Frostbeat

FROSTBEAT

Don't let icy ears keep you from enjoying the great outdoors when the temperature plummets. You can easily knit your Frostbeat in an evening. This is a truly unisex, reversible accessory. Offered in 4 sizes, it's great for kids and adults.

FROSTBEAT

Materials

Size US 7 16-inch circular knitting needle (or size 7 straight knitting needles if knitting flat)

1stitch marker (if knitting in the round)

Tapestry needle

Patons Classic Wool Merino, much less than 1 skein (100 g/226 yd)

(or yarn and color of your choice in to give gauge below)

Gauge: 20 stitches and 26 rows equal 4 inches

Finished Sizes:

Child 2-8 yrs. (head circumference up to 18.5 in.)

Adult Small (head circumference up to 20 in.)

Adult Medium (head circumference up to 22 in.)

Adult Large (head circumference up to 24 in.)

NOTE: This is a reversible accessory. The inside is not identical to the outside (see photos), but both are fine to use as the "public" side.

CO 78 (90, 96, 102)

To knit in the round:

Place marker and join to knit in the round. The first 6 and last 6 stitches of each round form the narrower portion that is worn at the nape of the neck.

Round 1: K6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) around to last 6 stitches; K6.

Round 2: K6, *(K1, P1, K4) around to last 6 stitches; K6

Round 3: P6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) around to last 6 stitches; P6.

Round 4: P6, *(K1, P1, K4) around to last 6 stitches; P6

Round 5: K6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) around to last 6 stitches; K6.

Round 6: K6, *(K1, P1, K4) around to last 6 stitches; K6

Round 7: P6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) around to last 6 stitches; P6.

Round 8: P6, *(K1, P1, K4) around to last 6 stitches; P6

Round 9: K6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) around to last 6 stitches; K6.

Round 10: K6, *(K1, P1, K4) around to last 6 stitches; K6

Round11: P6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) around to last 6 stitches; P6.

Round 12: P6, *(K1, P1, K4) around to last 6 stitches; P6

Repeat rounds 1-12 until piece measures 2 1/2 to 3 inches, or desired depth, ending with any even-numbered round.

Bind off as follows: *K2 tog. Place resulting stitch back on left needle. Repeat from * around. Weave in ends.

To knit Flat:

CO 78 (90, 96, 102)

The first 6 and last 6 stitches of each round form the narrower portion that is worn at the nape of the neck.

Row 1: (Right side) K6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) across to last 6 stitches; K6.

Row 2: P6, *(P4, K1, P1) across to last 6 stitches; P6

Row 3: P6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) across to last 6 stitches; P6.

Row 4: K6, *(P4, K1, P1) across to last 6 stitches; K6

Row 5: K6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) across to last 6 stitches; K6.

Row 6: P6, *(P4, K1, P1) across to last 6 stitches; P6

Row 7: P6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) across to last 6 stitches; P6.

Row 8: K6, *(P4, K1, P1) across to last 6 stitches; K6

Row 9: K6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) across to last 6 stitches; K6.

Row 10: P6, *(P4, K1, P1) across to last 6 stitches; P6

Row 11: P6, *(K1, P1, K1, P3) across to last 6 stitches; P6.

Row 12: K6, *(P4, K1, P1) across to last 6 stitches; K6

Repeat rows 1-12 until piece measures 2 1/2 to 3 inches, or desired depth, ending with any even-numbered row.

Bind off as follows: *K2 tog. Place resulting stitch back on left needle. Repeat from * across. Sew back center seam. Weave in ends.

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The Caffeinated Knitter

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My Poor Blog

Oh, life! My poor blog feels like an orphan. Did you wonder if I just gave up knitting? Naaaaah! I could never! Did you think I won the lottery and ran off to some exotic island where I lounge around all day ordering drinks with umbrellas in them from cabana boys? I wish!

The truth is so much less glamorous. Like so many of you, the economic situation has forced me out of my little cave of comfort and sent me on getting myself educated for a different career, EVEN THOUGH I'M TOO OLD FOR THAT. So...my knitting time has sort been robbed from me. I have projects in actual hibernation that I haven't even had time to say are in hibernation on my Ravelry page. Bleh!

In the meantime, the younger generation of my family has been shooting out new babies like Pez dispensers. I have put my foot down in protest of my current state of no knitting time, and did knit some stuff for the babies. Thanks to these same babies forcing my hand (er...my needles), I got the itch back. I mean, a life without knitting and minimal podcast-listening-time is not for me. Yeah--I have to get up earlier and stay up later, but damn it! I gotta knit!

Armed with my usual overdose of caffeine and a little bit of machine-washable yarn (because we know that new parents are not exactly overloaded with spare time to hand wash and dry clean their kids' clothes), I made a couple of baby outfits.

This one is for Logan, my great-nephew.






















Cute, right? See the pants? I designed those and am in the process of writing the pattern, making all the sizes (there will be sizes from newborn to 4T) and sending them to the people who currently have babies in the sizes I've made, for modeling/photographing purposes. And of course, they keep the pants, duh.
Here's another size, with accompanying outfit. This set went to another great-nephew, Jackson:


While I was at it, I made him this matching blanket, which is a super-easy and lovely FREE pattern I found on Ravelry. It's the Heart Blankie designed by Sue Falcone. What a fun and fast knit! I will definitely make it again.


I used Bernat Softee Baby Solids and Marls for this, and for Logan's outfit above I used Bernat Baby Jacquards. The pattern for the pants is going to be written for Bernat Baby Jacquards, but just because if I have to knit eleventy billion pairs, they have to give me some visual interest along the way.

Other than that, I've been working on a new free pattern for something I'll show you really soon. Like...in another blog post 10 minutes from now. :)
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