Sebrina Sebright and Chicks Pillow

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1 Sebrina Sebrigt and icks Pillow reated by Judit A Helms 2012 J s Designer Pillows strings.com J's Designer Pillows - opyrigt Judit A Helms - 1

2 Design size - 18 inces square pillow top Sebrina Sebrigt and icks Pattern Needles size -2/ 47 inc circle needle s size 0 or any size tat will give you 9 sts and 13 rows to te inc. arn requirements- Pillow top only *I get all my yarns from Knitpicks. Te color selections are optional. ou may prefer te more reddis browns for your en and cicks. Knitpicks as a great selection of sades. Pillow order - Palette fingering - 1 skein -rindle Heater *If you opt to knit te back you will need at least 2 more skeins of te border fingering yarn. Tere will be enoug lace weigt left to do te back wit te floating cains if desired. Gloss Lace Weigt 1 skein lack ody of en - Palette - 1 skein eac of - Suede, rass Heater, ison, lack Suede Suede and rass Heater blend (1 ply of eac) rass Heater rass Heater and ison blend (1 ply of eac) Head of en - Palette - 1 skein of Pumice, 1 skein of Wite rass eater and pumice blend ( around neck area- 1 ply of eac) icks - Aloft Lace weigt. One skein eac of black, wite. Aloft wite and Suede fingering yarn blend (1 ply of Suede, 2 strands of wite) Aloft black and Suede fingering yarn blend ( 1 ply of suede, 2 strands of lack) Aloft black and rass Heater fingering yarn ( 1 ply of H, 2 strands of lack) J's Designer Pillows - opyrigt Judit A Helms - 2

3 Legs and feet of en - Palette - 1 skein of Marble Heater * I mied one strand of Marble H, wit one strand of Oster. Legs of cicks - you can use te Oster and ouline wit Grey Mist roceted cains *Gloss lace weigt - 1 skein of Sterling (opt) ou can do te detail wit te Marble Heater. I opted for te siny look. Ground - Palette - 1 skein eac of -Oster, oriander, amel Heater, lover, Tarregon(or any two green sades) Here again I did some blending, tis is strictly optional. Any tree colors of neutral sades for te ground would be fine. Sky - Palette - 1 skein Sky blue arn Sopping List Palette Fingering arn -one skein eac of te following colors: *rindle Heater, Suede, rass Heater, ison, lack, Pumice,Wite, Marble Heater, Oster, amel Heater, oriander, Mist, lover, Tarregon, and Sky * If you opt for knitting te back you will need 2 more skeins of your cosen color, or te back ground of te frame. Palette - Gloss Lace Weigt: One ank of lack, (opt) one ank of Sterling ( I used tis for te detail on te legs of te en) Palette Aloft: One ball of lack, one ball of Wite. J's Designer Pillows - opyrigt Judit A Helms - 3

4 Knitting Notes Knit te main cart first. eck for loose stitces before you weave in your ends. I used Fair Isle and Armenian knitting tecnques for te color work. Duplicate stitces worked great for adding te Oster pads under te toes. roceted cains were used for te leg and foot details. I also used tem around te eye. I also added te Grey (one ply) on te beak wit duplicate stitces. I ave included a detailed tutorial on ow to do te floating cains used on te border. J's Designer Pillows - opyrigt Judit A Helms - 4

5 Knitting up te Main art egin your cast on wit a piece of waste yarn, and cain up 178 stitces wit a crocet ook. reak off, leaving about 6 inc tail. Pull te last stitc troug and tie a loop in it to indicate te end you will be releasing later. Turning te cain over, count in 5 stitces and begin picking up your first row of te set up troug te single loop on te back wit your border color yarn. Tis is row marked wit a on te cart. Net set-up row - purl across. egin row 1, and follow te cart, inserting te floating cain strands as indicated. See te tutorial attac for detailed instructions. Work te cart, ten do all your detail stitces. Once you finised, turn te pillow top to te rigt, place a marker on te needle, and pick up 168 stitces down te left side. Pull needle A (your working 47 inc circle needle) troug so tat te stitces on te top and left side rest on te cord. reak off yarn, leaving a 6 inc tail. Turn te bottom up so tat te purl side faces you. eginning in te lower rigt corner of te pillow top, carefully release te cain, one stitc at a time, slipping tem on to your 2nd 47 inc circle needle(). Work rigt to left, pick up all te stitces across te bottom. Pull needle troug until te stitc just rest on cord. Turn your work to te rigt side. Pick up te left end of your N (bottom rigt and corner), and leaving a 6 inc tail, turn pillow to te rigt, place a marker on te needle and pick up te stitces on te rigt edge (168). Place a marker on te needle and knit across te top stitces once more. Turn your work to te purl side. Re-position te needles by taking te released end of needle A, and picking up te stitces you just knitted wit needle across te top to te marker (top rigt and corner). Pull te needle troug so tat te top and left side stitces are resting on NA, and te bottom and rigt side stitc are resting on needle (See illustration on net page). efore going on secure te two yarn ends at te bottom corners. Now you are ready to block your pillow top. J's Designer Pillows - opyrigt Judit A Helms - 5

