MyJewelThief Knits

Button Flap Fingerless Mitts

Button Flap Fingerless Mitts Free Knitting Pattern!

These fingerless gloves have a classic, yet modern design that is super easy and quick. The button flap gives it a finished look and the "No Thumb" thumb opening makes it a breeze to knit.  No button holes needed! Great for gift giving - your friends never need know how easy these really are! 

These gloves are worked from the cuff up. They begin knit in the round, knit back and forth at the thumb opening, then back to knitting in the round for the top of the glove.  The button flap is knit as a separate piece, then sewn on with the buttons.  

Originally knit in Lion Brand Wool-Ease for it's cost effective nature and ease of washing, but any worsted yarn will work great. I was able to get 2 pairs of gloves out of one skein.  

Use any buttons that look great - no specific size needed, and since they are sewn on directly, there are no pesky button holes to match up to your cool buttons.

Materials:

• Yarn: 80-100 yards Lion Brand Wool-Ease or any Worsted/ Aran Weight Yarn

• Needles: US Size 8 (5mm) 40" Circular for Magic Loop Method or set of Double Points

• 4 buttons

• Stitch marker

• Yarn needle

Gauge: 4 inches in Stockinette Stitch in the round

Measurements: approx 8" lon 

Seed Stitch:

Row 1: *Knit 1, purl 1. Repeat from * across.

Row 2: *Purl 1, knit 1. Repeat from * across

Pattern:

Body Of Glove:

CO 30 stitches and join for knitting in the round. Place marker to show beginning of round if needed.

K1, P1 rib for 4 rounds.

Knit until piece measures 5" long from cast on edge.

Begin knitting thumb hole opening as follows:

  Row 1 (WS) - SL 1, P across.

  Row 2 (WS) - SL 1, K across.

  Rows 3, 5 & 7 - repeat Row 1.

  Rows, 4, 6 & 8 - repeat Row 2.

*At start of Row 9, begin knitting in the round again.  At the beginning of row 9, pull yarn tightly to make the closure for the top of the thumb.

  Rows 9-12 - Knit

  Rows 13-16 - K1, P1 Rib

Cast off loosely. Weave in ends.

Button Flap:

CO 6 stitches leaving long tail.

Knit in seed stitch until piece measures 3" long.

Cast off leaving long tail.

Use tails of cast on and cast off to knit button flap to the glove.  Attach your super cute buttons at the same time.

ENJOY!

Shoe Size Charts for Knitting Socks

I am sitting here in front of my TV on the morning of Thanksgiving Day 2009 knitting socks like a crazy woman for Xmas gifts (Oh thank you dear husband for handing me that cup of coffee just now - how I love thee). 

As I am knitting my Father-In-Law's size 12 socks (yeah, you heard that right), I have yet again misplaced my handy piece of paper that has my charts for creating the correct size sock based on shoe size.

Instead of making 20 copies of this little chart and losing all of those, I've decided to save a tree and put the charts here.  I can always seem to locate a computer faster than that dang piece of paper.

If you happen to come across this blog of mine, I hope these help you out!

Ok - off to knit my brains out in between massive amounts of turkey consumption, parade watching and preparing to head back to work and not see daylight until January.  

**DISCLAIMER - I am by no means a knitting ninja (as much as I try to be), so if this chart is wack I apologize. I cannot be held responsible for frogging, ripping out, mis-sized socks, cold feet, children hearing expletives, or basically anything negative having to do with these charts.  Anything positive and wonderful, I take full responsibility for. Do not hesitate to contact me with any goofs or fixes.

These measurements are based on a Heel Flap Sock, but I am sure you could modify it to a short row heel.  I always use these charts and all socks have fit pretty good! Sizes here for women, men and children.

Leg measurement is cuff to beginning of Heel Flap.

Heel Flap measurement is beginning of Heel Flap to turn of heel.

Heel To Toe measurement is from beginning of heel turn to just before the toe decrease.

Toe measurement is from beginning of toe decrease to end of toe.

Total Foot Length is measurement from beginning of heel turn to end of toe.

