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With our recent upgrade (Thanks son!) to MT4, I thought that I would change the blog style. What do you think? And then I had this great idea which I swear I didn't get from Dave Daniels.
My second anniversary of blogging is also approaching. October 3, 2005 was the day I created my first entry in Blogger. There was no first anniversary of blogging as it fell in the dark age between Blogger and Movable Type.
Now as it happens, I had 12 old entries on Blogger and there are 12 days until my blogiversary. So, I am going to let you all travel back in time with me by publishing one of those old entries each day for the next 12 days. Because I wanted to keep the original publication dates you will need to go to the archives to find them (at the bottom). Don't worry though. It won't be only old news on the blog. I'll keep you posted on the current stuff as well. Like this:
It's a button-up Corrugaiter! (Click to see it bigger on Flickr, but don't squint. There is a close-up of the button below.)
Get it? CorruGAITER? As in neck gaiter? HAHAHAHAHA. I crack me up. And ya gotta love Google for turning up these priceless links.
My second anniversary of blogging is also approaching. October 3, 2005 was the day I created my first entry in Blogger. There was no first anniversary of blogging as it fell in the dark age between Blogger and Movable Type.
Now as it happens, I had 12 old entries on Blogger and there are 12 days until my blogiversary. So, I am going to let you all travel back in time with me by publishing one of those old entries each day for the next 12 days. Because I wanted to keep the original publication dates you will need to go to the archives to find them (at the bottom). Don't worry though. It won't be only old news on the blog. I'll keep you posted on the current stuff as well. Like this:
It's a button-up Corrugaiter! (Click to see it bigger on Flickr, but don't squint. There is a close-up of the button below.)Get it? CorruGAITER? As in neck gaiter? HAHAHAHAHA. I crack me up. And ya gotta love Google for turning up these priceless links.
Being about 38 cm (15 in) around at the top, and 46 cm (18 in) around at the bottom, it was a quick knit. That is, I had the idea Friday night and it was finished late Saturday, and that included some trial and error plus frogging to get the short row shaping the way I wanted it. I even remembered to take some photos to document the shaping since I am very bad at writing these things down as I do them.
The yarn is from Ellen's Half Pint Farm. It's been wound into a cake and living in the stash for a while. I think it is merino/silk, but can't find the tag at the moment. It has that lustre and funny smell that I associate with silk though. I think it is a light worsted weight. It measures about 13 wraps per inch.
Here are some "pithy instructions" as EZ would have said. I will try to write it up properly and post it in the sidebar someday.
Using long-tail cast on, I cast on 33 stitches. This gave me a finished width of about 14 cm (5.5 in). I decided I wanted Row 1 of the basic pattern to be the right side (the side the buttons get sewn onto), so I began with Row 2 of the pattern after casting on.
Work in pattern until there are seven slipped stitches in the ridges, ending with a Row 1, i.e. the next row will be a Row 2. See photos 1 and 2 below. The markers are on the wrong side (i.e. the Row 2 side) of the work. The edge at the left is the shorter edge and the edge at the right is the longer edge because that's where the short rows are being worked. The orange marker at the left has been put through the 7th slipped stitch counted up from the green marker below.
Note: Clicking on the photos will take you to Flickr where you can see bigger images with embedded notes. Fancy shmancy!
Photo 1
Photo 2
Two sets of short rows are going to be worked. First set: Knit in pattern to the middle stitch of the second ridge. Wrap the next stitch (i.e. slip pwise to right needle, bring working yarn to front, slip back to left needle). Turn and work back in pattern. Photo 3 shows how it looks after the first set of short rows are worked. You can see that there is one more slipped stitch above the third orange marker than above the other two.
Photo 3
Second set: Knit in pattern to the middle stitch of the fourth ridge, (ignoring the wrap from the previous short rows) wrap, turn, and work back in pattern. See Photo 4. Now there are two more slipped stitches above the third marker, and one more above the second marker.
Photo 4
Work the next row all the way across, again ignoring the wrap. Work a regular Row 2 of pattern. See Photo 5. Ta da!
Photo 5
Only the left marker is really necessary. Move it up each time an entire short row sequence is finished. Carry on in pattern working the short rows at the same regular intervals until you have the length you want. I think I did it 8 times because they were about 5 cm (2 in) apart and I wanted it to be about 40 cm (16 in) long.
Now for the button hole row. I think I did this on the wrong side by working a yo, ssk in each ridge. I wasn't sure how many buttons I would need and this makes the holes centred in the odd number of valleys on the right side. It was a good idea because I only ended up using three buttons and the extra holes don't show. Finish it up with a right side row after the buttonhole row and then bind off in pattern on the wrong side. Find some buttons that won't bug you and sew them on. I sewed mine on with some flat ones underneath so that they wouldn't just pull out of the fabric and to make it easy to remove them in case I wanted to replace them.
