More Feminine Anouk
Okay, so now that Christmas has past, I can post a picture of the slightly more feminine version of Anouk at Knitty.com. Here's my version of it:
It's a wonderful pattern, but as I mentioned in a prior post, the colors were off for my family and I wanted a more feminine version of it, so here is how I altered it:
1. Instead of a flat border at the bottom, I wanted a lacy ruffled border.
To do this, I knit a lace rib pattern with approximately twice the number of stitches I needed to have at row 15, where I change color. The lace rib pattern was a multiple of 4 stitches plus 1 stitch. So, for the 12 month size, I needed 71 stitches at row 15, 6 of which are moss edge stitches. I multiplied 71 by 2 to get 142 stitches. Take the edge stitches away = 136. For the lace pattern to work, I need a multiple of 4 + 1 stitch. 136 is divisible by 4, so I just need to add 1 stitch to my final cast on number for 143 stitches. On row 13, I k2tog across the lace stitches as well as one stitch in the moss edge (to decrease the extra stitch I needed for the lace pattern) and I will have the requisite 71 stitches to continue the pattern as written.
2. Here is the lace rib pattern (multiple of 4 sts + 1) -- not sure where I got this from, but sure it is in several lace pattern books (any ladder lace pattern will work):
Row 1 (RS): K1, *YO, K2tog, P1, K1, rep from * to end.
Row 2 (WS): P1, *YO, P2tog, K1, P1, rep from * to end.
Repeat rows 1 & 2 for lace rib, ending with RS facing.
3. I also wanted the flowers to pop out more and be 3-dimensional, so I crocheted the flowers and added french knots in the center of the flowers. I tried doubled rowed flowers and they were too large, so I went simpler. To crochet the flowers:
Round 1: Ch 6, slip st in 1st chain.
Round 2: ch 7 (counts as first sc), (sc, ch6) 4 times, slip st into 1st chain of ch7.
Round 3: Work (1 sc, 1 hdc, 7 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc) into 1st ch 6 loop, slip st into sc. Repeat for other loops. Slip st last st. Fasten off. Or if you want a double flower continue to repeat the above by slip stitching your way to the center of the flower, or even behind the currently formed flower.
Happy knitting!
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It's a wonderful pattern, but as I mentioned in a prior post, the colors were off for my family and I wanted a more feminine version of it, so here is how I altered it:
1. Instead of a flat border at the bottom, I wanted a lacy ruffled border.
To do this, I knit a lace rib pattern with approximately twice the number of stitches I needed to have at row 15, where I change color. The lace rib pattern was a multiple of 4 stitches plus 1 stitch. So, for the 12 month size, I needed 71 stitches at row 15, 6 of which are moss edge stitches. I multiplied 71 by 2 to get 142 stitches. Take the edge stitches away = 136. For the lace pattern to work, I need a multiple of 4 + 1 stitch. 136 is divisible by 4, so I just need to add 1 stitch to my final cast on number for 143 stitches. On row 13, I k2tog across the lace stitches as well as one stitch in the moss edge (to decrease the extra stitch I needed for the lace pattern) and I will have the requisite 71 stitches to continue the pattern as written.
2. Here is the lace rib pattern (multiple of 4 sts + 1) -- not sure where I got this from, but sure it is in several lace pattern books (any ladder lace pattern will work):
Row 1 (RS): K1, *YO, K2tog, P1, K1, rep from * to end.
Row 2 (WS): P1, *YO, P2tog, K1, P1, rep from * to end.
Repeat rows 1 & 2 for lace rib, ending with RS facing.
3. I also wanted the flowers to pop out more and be 3-dimensional, so I crocheted the flowers and added french knots in the center of the flowers. I tried doubled rowed flowers and they were too large, so I went simpler. To crochet the flowers:
Round 1: Ch 6, slip st in 1st chain.
Round 2: ch 7 (counts as first sc), (sc, ch6) 4 times, slip st into 1st chain of ch7.
Round 3: Work (1 sc, 1 hdc, 7 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc) into 1st ch 6 loop, slip st into sc. Repeat for other loops. Slip st last st. Fasten off. Or if you want a double flower continue to repeat the above by slip stitching your way to the center of the flower, or even behind the currently formed flower.
Happy knitting!
-- posted by Annette @ 11:52 PM
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