This is a modest addition to the geometrifantastic “Stockinette Short-Row Sphere” by Brent Annable, found for free on his web site. I’ve simply made an intarsia chart to help you turn one of his spheres into a model of Planet Earth. I mean, every kid needs a stuffy planet, right? Begin at the International Date Line and work westward (as the sun does).
Abundant Creativity
You love making things for your family and your home! So do I; here are a few of my patterns, recipes, and ideas. Many are free and some are for sale. Purchase buttons are secure links to PayPal from which you will be directed to the PDF.
Cabley Cozy Slippers
September 25, 2008 – 8:45 am
Double soles, pretty cables, plus felted bulky wool equal toasty toes! These use about 100 meters of yarn, and I prefer Reynolds Lopi.
Sweetheart Mitten
July 28, 2008 – 5:55 am
It’s the Cold Latitudes Dilemma - how to hold hands with your sweetie on a romantic walk through the snow without getting frostbite? A stockinette hand pouch with cuffs! Add your own beautiful cables or color work, of course. It goes particularly well with a matching pair of mittens, shared by your non-holding hands. Makes a great Valentine’s or engagement gift. Price is $2.00 through PayPal.
Damask Blue Shaped Scarf
June 28, 2008 – 7:39 am
This very wide, very warm scarf is knit as two long stockinette tubes which loop around and under and over one another. Short rows and wrap-and-turn accomplish the various corners. This particular cable is copied from the beautiful collarbone tattoos of the talented web spinner at Damask Blue Designs. The pattern is very much in “beta test” mode, and I’m pleased to offer it for free until it has been thoroughly test-knitted.
Kells Headband
May 24, 2008 – 6:18 pm
This double-thickness headband is knit in the round along the short dimension, adding rows along the long dimension, joined to the provisional cast-on at the back seam. The stockinette inner surface keeps your ears toasty and the beautiful cables of the outer surface, knit against a reverse stockinette background, are copied from Ireland’s great treasure: The Book of Kells.