Women's Shoe Size	...Leg...	Heel Flap	Heel to Toe	...Toe...	Total Foot Length
5	6 1/8"	2"	7 1/8"	1 5/8"	8 3/4"
5 1/2	6 1/4"	2"	7 1/4"	1 5/8"	8 7/8"
6	6 1/4"	2 1/8"	7 1/4"	1 3/4"	9"
6 1/2	6 1/2"	2 1/8"	7 1/2"	1 3/4"	9 1/4"
7	6 1/2"	2 1/4"	7 5/8"	1 3/4"	9 3/8"
7 1/2	6 3/4"	2 1/4"	7 3/4"	1 3/4"	9 1/2"
8	6 3/4"	2 1/4"	8"	1 3/4"	9 3/4"
8 1/2	6 7/8"	2 1/4"	8"	1 3/4"	9 3/4"
9	7"	2 1/4"	8"	2"	10 1/4"
9 1/2	7 1/4"	2 1/4"	8 1/4"	2"	10 1/4"
10	7 1/4"	2 1/4"	8 1/4"	2"	10 1/2"
10 1/2	7 3/8"	2 3/8"	8 1/2"	2"	10 1/2"
11	7 5/8"	2 3/8"	8 3/4"	2"	10 3/4"
11 1/2	7 3/4"	2 3/8"	8 3/4"	2"	10 3/4"
12	7 7/8"	2 3/8"	9"	2"	11"

..Men's Shoe Size..	...Leg...	Heel Flap	Heel to Toe	...Toe...	Total Foot Length
6	6 1/2"	2 1/8"	7 5/8"	1 3/4"	9 3/8"
6 1/2	6 3/4"	2 1/8"	7 3/4"	1 7/8"	9 5/8"
7	6 3/4"	2 1/4"	7 3/4"	2"	9 3/4"
7 1/2	6 7/8"	2 1/4"	7 3/4"	2"	9 3/4"
8	7"	2 1/4"	8"	2"	10"
8 1/2	7 1/8"	2 1/4"	8 1/4"	2"	10 1/4"
9	7 1/4"	2 1/4"	8 1/4"	2"	10 1/4"
9 1/2	7 3/8"	2 3/8"	8 1/2"	2 1/8"	10 5/8"
10	7 1/2"	2 3/8"	8 5/8"	2 1/8"	10 3/4"
10 1/2	7 5/8"	2 3/8"	8 3/4"	2 1/8"	10 7/8"
11	7 3/4"	2 1/2"	8 7/8"	2 1/8"	11"
11 1/2	7 3/4"	2 1/2"	8 7/8"	2 1/4"	11 1/8"
12	7 7/8"	2 5/8"	8 7/8"	2 3/8"	11 1/4"
12 1/2	8 1/8"	2 5/8"	9 1/8"	2 3/8"	11 1/2"
13	8 1/4"	2 5/8"	9 1/4"	2 3/8"	11 5/8"
13 1/2	8 1/4"	2 3/4"	9 5/8"	2 3/8"	11 3/4"
14	8 3/8"	2 3/4"	9 5/8"	2 3/8"	12"
14 1/2	8 5/8"	2 3/4"	9 3/4"	2 3/8"	12 1/8"
15	8 /34"	2 3/4"	9 7/8"	2 3/8"	12 1/4"

...Kid's Shoe Size...	...Leg...	Heel Flap	Heel to Toe	...Toe...	Total Foot Length
4	2 7/8"	1 3/8"	3 3/8"	7/8"	4 1/4"
5	3 1/4"	1 3/8"	3 1/2"	1 1/4"	4 3/4"
6	3 1/4"	1 3/4"	3 3/4"	1 1/4"	5"
7	3 5/8"	1 3/4"	4"	1 1/4"	5 1/4"
8	3 3/4"	1 7/8"	4 1/4"	1 1/4"	5 1/2"
9	4 1/8"	1 7/8"	4 3/4"	1 1/4"	6"
10	4 /38"	1 7/8"	4 3/4"	1 1/2"	6 1/4"
11	4 3/4"	2"	5 1/8"	1 5/8"	6 3/4"
12	5"	2"	5 3/8"	1 5/8"	7"
13	5 1/4"	2"	5 3/4"	1 5/8"	7 3/8"

Watchmen Comedian Smiley Face Hat Pattern

I really cannot take any credit for this hat. My Uncle Bart, the comic book dork, made a request for a Dr. Manhattan hat, that I proceeded to make with my horrid intarsia skills (see photo below). Luckily he loved it, and so did all of his comic-booky buddies. After that he was the one that came up with the idea of a yellow hat with the Comedian's Smiley Face w/ the bullet, so I decided to try it out and surprise him with a little package in the mail. 