Close-up of Button
The yarn is from Ellen's Half Pint Farm. It's been wound into a cake and living in the stash for a while. I think it is merino/silk, but can't find the tag at the moment. It has that lustre and funny smell that I associate with silk though. I think it is a light worsted weight. It measures about 13 wraps per inch.
Here are some "pithy instructions" as EZ would have said. I will try to write it up properly and post it in the sidebar someday.
Using long-tail cast on, I cast on 33 stitches. This gave me a finished width of about 14 cm (5.5 in). I decided I wanted Row 1 of the basic pattern to be the right side (the side the buttons get sewn onto), so I began with Row 2 of the pattern after casting on.
Work in pattern until there are seven slipped stitches in the ridges, ending with a Row 1, i.e. the next row will be a Row 2. See photos 1 and 2 below. The markers are on the wrong side (i.e. the Row 2 side) of the work. The edge at the left is the shorter edge and the edge at the right is the longer edge because that's where the short rows are being worked. The orange marker at the left has been put through the 7th slipped stitch counted up from the green marker below.
Note: Clicking on the photos will take you to Flickr where you can see bigger images with embedded notes. Fancy shmancy!
Photo 1
Photo 2
Two sets of short rows are going to be worked. First set: Knit in pattern to the middle stitch of the second ridge. Wrap the next stitch (i.e. slip pwise to right needle, bring working yarn to front, slip back to left needle). Turn and work back in pattern. Photo 3 shows how it looks after the first set of short rows are worked. You can see that there is one more slipped stitch above the third orange marker than above the other two.
Photo 3
Second set: Knit in pattern to the middle stitch of the fourth ridge, (ignoring the wrap from the previous short rows) wrap, turn, and work back in pattern. See Photo 4. Now there are two more slipped stitches above the third marker, and one more above the second marker.
Photo 4
Work the next row all the way across, again ignoring the wrap. Work a regular Row 2 of pattern. See Photo 5. Ta da!
Photo 5
Only the left marker is really necessary. Move it up each time an entire short row sequence is finished. Carry on in pattern working the short rows at the same regular intervals until you have the length you want. I think I did it 8 times because they were about 5 cm (2 in) apart and I wanted it to be about 40 cm (16 in) long.
Now for the button hole row. I think I did this on the wrong side by working a yo, ssk in each ridge. I wasn't sure how many buttons I would need and this makes the holes centred in the odd number of valleys on the right side. It was a good idea because I only ended up using three buttons and the extra holes don't show. Finish it up with a right side row after the buttonhole row and then bind off in pattern on the wrong side. Find some buttons that won't bug you and sew them on. I sewed mine on with some flat ones underneath so that they wouldn't just pull out of the fabric and to make it easy to remove them in case I wanted to replace them.
Close-up of Button
I love your Corrugaiter! Those buttons are a great.
It's GREAT, Paula! Love the buttons, and that fiber (even with the funny silk smell --yeah, what IS that?) must be so soft and snuggly!
Very very clever. On all fronts.
Like the new blog look. What happened to the big eyed critter at the top left, though? I always wondered what he was.
Excellent Corrugaiter, both the idea and the execution of it. It's on my list after I finish a Corrugator scarf for my son, then one for me. I really lust after those 12:22 buttons!
Perfect idea for my singer-daughter who won't wear a turtleneck to keep her throat warm, ever. I think she'd love something like this though. And in such a lovely blend of fibers. Must feel very cozy.
Clever, clever idea, neck gaiters. Yours is particularly lovely in colour and pattern.
With regards to the other gaiter links that you find amusing. The Army neck gaiter seems like such a simple thing, but it's the first decent piece of cold-weather kit we've been given. The previous one was a open-weave *cotton* scarf. It was six feet long and three feet wide and what it lacked in warmth it made up for in bulk. The new gaiter is soft, fuzzy on the inside, and warm... and I love it.
That being said, I'd still rather be wearing something like yours... :)
What a great idea! The yarn is beautiful and the buttons perfect. Congratulations.
Well, that is just brilliant, Paula! I can't tell you how annoying fiddling with a scarf is sometimes. Well, I'm sure I don't have to tell you because you came up with this idea! (Leave it alone, I'm willing to credit you for the whole shebang of the idea!!! haha)
Happy Blogiversary, in 12 days. I look forward to reading vintage Paula.
Love the new look! So fun! and fallish!