Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Pattern for Traditional guernsey
Requirements for 38" chest (note that guernseys are now usually knitted a size larger but were traditionally a "tight fit")
16 x 50gms 5ply worsted wool
1 pair needles size 2.25mm (UK 13, US 1)
1 circular needle size 2.25mm (UK 13, US 1)
1 set of double pointed needles size 2.25mm (UK 13, US 1)
Tension 8 sts. and 12 rows to the inch
FRONT WELT.. Cast on 140 stitches with the straight needles (see table for other sizes) using the Knotted Edge Method (Cast on double wool twice round the thumb, knit stitch through all the loops then wool forward as for purl, thus making two stitches each time). This method is sometimes now called the Channel Island Cast On.
Knit 24 rows garter stitch. (Smaller sizes will need fewer rows).
NB. Slip the first stitch on each row to give a neater edge.
BACK WELT.. Same as given for front welt.
BODY. Join front and back welts on the 25th row by knitting, using the circular needle, 6 rounds of 2 Plain, 2 Purl (double rib) and make, by increasing one, a "seam" stitch on each side which is then knitted one row plain, one row purl throughout.
Change to stocking stitch and increase 20 stitches, evenly spaced, on the next round. There are now 302 st. ( more or less for other sizes) on the needle, including the seam stitches.
Knit to the required length less 12.5" (see table for armhole depth for other sizes).
Next round. Increase one on the third st. before and after each seam st.
Knit 2 rounds.
Next round. Increase one on the fourth stitch before and after each seam stitch.
Knit 2 rounds
Next round. Increase one on the fifth stitch before and after each seam stitch.
Knit 4 rounds.
There are now a total of 314 stitches on the needle. (note other sizes)
ARMHOLE TO SHOULDER ..Continue for 12.5” (see table for other sizes) with each round consisting of: seam stitch, 6 Stocking st, 6 Garter st., 132 Stocking st., 6 Garter st., 6 Stocking st. on both front and back.
The 6 Stocking stitches either side of the seam stitch are made by knitting into the back of each stitch so that they become twisted and will not run when the seam stitch is cut later.
NB. You may knit the front and back divided from the start of the armhole on straight needles if you prefer (in which case you would knit the seam stitch in together with the first of the 6 stocking stitches as it would no longer be needed).but the traditional way is to knit in the round the whole way to the shoulders and then cut through the seam stitch to sew in the armholes later.
1st SHOULDER.. Divide the work onto 2 straight needles and graft the back and front together by taking one stitch from either side and knitting them together
Knit the seam stitch in together with the first stitches as you begin the grafting.
Continue until 48 stitches from each side have been knitted together (more or less for other sizes…see table).
Turn and cast off these 48 stitches. Break off wool.
1st NECK GUSSET.. Using the circular needle or the double pointed needles, pick up and knit a stitch from the neck point of the first shoulder then knit one from the stitches left on the front needle.
Next row. Turn and slip the first stitch purlwise. Purl one then pick up and purl one from the back needle.
Next row. Turn and slip the first stitch knitwise. Knit 2 then pick up and knit one stitch from the front needle (4 stitches on needle
Next row. Turn and slip the first stitch purlwise, purl 3 then pick) up and purl a stitch from the back needle. (5 st. on needle)
Continue like this, picking up one stitch alternately from front and back until you have picked up a total of 21 stitches (10 stitches either side of the centre st.)
This is the first triangular neck gusset.
2nd SHOULDER AND 2nd NECK GUSSET.. Knit across the stitches on the front onto a double pointed or circular needle until you have 48 stitches only left on the front needle.
Slip the corresponding stitches from the back needle onto a spare needle or a stitch holder so that you are now left with 48 stitches front and back on the straight needles (more or less for other sizes) plus the seam stitch.
Graft the second shoulder together as given for the 1st shoulder knitting in the seam stitch at the end.to “lose” it.
Turn and cast off these 48 stitches leaving the last stitch as a starting point for the 2nd neck gusset. Which you now make in the same way as the 1st neck gusset
Knit across the stitches from the back to where 1st neck gusset begins. 122 stitches (more or less for other sizes) in total.
NECK.. Continue on the double pointed needles in 2 plain, 2 purl ribbing (knitting in two of the stitches together each side at the neck so that there are 120 stitches in total. Other sizes will be more or less but the total should be divisible by four)
Continue in rib for one or two inches.