6 Ready to lock NA needle A N needle After soaking you work in cold water and wool was, rinse it and wrap it in a towel to take out te moisture. Using NA and N as your blocking rods, pin pillow top to size, 18 by 18. Make sure to line up your stitc rows orizontally and vertically. Let dry over nigt. It was at tis stage tat I decided to do te floating cains around te inside of te frame. I used a yarn needle to stitc te cains around te inside of te frame, as tis gave me more control tan te crocet ook. Te cart sows you te intervals needed. I started at te bottom rigt edge and worked my way around, working rigt to left, ancoring my stitces in te last row of te border before te blue began. ou can see te results on page 4. I found tat a piece of yarn about 5 times te lengt of eac section worked just fine. It is a bit time consuming but was well wort it. Working up side, pick up loop in every 3rd stitc, skipping 2 in between. Working across rigt to left, pick up a loop every oter stitc. J's Designer Pillows - opyrigt Judit A Helms - 6

7 Once you are satisfied wit your piece, slip a piece of nylon net measuring 19 by 19 underneat your pillow top and baste te edges to te netting. Tis will stabilize your top. Te nylon net also makes it possible to stitc down any area tat you need to secure witout adding any weigt or bulk. It also allows you to stuff any areas you wis to make 3D, elping to maintain te gauge. *Note - I made te cicks 3D by adding one more strand of black Aloft to te wing area, took up te space wit poly fill, and secured te gauge surrounding it by stitcing it to te net. Te net step is knitting a seam allowance ( about 6 row, plus O) so tat you can stitc te top to a fabric back. Tis pattern requires a 21 inc square of fabric, pre-wased and pressed. Te etra bit allows for srinkage. First, re-position your needle A so tat you start te round in te upper rigt and corner of te pillow top. To do tis pick up te end of NA etending out of te bottom left corner of te pillow top. ring it around te back of your work, and begin slipping te stitces at te rigt end of te top row onto te needle. ontinue across until you get to te corner, or te beginning marker. Rnd 1 -O, slip marker, M1 (tis will be your center corner st.) O, knit to end of needle. O, M 1 in bar between te needles, O, knit 4 sts off of N. Pull NA troug so sts rest on cord. Net, reac around and pick up te opposite end of N at te upper rigt and corner, using it, knit across te bottom sts to marker. O, M1, O, slip marker. Knit to end of N. Repeat set up for corner, and knit 4 sts from NA. Pick up opposite end of NA at lower left and corner and knit across to corner. * Once you ave establised your corners, you don t ave to keep te markers in place, you can see te O additions easily. Rnd 2. Knit around, knitting all O s troug back loop. Rnd 3. Knit around working te corners as in rnd 1, working one O on eac side of center of corner. Rnd 4. Repeat rnd 2. Rnds 5-6. Repeat rnds 3-4. ind off all sts. J's Designer Pillows - opyrigt Judit A Helms - 7

8 Steam your seam allowance. I run a colored basting st around te pillow top as a sewing guide. Anoter metod is to make te seam allowance a sligtly different sade and us te cange in color as a sewing guide. Eiter way works. Press a seam allowance on one edge of te fabric, ten unfold. Place tis edge on te bottom of te pillow top. Pin te pillow top to te backing, attacing te top, left and rigt side. Etend your sewing around te corner on te bottom edge at least 1 inc in from te corner. Tis keeps your corners neat, and it is easier to andle te closure tis way. lip corners of fabric, and turn rigt side out. Straigten edges and sape corners. Insert form and close open edge by and stitcing togeter. If you are careful no one will see te seam. I use a stitc resembling te mattress stitc. It works nicely. ottom J's Designer Pillows - opyrigt Judit A Helms - 8

