Brigid Coat:

Notions:

Boucle or sport yarn.

100 g

Needles: US 4 /3.5 mm. (or those you need to obtain gauge)

Darning needle.

Stitch markers or waste yarn.

buttons . I used wood buttons made by my husband. You can buy some similar online or use ordinary ones instead. . I used loops of yarn to create the closure. 

Difficulty: Advanced beginner.

Gauge: 6   sts x 8rows = 1 inch. In stockinette stitch

Abbreviations:

Co: cast on.

Bo: bind off.

K: knit

P: purl

St-stitch: Sts- stitches

K2 tog: Knit two stitches together as one stitch.

Ssk: Slip, slip, knit, slip 2 stitches and knit them together.

Yo: yarn over

kfb: Knit into front and then back of stitch.

S2,k,psso: Slip 2 sts together knitwise, k1 and then pass slipped sts over. (Gives a central double decrease)

S1, k2tog, psso: Slip 1, knit 2sts together and pass slipped stitch over. (Double decrease)

M1l: Insert the left-hand needle from front to back under the strand of yarn which runs between the stitch just worked and the next stitch on the left-hand needle. Knit this stitch through the back loop.

M1r: Insert the left-hand needle from the back to front under the strand of yarn which runs between the stitch just worked

Cast on 70 sts.

Knit 44 rows. Divide work.

K17, bo 2sts, k32, bo 2sts, k17.

Front:

K15, k2tog.

2: K16. 3-20 Knit.

Bind off.

Back:

1: Ssk, k28, k2tog.

2: K30.

3-20: Knit.

Bind off.

Front:

1: Ssk, K15.

2: K16.

3- 20: Knit.Bind off.

Sleeves:

Cast on 28sts.

1-4: Knit.

5: Kfb, k26, kfb.

6-8: K30.

9: Kfb, k28, kfb.

10-12: K32.

13: Kfb, k30, kfb.

14-16: K34.

17: Kfb, k32, kfb.

18-20: K36.

21: Kfb, k34, kfb.

22-32: K38.

Bind off.

Sew sleeve seams. Sew shoulder seams and sew sleeves to body.

Pick up 32 sts around sleeve.

With 2.5 needles and contrast yarn work 10 rows in garter stitch.

Bind off.

Collar:

With 2.5 needles and contrast yarn pick up 11sts on lapel, 52sts along neck, 11sts other lapel.

1: Knit.

2: K10, kfb, kfb, k50, kfb, kfb, k10.

3: Knit.

4: K11, kfb, kfb, k52, kfb, kfb, k11.

5: Knit.

6: K12, kfb, kfb, k54, kfb, kfb, k12.

7: K86.

8: K13, kfb, kfb, k56, kfb, kfb, k13.

9: K 90.

10: K14, kfb, kfb, k58, kfb, kfb, k14.

Bo: 94 sts.

Sew buttons and create closure. 

Enjoy! 

Auntie Sigrid's socks for doll.

Auntie Sigrid's doll socks for 18" doll.

 A little bit of their story. 

A dear Swedish friend of mine asked me to help decipher the pattern on a pair of socks that had been knit by her Aunt Sigrid. It was the last remaining pair made by her aunt. We managed to do the design and then just for fun I decided to make a doll size pair using that old traditional design. This is the pattern that I came up with! 

A small amount of fine black and white yarn. (Lace weight)

Needles: US 0 - 2.0 mm  Dpns or magic loop.

A yarn needle for grafting. 

Cast on 36 sts

Work 6 rounds in knit 1, purl1, rib.

Knit one round in black. 

Start working in pattern following the chart. 

After leg design knit 2 rounds in black then 1 decrease row to 32 sts. (K2to, k7 around).

 Arrange sts on 3 needles so that 16 sts, centered on the back of the heel, are on a single needle, and that this needle is the one you have just finished knitting. The remaining 16 sts are divided on two needles, held for the instep.

Heel flap:
Turn work and, slipping the first stitch as if to purl, purl across heel needle. Turn.
Work the following 2 rows 3 times:
Row 1: Slip first st as if to knit, knit across needle, turn.
Row 2: Slip first st as if to purl, purl across needle, turn.

Start heel shaping in black:

Turn heel:
Sl 1 st, k8, k2tog, k1, turn.
Sl 1 st, p3, p2tog, p1, turn.
Continue in this manner, slipping the first stitch and working to one st before the gap, working this together with the next st, and working one and turning, until all the heel sts have been worked. 10 sts remain on heel needle, and you have ended with a purl row.

Gusset:
Turn and knit across heel needle, and then pick up and knit 4 sts along edge of heel flap.
Knit across the instep stitches, putting all 16 on a single needle.
On an empty needle, pick up and knit 4 sts along other side of heel flap, then continue knitting 5 sts from the heel needle onto that needle.
Your rounds will now begin at the center of the sole of the foot.

Repeat the following two rounds 3 times:
Rnd 1: knit around plain.
Rnd 2: k to last 2 sts of needle 1 and k2tog; k needle 2; SSK (slip, slip, knit together), k to end of needle 3.

You now have 28 sts in total. Slide one st from each end of the instep needle onto the neighboring needle so that you have 14 instep sts and 14 sole sts.

Foot: Knit in stockinette in chart pattern until foot length from the beginning of the heel turning measures 2 inches. Continue in black.

Toe shaping:
Work one toe decrease round as follows:
Knit to the last 2 sts of ndl 1, SSK; k2tog, knit to last 2 sts of ndl 2, SSK; k2tog, knit to end of ndl 3.

Knit one round.
Work two more toe decrease rounds.
Knit the 4 sts from ndl 1 onto ndl 3.
You have 8 sts remaining on each of two needles. Graft them together (=Kitchener stitch), and fasten off yarn.

I hope you enjoy this pattern. It was fun to create!