Cast off loosely (use a larger needle if necessary) ribwise.
SLEEVES.. Cast on 80 stitches onto double pointed needles ( see table for other sizes) using the Knotted Edge method. Divide the stitches as evenly as possible around the three needles and knit one round.
NB Double pointed needles are usually sold in sets of 4 in the UK but 5 or more can be used if preferred.
Knit 2, 3 or 4 inches of double (2 plain, 2 purl) ribbing.
Change to stocking stitch and increase 8 stitches on the next round evenly spaced around the needles plus one at the end of the round for a seam stitch (89st) (more or less according to size)
Knit 6 rounds then increase one either side of the seam stitch.
Continue like this, increasing on every sixth round until there are 139 stitches in total (More or less for other sizes)
Continue knitting straight until sleeve is required underarm length minus 3 inches.
SLEEVE GUSSET.. Increase one stitch on both sides of the seam stitch on alternate rounds until there are 28 more stitches in total.
Knit 6 rounds of ribbing (2 Plain, 2 Purl) but keep the extra 28 stitches as stocking stitch plus the seam stitch, starting and ending the ribbing with purl.
Cast off all the stitches apart from the extra 28 of the underarm gusset which is completed by knitting two together at the end of each plain row to the end.
INSERTING SLEEVES.. Cut carefully through the seam stitch from the point of the shoulder to a suitable point for the sleeve to fit.
Hem in the raw edges by 2 or 3 stitches and sew in sleeves.
16 x 50gms 5ply worsted wool
1 pair needles size 2.25mm (UK 13, US 1)
1 circular needle size 2.25mm (UK 13, US 1)
1 set of double pointed needles size 2.25mm (UK 13, US 1)
Tension 8 sts. and 12 rows to the inch
FRONT WELT.. Cast on 140 stitches with the straight needles (see table for other sizes) using the Knotted Edge Method (Cast on double wool twice round the thumb, knit stitch through all the loops then wool forward as for purl, thus making two stitches each time). This method is sometimes now called the Channel Island Cast On.
Knit 24 rows garter stitch. (Smaller sizes will need fewer rows).
NB. Slip the first stitch on each row to give a neater edge.
BACK WELT.. Same as given for front welt.
BODY. Join front and back welts on the 25th row by knitting, using the circular needle, 6 rounds of 2 Plain, 2 Purl (double rib) and make, by increasing one, a "seam" stitch on each side which is then knitted one row plain, one row purl throughout.
Change to stocking stitch and increase 20 stitches, evenly spaced, on the next round. There are now 302 st. ( more or less for other sizes) on the needle, including the seam stitches.
Knit to the required length less 12.5" (see table for armhole depth for other sizes).
Next round. Increase one on the third st. before and after each seam st.
Knit 2 rounds.
Next round. Increase one on the fourth stitch before and after each seam stitch.
Knit 2 rounds
Next round. Increase one on the fifth stitch before and after each seam stitch.
Knit 4 rounds.
There are now a total of 314 stitches on the needle. (note other sizes)
ARMHOLE TO SHOULDER ..Continue for 12.5” (see table for other sizes) with each round consisting of: seam stitch, 6 Stocking st, 6 Garter st., 132 Stocking st., 6 Garter st., 6 Stocking st. on both front and back.
The 6 Stocking stitches either side of the seam stitch are made by knitting into the back of each stitch so that they become twisted and will not run when the seam stitch is cut later.
NB. You may knit the front and back divided from the start of the armhole on straight needles if you prefer (in which case you would knit the seam stitch in together with the first of the 6 stocking stitches as it would no longer be needed).but the traditional way is to knit in the round the whole way to the shoulders and then cut through the seam stitch to sew in the armholes later.
1st SHOULDER.. Divide the work onto 2 straight needles and graft the back and front together by taking one stitch from either side and knitting them together
Knit the seam stitch in together with the first stitches as you begin the grafting.
Continue until 48 stitches from each side have been knitted together (more or less for other sizes…see table).
Turn and cast off these 48 stitches. Break off wool.
1st NECK GUSSET.. Using the circular needle or the double pointed needles, pick up and knit a stitch from the neck point of the first shoulder then knit one from the stitches left on the front needle.
Next row. Turn and slip the first stitch purlwise. Purl one then pick up and purl one from the back needle.