Assuming there are other knitters with comic book dorks in their family, I have posted it here for you. Don't sue me Watchmen people - we're not selling it, just giving you more free advertising with our hand knits.

It is a basic knit hat pattern, and then the smiley face is embroidered on. Don't fret people, I can't embroider at all - I just started sewing in there till it looked right. I have posted pics of the back side of the hat so you can see that this takes no actual embroidery skills.

Yarn:
- 1 skein Yellow Worsted Weight Yarn (I used Vanna's Choice Baby in #157 Duckie cuz the color was perfect)

- Scraps of red and black yarn for face

Needles:
- size 6 16" circular
- size 7 16" circular
- size 6 16" double points, or size 6 40" circular for magic loop method (I did the top in magic loop)

Notions:
Tapestry needles for weaving in ends and embroidering face
Stitch Markers - optional, but make the decreases easy - no counting!

Size: Adult size head approx. 23". To make smaller version cast on (72), medium (84). I cast on 96 for this one - Bart has a large cranium.

PATTERN:
Cast on 96 stitches with smaller needle. Join to knit in the round. Place marker at beginning of round.

- K2 P2 Rib for 1".

- Knit until hat is 4 1/2" long including ribbing. (You can make this smaller or larger depending on your head size.)

Decreases:
Row 1: *K12 & Place Marker. Repeat from * until end of round.

Row 2: *K until 2 stitches before marker, K2Tog; repeat from * until end of round

Row 3: Knit round

Repeat Rows 2 & 3 until you have 24 stitches left on needles. Switch to the size 6 dbl points or longer circular when you can no longer knit on the 16".

Repeat Row 2 until you have 8 stitches left on needles.

Cut Yarn, weave through remaining 8 stitches and weave in ends.

Embroidery:
Basically all you do here is draw the smiley face on with your black yarn and needles. Hey - it's a hat - it will look cool no matter what. After that do the same with with the red to make the blood (ick) part.

Inside Of Hat:

Now sit back and revel in your coolness in the world of comic book dorks!

Super Easy Toasty Comfy Cuffs

It's no wives tale. When your wrists are covered your hands stay warm. Well with my fingertips almost freeze off here in Michigan while mousing away on the computer and knitting away on the sticks, I thought I had better treat myself to some fancy yarn and some Super EasyToasty Comfy Cuffs. So easy I shouldn't even post this pattern, but I have to confess that I need to write down what I did or I'll forget it!

I hardly used any of my yarn on this one - I bet you could get 4 or 5 pairs out of these skeins - so it pays to get some super soft yarn you love!

Materials:
1 skein Cascade Yarns Venezia Worsted
1 skein Rowan Kidsilk Haze

Needles:
size 6 DPN or 2 circlulars

Pattern:
Knit with a strand of each yarn held together.
CO 30 stitches and divide evenly between 3 DPN or 2 Circulars.

Knit in K2 P2 ribbing until the cuffs measure 4" long - or however long you wish them to be.

Cast off, weave in your ends and enjoy the warmth!

Double Bump Scarf or Dishcloth Pattern

WARNING: It's addictive!

Double Bump Scarf or Dishcloth

Designer: MyJewelThief

 

An excellent scarf or dishcloth pattern! Dishcloths that comes out square and lay flat - scarves that look great or male or female - an excellent pattern for making gift-giving scarves!  Both sides are beautiful, so this makes a great reversible pattern. The stitch pattern is a multiple of 3 +1 - so cast on any amount you want and get the same great look! Looks great in solids, ombres and stripes!

 

Materials: ANY yarn you want to use!

Needles: Needle your yarn states you should use - or whatever you want.

 

On the dishcloth I used Sugar & Cream cotton yarn on size 7 needles.  On the scarf I like worsted weight yarn with size 8.