9 Free Floating ains y Judit A Helms On te following pages I ave illustrated ow to make tese cains. As te free floating cain moves between background stitces to form sapes, tey do not disturb te original stitc count. Tese cains lie on top of te background stitces. Te loops ride on te needle, ready for you to move tem in any direction you coose. Once you learn te concept, you will be able to draw up your own designs using tese little beauties. Tey are also adjustable, as tey are worked on a continuous separate strand of yarn.,tis allows you to tigten up any loose loops you may find later. ou migt tink of tis as croceting wit a knitting needle. Te first illustration in tis tutorial is ow to make a free floating cain diamond pattern. Eac diamond is begun wit one strand of yarn, picked up in te middle, tus leaving 2 free ends to work in opposite directions. Te second illustration is ow to andle tese cains wen using tem to overlay a border for a pillow( as I did on te border surrounding two of my pillow designs, Ms Red Hat Silkie, and Sebrigt Hen and icks), or you migt want to use tis tecnique for te bottom edge of a tunic or for and ornamental touc on te bottom edge of sleeves. I suggest tat you read te entire tutorial troug first, ten try te pattern swatces on te last page. It take a bit of practice, but once you ave te idea, you be able to make tese cain wit ease. Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012

10 Tutorial Key F floating cain RN rigt needle LN left needle W Working yarn background yarn of eavier weigt. R cable cain rigt L cable cain left S center stitc Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012

11 Free Floating ains Diamond Fig To begin te bottom of te free floating cain diamond, knit across to te stitc were you want te diamond to start. In te illustration I ave it circled te stitc I ave cosen in red. Tis will be te center stitc of your diamond. Plan an uneven number of stitces in between, ie; 5, 7, etc. Tail Fig. 2 Tail A Tail A 2. Using a crocet ook, stick troug te stitc below te center stitc tat is on te left needle( Fig. 1), and pull up a loop of your contrasting yarn tat as been pick up in te middle. 3. Place tis loop on te left needle wit te left leg of te stitc on te top. (Fig. 2) Fig Lay your working yarn to te left and bring tail A of your F yarn from underneat and knit te cain (green) troug te back loop. ( Fig. 3) Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Tail 5. Pick up working yarn(blue) and knit te center stitc. ring tail of your F yarn over te top of te working yarn and old it in your left and. Using your crocet ook, stick into te same center stitc again and pull troug a second loop. ( Fig. 4) Place it on te left needle, making sure te front leg is on te top of te needle. Now grab tail of te cain yarn and knit te loop troug te back leg. Wen you ave completed te steps above it sould look like Fig. 5 Wen you finis setting up all te diamonds you want, knit to te end and turn. ou will always slip tese F-loops on te purl rows. Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012

12 Fig After completing te purl row, you are ready to start enlarging your diamond. Knit to 1 stitc before te first cain. Reac across in front of te stitc wit your RN, and stick te point of te needle into te front leg of te F loop, Fig. 6. Pinc te cain and te stitc to its rigt togeter wit you rigt tumb and inde finger. Gently pull bot stitces off te needle to te rigt. Fig. 7 Fig. 8 Wile still olding te stitces tigt, tip te needle toward you (so you can see) and pick up te stitc you released wit te cain onto your LN, ten pick up te cain loop troug its back loop onto te LN. Te stitces are now reversed and te cain as been cabled over to te rigt, one stitc. ou will see tis move referred to in my patterns as R (or cable cain rigt). ou can now release te stitces you ave been olding. 7. Knit te F by bringing te F yarn up from underneat te working yarn and knit te F troug te back leg. e sure to ceck your F to make sure tat it is laying flat against te surface of te work. Drop te F yarn strand. Once knitted it sould look like Fig Wit working yarn only, knit te net two stitces. ou now ave te net cain immediately to your left. Tis time we will be moving tis cain one stitc to te left ( or L- cable cain left). Fig. 9 Fig Wit your RN, reac around back of te LN to te stitc immediately to te left of te cain loop. Stick te tip of te needle into te stitc as if to knit ( Fig. 8). Pinc te F and te stitc togeter as before and slid tem off te needle to te rigt (Fig. 9). Wile still olding te stitces firmly between your tumb and inde finger, pick up te cain loop wit te LN. Immediately knit te stitc you just slipped unto te RN troug te back loop. 10. ring te F yarn up from underneat te working yarn, knit te F troug te back leg, (cecking first to see if it is lying open). our diamond sould now look like Fig. 10. Drop te F yarn, and wit te working yarn proceed to te net diamond, repeating steps Now turn your work and purl across, slipping all cains. Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012

