Hijacked

Mum wants to hijack my blog to publish a knitting pattern she has designed and written.  I shouldn't let her do it but she isn't very tech savvy and she doesn't know how else to link it to her Ravelry account.  She no longer has a blog of her own (deleted her old email address and locked herself out of the blog - stupid woman - but you can see the remnants of it here Mum's Baking Blog)

I'm making this as difficult as possible for her - sleeping with my face on the lefthand end of her keyboard.  She has SHIFT and CTL on the other end but I have control of the letter A and my chin on the Caps Lock.  She is very persistent, but she still hasn't worked out how to make it into a downloadable .pdf  (edit - oh yes she has Mr T -a lot can happen in 24 hours!)

Oh alright then put it here but I disown the content from here on (unless there is money for catfood in it.......)

pattern as .pdf file

Koko Jacket and Hat

Materials: 2 skeins Lanas Stop Normando (band colour)  and 4 skeins Filtes King Koko (body colour) – for jacket and hat and a pair of size 7.5mm straight needles

Abbreviations:

K = knit (right side facing)

P = purl (wrong side facing)

PM = place marker

(Band) = 3 seed stitch in band colour

psso = pass slipped stitch over

Jacket:

Cable cast on 37  with 7.5mm needles plain colour  (Lanas Stop – Normando)

Row 1: K1, *(P1, K1) – repeat *(..) to end

Row 2: P1, (K1, P1) – repeat *(..) to end

Row 3: As Row 1

Keeping 3 stitches each side in seed stitch for front bands proceed as follows:

Row 4: (Band) then P4, PM, P6, PM, P11, PM, P6, PM, P4, (Band)

Row 5: (Band), introduce body colour, knit, increasing one stitch each side of every marker slipping the marker as you go (8 extra stitches in the row), (Band)

Make sure body colour and band colour are turned around each other at start and end of every row.

Row 6: (Band) Purl, (Band)

Repeat rows 5 and 6 until there are 15 stitches on each front section (7 repeats)

Next Row: (Band) knit to marker increase 1 AFTER the mark, *(knit to next mark increase 1 each side)*, repeat *to*, knit to next mark and increase 1 BEFORE the mark, knit to end (Band)

Next Row: (band), Purl, (Band)

Divide for sleeves: (knit the sleeves before the body)

Next Row (right side facing):  (Band), knit to first mark (remove the mark put these stitches on a holder), Cast on 1, knit 22, remove the mark, turn

Next Row (wrong side facing): cast on 1, purl to end.  (24 stitches)

Keeping in stocking stitch, decrease one each side on every 4^th row until 16 stitches remain, end with a purl row and put the stitches on a holder.

Return to the main body, join body colour, knit across the back, (remove the mark put these stitches on a holder), Cast on 1, knit 22, remove the mark, turn.  Make the second sleeve the match the first.

Return to the main body, join body colour, knit across the right front (Band), turn

The Body from armholes down:

Wrong side facing: (Band), purl right front, cast on two under arm, purl back, cast on 2 under arm, purl left front (Band)

Continue in stocking stitch to band width short of desired length, finish with wrong side row. Turn.

Bottom Band:

Next row (right side facing): (Band) continuing in band colour knit across to centre back, knit 2 together, knit to band, seed stitch the last three using the same strand of yarn.

6 rows of seed stitch.

Cast off.

Sleeve bands: one row knit in band colour, 6 rows of seed stitch, cast off.

Sew sleeve seams and under arms.  Weave in the ends.  Add a front zip or toggles according to your preference.

Hat

Cast on 48 stitches of band colour , knit one row and work 12 rows of seed stitch.

Change to body colour and work 6 rows of stocking stitch.

Next row (right side facing): *(knit 2 together, knit 6) repeat from * (..) to end (42 stitches)

Next row: Purl

Continue decreasing 6 stitches evenly spaced on every knit row until 30 stitches remain.

Next row:  *(slip one, knit 2 together, psso, K2), repeat from *(..) to end (18 stitches)

Next Row: Purl

Repeat the last two rows (6 stitches)

Next row: K2 together across the row – 3 stitches continue in i-cord for 30cm, bind off and add a tassel.  Sew up the hat seam.