Showing posts with label knitting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knitting. Show all posts

Sunday, 30 December 2018

Tutorial toe up sock - part 3

Tutorial bagian 3 untuk toe up sock!

Kalau masih survive masuk ke bagian ini... HEBAAATTTT....

Di pertemuan ini, saya akan membahas soal membentuk tumit (heel) menggunakan short row dan lanjut ke pembentukan kaki (leg).

Sekarang kita bahas dulu soal pembentukan tumit. Pada prinsipnya, bagian tumit juga ada berbagai metode. Metode short rows ini adalah metode yang paling singkat dan menurut saya sih ngga ribet. Kelemahannya? bentuk kaus kaki jadi kurang mengikuti bentuk kaki. Misalnya, pada bagian sebelum mata kaki, bentuk kaki mulai menebal. Meskipun begitu, metode short row masih bisa mengakomodasi perubahan bentuk kaki, makanya masih jadi metode fave.

Short row apaan sih?
Short row itu pada intinya mengerjakan sebagian dari baris yang kita punya dan menambah jumlah baris pada bagian tersebut, tanpa memutus alur benang. kalau pernah dengar wrap & turn, sama aja. Short row ini banyak dipakai untuk membentuk di knitting. Misal, membentuk lingkar dada, terutama untuk para wanita yang dikaruniai aset berlebih. Ngga cuma lingkar dada, tapi juga lingkar perut, mungkin? Dipakai untuk membentuk kerutan, membentuk boneka, dan lain-lain.

Tahap 8:
Tumit

Setelah kita menyelesaikan body, kita langsung melakukan pembentukan tumit. Pembentukannya sendiri dimulai dengan penyempitan, dan dikembalikan dengan pelebaran.

Pertama, ingat kan, kalau di tahap 6 kita bagi-bagi sts? Sekarang kita akan mengerjakan sts belakang saja:
Penyempitan tumit
Baris 1 (FS) : rajut sesuai pola, lalu pindah ke BS.
Selanjutnya adalah bagian short row
Baris 1 (BS, RS - right side) : K hingga 1 st terakhir, wrap (bungkus) st terakhir tersebut dengan benang dengan cara memutarkan benang berjalan dari belakang st (WS) ke depan st (RS). Balik rajutan (turn), sehingga sekarang kita mengerjakan wrong side (WS) dari sisi tumit.
Baris 2 (BS, WS): P hingga 1 st terakhir, bungkus st tersebut dengan memutarkan benang berjalan dari belakang (WS) ke depan (RS). Balik rajutan, sehingga sekarang kita mengerjakan RS tumit.
Baris 3 (BS, RS): K hingga 1 st sebelum st yang telah dibungkus, bungkus st tersebut dan balik.
Baris 4 (BS, WS): P hingga 1 st sebelum st yang telah dibungkus, bungkus dan balik
Lanjutkan baris 3 dan 4 hingga jumlah sts di tengah yang TIDAK TERBUNGKUS sejumlah 1/2 atau 2/3 CO (lihat tahap 6).

Berakhir dengan membalik ke sisi RS.

Catatan: contoh, saya punya 44 sts, dia sudah pasti 22 di depan (FS) an 22 di belakang (BS). Bagian yang dipakai untuk short row hanya 22 sts yang ada di BS. Jadi Baris 1 (FS) adalah k21, bungkus, balik. Baris 2 (BS) adalah p20, bungkus, balik. Baris 3 (FS) adalah k19, bungkus, balik. Dan seterusnya hingga total sts di tengah yang tidak terbungkus ada 11 sts.

Pelebaran tumit
Baris 1 (BS, RS):
K hingga st yang terbungkus
Angkat pembungkus ke belakang st yang dibungkus (jadi ada 2 sts, pembungkus dan terbungkus).
K kedua sts tersebut bersamaan
bungkus st berikutnya (st yang terbungkus di baris sebelumnya), balik rajutan.

Baris 2 (BS, WS):
Purl hingga st yang terbungkus
Angkat pembungkus supaya berada di depan st yang dibungkus (st pembungkus lebih dekat dengan kita)
P kedua sts bersamaan
bungkus st berikutnya, balik rajutan.