13 Fig. 11 In Fig. 11, te cains ave bee worked until tere are 5 stitces in between. Now it is time to cange directions. After purling te last row, and slipping te cains, we will begin te process of reversing te direction te cains move. Fig. 12 One W st between cains 11. Knit to te F. Now, L, Knit te background stitc wit te W, ten knit te cain troug te back loop, as before.(see steps 8-9). Knit 3 background stitces. R wit te net F loop. Knit cain, troug back loop. Knit 3 background stitces. Repeat te process. Across. ou now ave 3 sts between te F s. Turn. Purl across as before, slipping all cains. 12. Net row, repeat te process in step 11. ou will now ave one background stitc ( W sts)between te cains. Fig. 12. Work purl row as before, slipping all cain loops. Fig. 13 ain enter Stitc ain A ** Tis net row is were we ross te 3 stitces in te center, closing one diamond and starting anoter. I ave identified te stitces we will be working wit in Fig. 13. On te following page I will walk you step by step troug te moves. It migt seem a bit tricky at first, but wit a little practice, you will soon be going troug it like a breeze. Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012

14 Fig. 1 Te ross 1. Knit to te first cain of te 3 center stitces. Slip ain A, onto te RN, knitwise. Fig.1 Fig L floating cain. Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 enter st 3. Slip te center stitc onto te LN. Leave cain on te RN. ot cains are now on te RN. Fig Stick te point of te LN, into te front leg of cain A. Fig. 4 Fig Pinc te two cain stitces togeter and pull off te RN, to te left. Fig. 5 Fig Slip cain onto te RN. Fig. 6 Fig L cain A, slipping te center stitc on te RN. Slip all tree stitces back to te LN. See Fig Using floating cain s tail,(wic will be te one to te left of te center stitc), knit cain troug te back loop. Fig. 8 ain A enter Stitc ain 9. Knit center stitc wit working yarn troug back loop. 10. Using floating cain A s tail,( te one to te rigt of te center stitc, knit cain A troug te back loop. Wen finised your ross sould look like Fig. 8. Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012

15 Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012 Floating ains Practice Swatc

16 Knitting Key L - cable cain left (pg. 2, 8-9) R - cable cain rigt (pg 2, 6-7) LN left needle RN Rigt needle Floating ain Practice Te cart previous page was drawn up to elp you get a since of ow te cains move. It is a picture of te following written instructions. Use two weigt of yarn for tis swatc. 1. Wit your eavier yarn cast on 15 stitces. Tis row is 1 on te cart. Row 2- Purl across Row 3 - Knit across Row 4 - Purl across Row 5 - Knit 7; (st 8 is your center st); set up your diamond as described on page 2 of tis tutorial wit a long strand of your ligter weigt yarn. Don t forget to pick te strand up in te middle. Row 6 - Purl across, slipping te cain loops. Row 7 - Knit 6, R, knit 3, L, knit 6. Row 8 - Repeat row 6. Row 9 - knit 5; R, knit 5, L, knit 5. Row 10 - Repeat row 6. Row 11 - Knit 5; L, knit 1, knit, knit 3, R, knit 6. Row 12 - Repeat row 6. Row 13 - Knit 6, L, knit 1, knit, knit 1, R, knit 7. Row 14 - Repeat row 6. Row 15 - Knit to te first. Work te ross as described on page 4. Knit across te rest of te row. Row 16 - Repeat row 6. Row Repeat rows 7-16, twice. Row 35 - To end te diamond, knit to te first F. Slip it to te RN, knitwise. Knit te second F and te center stitc togeter wit te working yarn. Slip te first F over te new stitc. Knit te rest of te row wit te working yarn. Turn. Row 36 - Purl across. Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012

17 Row 37 - Knit across. Row 38 - Purl across. Row 39 - ast off sts. Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012

18 Free Floating ains Diamond order In tis section I will instruct you ow to read my cart and give you added tecniques for inserting te yarns. It is important to remember for tis tecnique to look good it is again advisable to use two weigts of yarn. ou floating cains will sow up better if tey are constructed of te ligt weigt. I used lace weigt wool and silk over fingering yarn for all my pillow patterns. However, if you are tinking about using tis tecnique for te bottom of a sweater or cuffs, you could use fingering weigt over DK or regular 4 ply worsted. So.. Lets get started. First te cart. 1. Te first two rows of te cart are your set up. As indicated stands for cast on, wile te return row is purled. 2. Te first numbered row of te cart is were you begin to insert te F strands. 3. Te circled area above indicates were te first F strand is entered. ou will notice tat it between te 3rd and 4t stitc of te row of te cart. 4. Te cross is indicated wit te X in red. 5. Te additional yarn insertions are indicated wit te in green. 6. Te base of te cross will always ave a F on eac side of te center stitc. See red circle. 7. All movement of te floating cains occurs on te knit side of your work. All F loops will be slipped on te purl rows. Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012