Next row. Turn and slip the first stitch knitwise. Knit 2 then pick up and knit one stitch from the front needle (4 stitches on needle
Next row. Turn and slip the first stitch purlwise, purl 3 then pick) up and purl a stitch from the back needle. (5 st. on needle)
Continue like this, picking up one stitch alternately from front and back until you have picked up a total of 21 stitches (10 stitches either side of the centre st.)
This is the first triangular neck gusset.
2nd SHOULDER AND 2nd NECK GUSSET.. Knit across the stitches on the front onto a double pointed or circular needle until you have 48 stitches only left on the front needle.
Slip the corresponding stitches from the back needle onto a spare needle or a stitch holder so that you are now left with 48 stitches front and back on the straight needles (more or less for other sizes) plus the seam stitch.
Graft the second shoulder together as given for the 1st shoulder knitting in the seam stitch at the end.to “lose” it.
Turn and cast off these 48 stitches leaving the last stitch as a starting point for the 2nd neck gusset. Which you now make in the same way as the 1st neck gusset
Knit across the stitches from the back to where 1st neck gusset begins. 122 stitches (more or less for other sizes) in total.
NECK.. Continue on the double pointed needles in 2 plain, 2 purl ribbing (knitting in two of the stitches together each side at the neck so that there are 120 stitches in total. Other sizes will be more or less but the total should be divisible by four)
Continue in rib for one or two inches.
Cast off loosely (use a larger needle if necessary) ribwise.
SLEEVES.. Cast on 80 stitches onto double pointed needles ( see table for other sizes) using the Knotted Edge method. Divide the stitches as evenly as possible around the three needles and knit one round.
NB Double pointed needles are usually sold in sets of 4 in the UK but 5 or more can be used if preferred.
Knit 2, 3 or 4 inches of double (2 plain, 2 purl) ribbing.
Change to stocking stitch and increase 8 stitches on the next round evenly spaced around the needles plus one at the end of the round for a seam stitch (89st) (more or less according to size)
Knit 6 rounds then increase one either side of the seam stitch.
Continue like this, increasing on every sixth round until there are 139 stitches in total (More or less for other sizes)
Continue knitting straight until sleeve is required underarm length minus 3 inches.
SLEEVE GUSSET.. Increase one stitch on both sides of the seam stitch on alternate rounds until there are 28 more stitches in total.
Knit 6 rounds of ribbing (2 Plain, 2 Purl) but keep the extra 28 stitches as stocking stitch plus the seam stitch, starting and ending the ribbing with purl.
Cast off all the stitches apart from the extra 28 of the underarm gusset which is completed by knitting two together at the end of each plain row to the end.
INSERTING SLEEVES.. Cut carefully through the seam stitch from the point of the shoulder to a suitable point for the sleeve to fit.
Hem in the raw edges by 2 or 3 stitches and sew in sleeves.
Sunday, 3 July 2011
The end of the last Blue Water Rally
As it's been six weeks since my last posting, I thought I should write an update on events in Salalah as the remaining crews waited and waited as the temperatures rose and rose.... The good ship Palmerton that was to take all the yachts on her deck to Marmaris, Turkey at enormous expense,
had been due in by the end of April, after just one or two delays. As I left for the wedding of the century in Dubrovnik on May 5th, the ship, had been rescheduled for the 8th or 9th of May.
This photo was taken on the day of that other, "slightly less important" wedding at the Oasis Club, the watering hole for all drinking seafarers in Salalah. (Thanks must go to Pete of Fai Tira for all of these pictures by the way.) I think just about everyone who was left in Oman was at this do. Many of the women and all of the children had already left and I'm not going to name everyone in this picture either but it was a very nice day off for us and most of us were also dressed up to add to the fun though the staff at the club frowned on anyone wearing local dress. No one dared wear a burkha of course but one or two men wore the dish dasha which looks very nice especially with a casually arranged shamaya (headscarf). They were told politely that it wouldn't be right for them to be seen like this and drinking! No contest there then!!
This was the home of the yachts for the three months in Salalah. Moonshiner is in the middle with the blue awning. We had long stern ropes leading out to the rocky slope on the shore and anchors from the bow so that all the yachts moved around together (mostly). The distance from the shore was about 25 metres I reckon and meant a dinghy pull along the ropes to the rocks to get ashore. Not always easy and it is somewhere on these horrible rocks that my purse has its grave. The ropes quickly turned green and slimy in the nutrient rich water and negotiating them in the dinghy often meant ducking under the cats cradle of jumbled lines while trying not to get covered in green stuff.