 

Directions for Dishcloth & Scarf:

 

(Dishcloth) - Cast on 37 stitches (or any combination of 3 + 1)

(Scarf) - Cast on 31 stitches (or any combination of 3 + 1)

 

Row 1: Slip 1st stitch as if to knit,  (P2, K1) across to end of row. (RS)

 

Row 2:  Slip 1st stitch as if to purl, (K2, P1) across to end of row. (WS)

 

Row 3: Slip 1st stitch as if to knit,  Knit across to end of row. (RS)

 

Row 4: Slip 1st stitch as if to purl,  Purl across to end of row. (WS)

 

(Dishcloth) - Repeat these 4 rows 12 more times ending on Row 2. You will have 13 rows of the pattern.

 

(Scarf) - Repeat these 4 rows until desired length ending on Row 2.

 

Bind off in Purl. 

The bind off row is (RS) facing you - would have been row 3 if pattern had continued.  It really doesn't matter what row you bind off on, but after many tests, this pattern seems to look best with this bind off.

 

Front  (RS) of pattern:

Back  (WS) of pattern:

 

 

SUPER LOOPS SCARF Pattern

Super Loops Scarf, originally uploaded by MyJewelThief.

Patriotic ... and clean. Free Dishcloth Pattern Here!

rwbdishes.jpg, originally uploaded by MyJewelThief.

In my Xmas knitting, I decided that my Uncle, who hosts the yearly family gathering at the 4th of July, REALLY needed some red, white & blue dishcloths instead of a scarf. Hmmmm - maybe coasters next?

This pattern is super easy.
Size 7 Needles & any kitchen cotton.
CO 3 stitches.
First Half Row 1: K1, knit into front & back of next stitch, K to end.
Repeat Row 1 until you have 50 stitches on the needle.
Second Half Row 1: K2, K2tog, K to end.
Repeat this row until you have 3 stitches on the needle.
Cast off.
Change your yarn color throughout to create fun designs.

The No Liner Quick Knit Project Bag

DSCN0747.JPG, originally uploaded by MyJewelThief.

This bag idea came from the fact that I hate to sew in liners to bags I knit, and that I have at least 10 projects going at one time (attention span issues) and am constantly looking for a bag to throw my project in. The only sewing on this one is a quick whip stitch at the bottom of the bag, and a few stitches at the top of the strap.

Yarn, gauge, measurements & needles sizes do not really matter - just make sure you are using a small enough needle in ratio to your yarn that the stitches are close enough together so that you do not need to line it. It seems tight at first, but you get used to it. Make the bag and strap any size you want.

Yarn: Super Bulky - I used Lion Brand Jiffy Thick & Quick, Color: Sierra Summer

Needles: 29" Circular Use 1 or 2 sizes smaller than the yarn calls for. My yarn called for 17's, so I used 15's.

Notions: 2 Stitch Holders.

CO 80 Stitches

Join yarn to begin knitting tube. Continue knitting until the base of the bag is as big as you wish your bag to be. Mine is approx. 16" high. *Using the Knit stitch in the round will actually create the stockinette stitch! No pesky purling required!

Bind off 32 stitches, put next 8 stitches on holder, bind of next 32 stitches.

8 Stitches remain on needle.

Knit these 8 stitches for 24". Put stitches on holder.

Take stitches from the other hold, join yarn and knit until this side of strap is 24".

Join the 2 ends of the straps in either 3 needle bind off or just sew them up with whip stitch.

Sew up the bottom of the bag with whip stitch.

DSCN0749.JPG, originally uploaded by MyJewelThief.

Attempting The Dishcloth Design

thankyougraph.jpg, originally uploaded by MyJewelThief.

I thought it would be so much nicer to send people a Thank You Dishcloth, rather than a boring old thank you note. Of course the design of this thing has proven to be a bit harder than I thought. I have finished the schematic - now off to the knitting. Needles Crossed.

Free Knitting Patterns from the Snuggles Project

Need some great free patterns to knit, crochet or sew for those homeless pups? Check out the list at The Snuggles Project!

Oblong Granny Square Scarf

grannyscarf2.jpg, originally uploaded by MyJewelThief.

