A quick, easy and very useful hammock for storing toys.
26 Feb - errors corrected in abbreviations
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Requirements
- 15mm (US 19) needles
- DK yarn held doubled
(you can use any weight yarn you like as long as you use large needles)
- DK yarn held doubled
(you can use any weight yarn you like as long as you use large needles)
Abbreviations
( ) - rep instructions between ( )’s as many times as directed by the *
K, k - knit
K2tog - knit two sts together
K4tog - knit four sts together
Sts - stitches
Yo - yarn over
Pattern
Increase section:
Cast on two stitches
Row 1) K1, yo, K1 (3 sts)
Row 2) K all sts
Row 3) (K1, yo) * 2, K1 (5 sts)
Row 4) K all sts
Row 5) (K1, yo) * 4, K1 (9 sts)
Row 6) K all sts
Row 7) (K1, yo) * 8, K1 (17 sts)
Row 8) K all sts
Row 9) (K1, yo) * 16, K1 (33 sts)
Row 10) K all sts
Row 11) K2 tog, (yo, K2tog) * 16 (32 sts)
Row 12) (yo, K2tog) * 16 (32 sts)
Repeat row 12 till you get the desired length
Decrease section:
Row 1) K all sts
Row 2) (yo, K4tog) * 8 (16 sts)
Row 3) K all sts
Row 4) (yo, K4tog) * 4 (8 sts)
Row 5) K all sts
Row 6) (yo, K4tog) * 2 (4 sts)
Row 7) K all sts
Row 8) K4tog
Bind off
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I need help with this pattern---I am at row 12 and have 55 stitches on my needles.
ReplyDeleteDid you have the right number of stitches at row 9? You stop increasing at row 9 with 33 stitches.
ReplyDeleteI think you must have forgotten to K2Tog during rows 10 and 11. You will have to unpick your work back to row 9 or 10 when you should have 33 stitches and start again from there.
Let me know how you get on.
Thanks for your quick reply---I'll give that a try---
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteI am new to knitting and I am not sure what you mean when you say yarn over. Could you explain please, I am comfortable at K, P, inc and dec then casting on and off.
Thanks
Hi,
ReplyDeleteIt is very straigtforward, you just wrap the yarn around your working needle before making the next stitch.
There is a nice video here: http://www.knittinghelp.com/video/play/yarn-over-english
let me know how you get on. You can post photos of your finished hammock on my facebook page or on Ravelry.
B x
Aw thank you, that is so easy. Going to make this over the weekend as the little ones toys are actually taking over the bottom of her bed. Will just be using a nice colour of standard DK doubled so hope it comes out ok :-)
DeleteThank you xx