I went a little bit crazy and decided to have some fun! So here you go: how to knit your own gold medal… the directions are a little loose so hey have fun!
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I have included instructions for our needle knitting or round loom knitting friends in parentheses these directions are, however totally untested so good luck and let me know how it works!! You can work it stockinett so knit on your way out and purl on your way back needle knitters!
Materials: double sided knitting board, knitting tool, yarn needle (needles of size of your choice)
Optional:crochet hook
Yarn: about 50-80 yards of yarn that matches the gauge of your knitting board (or your needles) a textured or fluffy yarn helps cover up the short rows! in a gold colour or in the colour of the medal you think you earned!
(try Jiffy in Lemon.. or you could use a ball of Glitterspun for some sparkle it comes in gold silver and bronze!)
Size: This will vary as to the board/loom/needles and yarn you use. Mine is 9 inches across and was knit with ten stitches on a DA small gauge knitting board.
*see below for links for techniques involved in this pattern!
Pattern:
Cast on 10 sets of pegs (10 stitches) using the cast on of your choice
Knit one row.
Pattern stitch:
Row1: wrap and knit 2 sets of pegs (2 stitches, do short row wrap, [turn and] knit back to beginning of row)
Row2: Wrap and knit 4 sets of pegs(4 stitches, do short row wrap,turn and knit back to begining of row)
Row 3: Wrap and knit 6 sets of pegs(6 stitches, do short row wrap,turn and knit back to beginning of row)
Row 4: Wrap and knit 8 sets of pegs(8 stitches, do short row wrap, turn and knit back to beginning of row)
Row 5: Wrap and knit 10 sets of pegs (10 stitches,turn and knit back to beginning of row)
Repeat these 5 rows until your medal is a compete circle.
If you want to make a smaller medal cast on only 6 sets of pegs (6 sitches) and repeat only rows 1-3 till you have a complete circle.
Finishing:
Cast off loosely and join the ends.
Get a pretty ribbon of your choosing and string it through your medal and wear it with pride! You’ve earned it!
The wrap I used on the knitting board to make this looks like this:
For short row wrapping instructions please see:
on needles: http://www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/videos//adv-tech/short-row-with-wrap-rds.mpg
for short row on looms see:
http://www.geocities.com/teddybear56431/Socks.html
This technique should work just use it at the end of the row lift the stitch from under the next peg over and onto your last wrapped peg!
(thanks again Gail!)
When seaming the peice* using needles/knitting boards/ loom (except if knit in garter stitch) you can all use the shoulder technique shown on this page:
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displayArticle?articleNum=as0132
*If you make the piece on a knitting board you will want to do this seam on both sides of your work as it is double knit!!! So leave a long enough tail to go down one side and back up the other!!!!
Don’t forget to check back for sneek peeks of my booklet.. I have it on good authority that the final title is Learn to Knit on a Circle Loom and it’s product number is 1405 at DRG (wholesalers) and will retail for $9.95.. and sorry at this time I have no photo either! Isela knows more about it than I do.. I am just the lowly author she is a retailer!!!
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