Ulangi baris 1 dan 2 tersebut hingga seluruh K yang terbungkus (berarti sisi kiri tumit) sudah diangkat semua, tersisa 1 st terbungkus di sisi kanan tumit yang belum dikerjakan.

Tutorial dari saya bisa dilihat di bawah sini:


Selamat, anda telah berhasil membentuk tumit! (Please stop and admire your work)

Lanjut ke pembentukan leg!

Tahap 9:
Pembentukan bagian kaki (leg)

Bagian leg dikerjakan dengan 2 opsi, seperti yang saya jelaskan singkat di bagian 7 soal modifikasi.
Pilihan 1:
Pola hanya di bagian tengah, melanjutkan apa yang sudah dikerjakan di tahap 7:
Baris 1 (FS): sesuai pola
Baris 1 (BS):
Angkat pembungkus st dan letakkan di belakang st yang dibungkus.
Knit kedua st bersamaan.
Lanjutkan k hingga st terakhir.
Baris 2 (FS): sesuai pola
Baris 2 (BS): k all sts
Ulangi baris 2 hingga mencapai tinggi kaus kaki yang diharapkan. Jangan lupa cek jumlah benang cukup atau tidak ya, apalagi buat kaus kaki yang sebelahnya.

Umumnya, tidak perlu dilakukan pelebaran lingkar kaus kaki apabila kaus kaki hanya setinggi 1/2 betis. Namun, apabila kaus kaki mau diperpanjang hingga tepat di bawah lutut, misalnya, pelebaran harus dilakukan mulai dari 1/3 tinggi betis hingga ke puncak betis. Lalu dikecilkan lagi hingga lebarnya cukup di bawah lutut.
Cara menghitungnya sama seperti menghitung CIR. Jumlah baris jangan lupa dihitung dengan cara yang sama di tahap 7. Jangan lupa juga pola yang dipakai di bagian belakang ikut dihitung supaya penambahan st nya tetap terlihat cantik.


Lanjut ke tutorial terakhir ya... dikit lagi beres!

Monday, 20 June 2016

MKAL Indonesian Knitter - Clue 4 (end)

Congratulations, you have survived Clue 1 to 3!

Tinggal beberapa baris terakhir nih....

Berikut ini pola gambarnya:



Dan ingat, seperti biasa, seluruh baris GENAP adalah knit all stitches, kecuali di Yarn Over (YO) bertanda khusus.

Baris 27: yo, k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k6, yo, yo, k6, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, yo, s2kp,
Baris 28: k11, kf&b (yo pertama), kf-b-f (yo kedua), k12
Note: Kf&b dan Kf-b-f bisa diganti dengan knit and purl.
Kf&b dari yo pertama selesai, di jarum kiri masih ada yo kedua


YO kedua sudah diselesaikan dnegan kf-b-f, jadi 2 yo melebur menjadi 1 yo besar dengan kf-b-f-b-f
Baris 29: k2tog, yo, k2tog, yo, k19, yo, ssk, yo, ssk, k

Baris 30: knit all stitches

Crochet bind-off:
Berhubung pola asli tidak terlalu jelas, saya analisa dari gambar pola tersebut. Ternyata, pola memiliki 2 pilihan crochet bind off, yang saya sebut sebagai

(1) 5 Loop,

5 Loop edging


dan (2) 6 Loop.

6 Loop edging

Cara bind off serupa, hanya hitungan stitchnya yang berbeda. Silakan pilih salah satu, atau boleh juga gunakan cara bind off lain yang sesuai selera.

Berikut ini cara bind offnya:
1. Pindahkan 2 sts dari Jarum kanan (right needle/RN) ke jarum kiri (LN)
RN adalah jarum dengan st yang terakhir di knit (kalau pakai DPN). Berarti LN adalah jarum tempat memulai rajutan.
2. Dengan menggunakan hakpen, matikan (bind off) 3 sts pertama yang ada di LN.
3. ulang pola berikut sebanyak 8 kali:
Pola ulangan 5 loop:
ch 3 bo4, ch7 bo4, ch7 bo5, ch7 bo4, ch7 bo4, ch7 bo4, ch3 bo3.
(ch 3 = chain/buat rantai sebanyak # stitches, bo# = bind off # sts)