19 F arn Strand Insertion 1. Just as wit te F diamond practice, use te double ended strand were ever possible to eliminate unnecessary tails to weave in. Tail Tail A 2. Using about a 30 inc strand of your ligt weigt yarn, fold it in alf, and place it over your left inde finger. Holding it in place beind you work, put your crocet ook under te bar between te stitces and pull up a loop. Place it on te LN, so tat te left leg of te loop is on top. Using te rigt side tail ( A) bring te yarn underneat and up over te W and knit te F troug te back loop. Drop te F strand. 3. Knit 2 stitc wit W. Knit center stitc, trapping te tail of te F strand by going under te strand as you knit te center stitc. 4. Knit 1 wit W. Drop W. 5. Insert ook between net stitc, pull up F loop using tail. Place loop on LN making sure tat te left leg is in front. ring F tail up from underneat te W, and knit te F troug back loop. Drop F strand. 6. Wit W, knit across to net F strand insertion. Repeat process wit new strand. Make as many as needed. Turn. Purl across slipping all F loops. Turn. Move F as indicated on cart, being careful to pick up te corresponding tail to eac F loop. See pages 3-6 for instructions on moving cains. Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012

20 eginning and Ending F Strands on Sides In row 9 you will see te symbol of an upside down. Tis means tat you will end te surface appearance of tis F strand ( blue circle). To do tis, knit te loop as before, ten pull te free end of te F strand troug te loop. ring it to te back of your work and drop it. ontinue across te row, completing your cart. Repeat te process wit te last F loop in te row. Turn. Row 10. Purl across slipping all F loops on te needle. Turn. Row 11. Tis time you ave a in te green bo. ou are going to pick up te discarded F strand from row 9 and use it to make te new F loop indicated on your cart. Just be careful to make sure it lies smootly on te back surface of your work. Do NOT pull it up too tigt. *Remember you can adjust te tension of tese loops after tey are completed. ontinue across, completing cart. Insert new loop at end of row as indicated on te cart. Row 12. Purl across, slipping all F loops on needle. Turn. Now you are on your way. ou ave all te basic moves. Working te border practice cart will elp you become familiar wit te process in no time. F Practice Key K knit st stitc RN rigt needle P purl F floating cain LN left needle S center stitc W working yarn, or background yarn Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012

21 Floating ains order Practice art and Instructions As on most carts, te odd row are knitted and te even rows are purled. egin by casting on 31 sts. Purl across. ( ) Row 1 K 3 sts wit W. Insert ook underneat bar between st 3 and 4. Pull up loop from tail A of F strand and place it on te RN. Tis is your first F loop. K 3 wit W, trapping F tail in center stitc. Insert F loop between sts 6 &7. Place st on RN. Knit 3 wit W. Repeat across until all F loops ave been added to you work. Row 2. P across, slipping all F loops on needle. Turn. Row 3. Wit W, k 3; [: L, wit W k 1; k F troug back loop. Knit S. R, moving F one stitc to rigt. Knit F troug back loop. Wit W, knit 4 :]. Repeat [: :]. Work across moving F loops as indicated on te cart (L, S, R). ou will ave 1 F loop eac side of te S, and 5 sts of W in between. Row 4. P across, slipping all F loops. Row 5. K 5 wit W. Work ross over net 3 sts ( F, S, F), wit W, k 5. Repeat across as Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012

22 Rows 6-8. Work cart, moving F loops as indicated. *Always make sure tat your loops are laying open on te surface of your work. Adjust te tension as you go. ou can pull up any slack by turning to te back of your work and finding te corresponding single strand tat connects te loops. Pull up gently, ten work up from tere follow te line toward te loops presently riding on your needle. Row 9. wit W, k 2; L, k F troug back loop. Stop! Pull te new loop just made completely troug te F, ten drop te F tail to te back. Tis ends te loop in tis section. ontinue across, working te cart as indicated. Wen you get to te last F, repeat te process and drop it off to te back of your work. Finis te row knitting wit te W only, Turn. Row 10. Purl across, slipping all te F loops on te needles. Turn. Row 11. Knit 2, insert ook under bar between te stitc to your left, pick up te F yarn you just discarded on row 9 and pull it troug placing it on te LN. DO NOT KNIT THIS LOOP. Let tis loop just ride your needle. ou will be moving it into position in row 13. Work across row as indicated in cart., working te ross wit 5 W sts in between. Add te F loop at te end of te row, as you did te one at te beginning. Row 12 Purl across, slipping all F loops. Rows Work te cart. Row 39 bind off 31 sts. Finising - Adjust all F loops as desire, ten weave in te ends along te lines of te cains on te backside. Judit A Helms - copyrigt 2012

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