref., or for anyone interested in making something like it.
The pattern I stole from an episode of Knitty Gritty, when Lily Chin was on talking about a nine-block baby blanket. She showed us how to make a double-sided cable using k1-p1 rib (otherwise the rest stays the same). Brilliant!
I ran the cable off-center for kicks, and kept it skinny because it's fairly warm here down south and this is mohair, and now I just want cool weather to kick in.
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