Pola ulangan 6 loop:
ch3 bo3, ch7 bo4, ch7 bo3, ch7 bo5, ch7 bo3, ch7 bo4, ch 7 bo 3, ch3 bo3

Video tutorial untuk bind off ada di sini:

4. Ch 3, lalu matikan stitch tersebut ke stitch bind off pertama.
5. Blok doily.
Tutorial blocking doily berbentuk lingkaran ada di sini:
http://nenengceriwis.blogspot.co.id/2014/07/beginner-tutorial-blocking-circle-doily.html

And here is my finished and blocked black doily:



Red doily is still on my blocking mat... I will update soon :)

Now, as this is the end of the doily MKAL, I would like to update that the pattern was provided for free from this website: http://ryupie428.blog3.fc2.com/?no=727
and the pattern page link in ravelry is as following: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/-flower-mini-doily.
I personally thank the provider for making such a beautiful doily pattern.

At the same time, I would like to thank all the participants, and there's no greater happiness than looking at the finished doilies that you all made. Thank you for putting up with this and being patient enough to (distant) learning with me. You have successfully use my time for something much more useful than commenting bad things on my facebook timeline. I also hope that making you all busy with this project has made you stayed away from doing harm things in facebook :)))). I also thank you for all of the participants who had help each other... see, you can share you knowledge! So any of you can start KAL in the facebook group now :)

Thank you so much and looking forward for more beautiful projects from all of yous.

Cheers!

Tuesday, 14 June 2016

MKAL Indonesian Knitter - Clue 2

Selamat datang di Clue 2!

Kalau Clue 1 sudah bisa lewat, Clue 2 juga pasti bisa lah... ^^

Berikut ini pola gambarnya:



Seperti biasa, baris GENAP adalah knit all stitches, kecuali di atas double yo atau yo bertanda khusus, selalu kf&b. Setiap barisan diulang 8 repeat.

Baris 11: yo, ssk, k, yo, yo, k, k2tog

NOTE: hati-hati setiap kali memulai suatu barisan dengan yo. Di baris berikutnya, selalu cek apakah yo itu "masih ada", alias ngga drop stitch.

Baris 12: k4, ktbl, k2
Baris 13: kf&b, k3, yo, yo, k3
Baris 14: k5, kf&b, k3
Baris 15: yo, ktbl, yo, ktbl, yo, ssk, k2, yo, yo, k2, k2tog
Baris 16: k2, kf&b, k5, kf&b, k3
Baris 17: yo, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, yo, k4, yo, yo, k4
Baris 18: k12, kf&b, k4

Kalau takut salah dan males bongkar satu-satu (istilahnya, tink back, kebalikan dari knit), bisa pakai yang namanya life line. Life line ini adalah benang tidak terpakai yang dimasukkan ke dalam row stitches, berfungsi menahan stitches saat kita bongkar. Biasanya dimasukkan dengan menggunakan jarum besar sebelum memulai baris yang ragu bakal bisa dikerjakan. Atau... bisa juga pakai metode saya yang pemalas, contohnya bisa dilihat di sini.

Berikut ini gambar yang saya kerjakan:




Monday, 24 August 2015

knitting my way back

Trying to dig myself out of depression, I started picking up my needles again. I've been avoiding the knitting needles for quite a while now, and I just think that I should do something about it.

I gave away my blue teal trefoil to my aunt, and convince myself that it is now in good hands. It's quite difficult to part with that shawl, as it is just so damn beautiful. I still have my blue teal stash, so ... no better way than to leave it in my stash cupboard.

So I started to knit distant hours. Third time's the charm!

Sunday, 5 July 2015

Darkness for friend - finished blocking

Yea baby!


Darkness for friend - on my blocking mat

Cant wait to steam it.


I know it's asymmetrical, but i'll fix it later during steaming.

Darkness for a friend - finally off my needles

I can only say huff...

And i'll block it tomorrow :)


Saturday, 4 July 2015

Darkness for a friend - end of the tunnel


I can see the light at the end of the tunnel...


Darkness for a friend - when?

When will this ever end????

*agony of picot bind off



Thursday, 19 February 2015

The power of what?