Easy crochet scarf even for knitters like me. I only know how to crochet one thing - a granny square. Here is how I turned it into a scarf without hours of sewing. Ok - you need to make this weird foundation row, but it is super easy. I was thinking that using beads threaded on a piece of yarn as the foundation row would be super cool as well. I might have to try that next time. I used Caron Super Soft Chunky and Hook K. Any yarn will work.

Here goes - The Free Crochet Pattern for the Oblong Granny Square Scarf.

Choose 4 yarn colors (or as little or as many as you want) and the hook size that the yarn label states to use. No worries on gauge on this one.

**Foundation Center Row**:
With A, create a cluster chain as long as you want the scarf to be.

Cluster Chain:

(Ch 3, work "Cluster" in second ch from hook) until it is as long as you need.
"Cluster": *YO, insert hook in ch indicated, YO and pull up a loop, YO and draw through 2 loops on hook; repeat from * 2 time more, YO and draw through all 4 loops on hook.

Ch 2.


Begin Granny Square around Foundation Row.
The rest of this scarf is using the basic granny square pattern around the foundation row. Still only 4 corners on this.

Get an easy video tutorial on how to make a granny square at this Granny Square Video Tutorial at YouTube Link

grannyscarf1.jpg, originally uploaded by MyJewelThief.

grannyscarf1.jpg, originally uploaded by MyJewelThief.

Big Ole Granny Square Crochet Afghan

granny.jpg, originally uploaded by MyJewelThief.

granny2.jpg, originally uploaded by MyJewelThief.

Inspired by The Afghan Squared at Lion Brand, this is basically one big granny square. The trick to keeping this one looking really nice is sticking to one color per round and repeating that color pattern. Lay out your colors before you start and you will see how pretty and easy this one is. I only crochet granny squares - that's it. It will be interesting to see how many projects I can create with just Granny Squares!

Plain 'Ole Garter Stitch Scarf

garterdish.jpg, originally uploaded by MyJewelThief.

This has gotta be one of my favorite projects!

1. Knits up quick and easy.
2. Straight knitting, no pesky counting.
3. Great texture.
4. You can knit it in one night while watching your fav tv!
5. Everyone loves em!

CO 45. Knit till it's square. Cast off. Add it to the pile of sweet Xmas gifts all your friends are getting this year. Trust me - they will love it!

Jeopardy Slip Stitch Scarf

jeopardygray.jpg, originally uploaded by MyJewelThief.

I call this the Jeopardy Scarf cuz when my friend Pfeifer saw it he said it looked like the Jeopardy Board. I love slip stitch patterns - they look hard but are very easy and a great way to work with more than one color without that pesky fair aisle nightmare. I modified a dishcloth pattern by ThriftyKnitter to make this great scarf! Use any yarn you like - I like to use Wool Ease with size 8 needles.

- Choose 2 yarn colors - yarn A & B.
- CO 33 stitches in color A.
- *Slip all stitches purlwise
- Row 1: Slip 1, k to end
- Row 2: Slip 1, p to 1 st from end, k1.
- Join yarn B
- Row 3: Slip 1. Move yarn to back of work. Sl 1. *K4, Sl 1, repeat from * to 1 st from end, k1.
- Row 4: Slip 2. Move yarn to back of work. *K4, move yarn to front, Sl 1, move yarn to back, repeat form * to 1 st from end, k1.
- Repeat rows 3 & 4.
- Repeat all 6 rows until your scarf is as long as you want it to be. End on a row 2.

Blocks Afghan In Suede

Suede Afghan, originally uploaded by MyJewelThief.

A simple blocks afghan. I used Lion Brand Suede on size 9 needles. I just made 3 strips with 4 blocks each and sewed it up. Knitted in simple stockinette with a slip selvege on the sides to easily sew.

CO as many stitches wide as you want one strip (one strip is 1/3 the width of your afghan).

Row 1: Slip purwise, K to end. Row 2: Slip purwise, P to last stitch, K1.

Change colors when it looks like a square. You can count the rows so that the other strips match up perfectly, but I don't live in a perfect world - I just eyeballed it.

You would think that these edges would roll up, but they didn't. No blocking needed. I will do anything to avoid blocking.

Looks amazing when finished! So soft!