I finished knitting a pair of socks in a flash!


Monday, 11 August 2014

And there were 3

Yay, finished 3 projects!

On to the blanket!


Sunday, 8 December 2013

Distant part 2 - doing the magic

Honestly, i dont know the characteristics of this yarn (yet). Let me just wet block it and see...

I am doing the magic right now...



Distant part 2 - after 24 hours

4 am in the morning, after almost 24 hrs of continuous picot bind off... Damn... I finally finished the shawl.

I cant stand it anymore so i just dump it to soak a few hours. I'll bind it off when i am awake.

Doh....


Saturday, 7 December 2013

Tutorial - Picot edging in knitting using crochet hook

While I was doing my distant hours, my lazy knitter side kicked in and I decided to make my own cheat of picot edging. Picot edging is such... troublesome.

I like using crochet hook since I feel like I have more control in it. 

Video is below, hopefully it's useful for you all! ^^


Monday, 17 June 2013

Red soy cardi

So, my friend gave me her new line of yarn, made from 100% acrylic and it is approximately dk weight. Red color, so daring and bold, and i promised her to write a review.

In this post, i'll talk about the project.

The pattern itself is pretty clear and straightforward. I chose top down since it is relatively simple and less parts joining involved. FYI, i dont like joining parts, so most of the time, i'll do some tricks so that i dont need to do it.

It was quite easy. I didnt get the hang of how it was constructed, so it take a while to stare and imagine the knitting for this pattern. I finally dare to do it and casted on. 

I used the acrylic yarn and a 3 mm needles, which i think is a big mistake. I should've gone to 3.5 mm to 4 mm instead. Knitting with small needle on a considered-bulky yarn is really tiring.

This is how it looks like when i haven't shape it into two armholes:



And this is after joining the armholes part.



Quite easy, i just don't like the fact that i have to rib and made buttonholes. This is my firstime making buttonholes, by the way. Easy but so much hassle! Not to mention with the "worms" after you add the buttons... I should've gone to smaller number of buttons. I put 13. Should've put 6-8 only. Haiz...



Here's after i finished the body. I didnt make any shaping for the bust, and felt bad about it. I should've made one. 



And here's after the buttons and collar was made.



And the end...


Thursday, 1 December 2011

Nightsongs has just started

 I've been eye-ing a project from EmeraldEmpress from Ravelry, the project is made from a pattern called Gail (Nightsongs). I like her project because it looked like a peacock feathers. I fell in love with the pattern already, and decided that I should make it with a green yarn. It is just so obvious that I do love green so much.

So, I started few days ago, after I finished my nephew's blanket and socks (I'll upload the socks later). The yarn was already bought months ago. Another product from Pierrot, called Sawayaka, made from 100% cotton and it's fingering weight. I'm using another 4.00 mm circular needles. I guess circular needles and me is almost inseparable right now.

To my disappointment, I didn't understand the pattern from Jane Araujo, the creator of the pattern. So I just go with text pattern EmeraldEmpress used. It was quite clear and easy, although I hate that everytime I want to knit a row, I must see the pattern, rather than just follow the holes. Just like what I did with my summer blanket and all crochet projects.

Anyways... so far, the project is still going on smoothly, and I quite like the result. Although, after I think abot it, if I want to use this shawl as a classy piece, I should've add beads to add some sparkle on the shawl.


Anyways... Hopefully I'm finishing it soon...

The summer baby blanket, finally finished

After several months, I finally finished this project. I can't say it's a masterpiece, but looking at the result, I feel proud! :D



I used Pierrot yarn tre, leaf green color. I used approximately 5.5 balls of yarn (I bought 8, and the left over was 2.5 balls). I really recommend this yarn for lace, because it lays very beautifully. I also don't think that blocking is not that difficult for this piece, since it already looked so nice and "flat". I'm not sure about whether other pattern should be blocked or not, since when I used tre for a basketweave pattern, it needed a blocking.



I used 4.0 mm circular needle (40 cm long), made from bamboo and plastic hose. I bought the needles on ebay from kashi6688 store. For you who don't really that into branded-snob knitting needles, I really think that his store offers good price and good products. I use the needles larger than Pierrot suggested just because I want to make sure that I don't do it too tight. I have the tendency to knit too tight. If you want to use the size of needle as Pierrot suggested (I believe it is 3 to 3.25 mm), I believe the differences would not be much with my result ^^.

Ok... so I used a chevron lace pattern. It's a 12 sts repeat. The Chevron pattern repeat is:
row 1: p1, k5, p1, k5
row 2 and all even (ws) rows: purl the purl sts, knit the knit sts.
row 3: p1, k3, k2tog, yo, p1, ssk, k3
row 5: p1, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, p1, k1, yo, ssk, k2
row 7: p1, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, p1, k2, yo, ssk, k1
row 9: p1, k2tog, yo, k3, p1, k3, yo, ssk

and the blanket pattern is:
Part 1: Ribbing
CO 12 + (12x12) + 12 sts = 168 sts
row 1: k1, *p2, k2* until the end of the row.
row 2: knit the knit sts, purl the purl sts.
repeat row 1 and 2 until the ribbing reaches 12 rows (or 2 inches)

Part 2: Blanket
row 1: k12, *row 1 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 2: k12, *row 2 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 3: k12, *row 3 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 4: k12, *row 4 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 5: k12, *row 5 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 6: k12, *row 6 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 7: k12, *row 7 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 8: k12, *row 8 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 9: k12, *row 9 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 10: k12, *row 10 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12

Repeat the rows until the desired length achieved. Mine is 20 times. I encourage to put marker on each repeat so that if there's any error, it would be easy to track.

Part 3: Ribbing
Repeat row 1 and 2 of the Part 1 Ribbing until the ribbing reaches 12 rows (or 2 inches)

Bind-off
Using the Kitchener stitch. Make sure that you don't pull too hard, other wise the length of the bottom and top part of the blanket would be dissimilar.

Block if necessary.









I think, this project is also good for a lap blanket, to warm your laps during the late autumn and early winter. But I do think that the holes on the lace made it a perfect summer blanket. Recommended for you who lives in the tropical region too! :D Like I do.

Saturday, 1 October 2011

the blanket... 3 months after

 So... I started to knit a blanket for my (was) soon-to-be-born nephew last June. But, well... all the activities and I was so totally busy to knit since I have to finish my thesis and prepare the thesis defense. It was exhausting. I rarely sleep and knitting is something I can't afford (time-wise).

I left school after graduated 2 months later, which was late August, and I run away to Singapore, at my sister's place. And... 10 days after I stayed in Singapore, my sister gave birth of her first son, 3 weeks earlier than her approximate due date. The blanket was still 20% finish.

I'm using Pierrot Yarn Tre, made from cotton, and the color is my fave color: green. I was going to make a block blanket, but after I think about it, a whole blanket without connecting the blocks would be much easier and convenient for me. I did a trial to make a basketweave pattern, so I can predict the approximate stitches I need to make a new chevron lace pattern. The pattern was a 12 sts repeats. Or to be more exact, it is a 11 +1 repeat. I make 12 chevrons in one row, and added garter st at 9 st on each side. This garter st is to make the blanket flat.

Right now, I think I've already reached about 60% of the total length I wanted, and I can't wait to finish this project, since I want to start another projects: scarf for my friend who helped me a lot in Taiwan, and a doily for my teacher.

So far, I like the project, I enjoy knitting the yarn and the yarn is surprisingly "clean". It's easy to work with, and the fabric fell gracefully, even before blocking. I think the yarn is recommendable for lace.

We'll see what's gonna happen.

Wednesday, 20 July 2011

The victim


The victim of the hat :p

rib hat: finished!

the express gift already finished.

I finished knitting the hat yesterday, but I have to wash and block it first. The material dried quite quick. In only 6  hours, it dried perfectly (maybe because it is 100% wool?). So, I'm not sure whether the blocking was successful.



the hat, oddly shaped even after blocking

Hope Fishball like this hat. It's a bit oddly shaped, I added pom pom since I felt the shape of the hat screamed pom pom loudly. I made it slighly longer than Fishball's head because I thought it would be useful during winter, you can still pull down the length, to cover more of your face, or pull down to the back of the neck, and cover it with scarf to keep warm. Europe is not that friendly during winter, right?

the gift
 
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