After I had left, the waiting continued and the day and night time temperatures rose to such heights that it became unbearable for most of the remaining crews to live or work on the boats so they moved en masse to the aircon luxury of the Hilton. I think they were given favourable rates too. We had all been very good customers for months!
Finally, at the very end of May, the Palmerton arrived and so the loading began. There were a few hiccups such as the ship's captain having been told that we were twenty motor boats. He hadn't therefore reckoned on masts being involved. One or two unfortunate yachts were therefore required to lower their masts so they could fit under the huge derricks. The harder working of the yacht's crews then spent the next three or four days helping to load the boats as seen here. This is Angel by the way, the yacht that had sailed in company with us for most of the time since Australia with Canadians David and Val aboard.
This is how it all happened. That's quite a height and I'm sure all the skippers were just ever so slightly apprehensive as they watched their yachts being lifted higher than they had ever been before....probably! This Fai Tira, a Bruce Russell boat (for those who may like to know). She's steel and therefore very strong!
Eventually, all the yachts were loaded on the deck of the Palmerton. It looks like a tight squeeze. Moonshiner is in the foreground, the middle yacht.
had been due in by the end of April, after just one or two delays. As I left for the wedding of the century in Dubrovnik on May 5th, the ship, had been rescheduled for the 8th or 9th of May.This photo was taken on the day of that other, "slightly less important" wedding at the Oasis Club, the watering hole for all drinking seafarers in Salalah. (Thanks must go to Pete of Fai Tira for all of these pictures by the way.) I think just about everyone who was left in Oman was at this do. Many of the women and all of the children had already left and I'm not going to name everyone in this picture either but it was a very nice day off for us and most of us were also dressed up to add to the fun though the staff at the club frowned on anyone wearing local dress. No one dared wear a burkha of course but one or two men wore the dish dasha which looks very nice especially with a casually arranged shamaya (headscarf). They were told politely that it wouldn't be right for them to be seen like this and drinking! No contest there then!!
This was the home of the yachts for the three months in Salalah. Moonshiner is in the middle with the blue awning. We had long stern ropes leading out to the rocky slope on the shore and anchors from the bow so that all the yachts moved around together (mostly). The distance from the shore was about 25 metres I reckon and meant a dinghy pull along the ropes to the rocks to get ashore. Not always easy and it is somewhere on these horrible rocks that my purse has its grave. The ropes quickly turned green and slimy in the nutrient rich water and negotiating them in the dinghy often meant ducking under the cats cradle of jumbled lines while trying not to get covered in green stuff.
After I had left, the waiting continued and the day and night time temperatures rose to such heights that it became unbearable for most of the remaining crews to live or work on the boats so they moved en masse to the aircon luxury of the Hilton. I think they were given favourable rates too. We had all been very good customers for months!
Finally, at the very end of May, the Palmerton arrived and so the loading began. There were a few hiccups such as the ship's captain having been told that we were twenty motor boats. He hadn't therefore reckoned on masts being involved. One or two unfortunate yachts were therefore required to lower their masts so they could fit under the huge derricks. The harder working of the yacht's crews then spent the next three or four days helping to load the boats as seen here. This is Angel by the way, the yacht that had sailed in company with us for most of the time since Australia with Canadians David and Val aboard.
This is how it all happened. That's quite a height and I'm sure all the skippers were just ever so slightly apprehensive as they watched their yachts being lifted higher than they had ever been before....probably! This Fai Tira, a Bruce Russell boat (for those who may like to know). She's steel and therefore very strong!
Eventually, all the yachts were loaded on the deck of the Palmerton. It looks like a tight squeeze. Moonshiner is in the foreground, the middle yacht.The trip to Marmaris through the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea and Suez took about 8 days. The unloading in Turkey went smoothly and the crews rejoined their yachts. Many wives and partners flew out to rejoin their boats and there were one or two parties before most people went their separate ways. Some yachts are sailing through the Greek Islands and on across the Med to get back to the UK this year and some are aiming to get across the Atlantic by Christmas. Others are out of the water so that the owners can spend the rest of the year ashore. Although it was disappointing for many that the circumnavigation wasn't completed proper, the yachts at least did get around and the total distance covered by most has been more than the Earth's circumference. My personal log recorded since I joined in Gran Canaria in Dec 2008 covered over 24,000 miles anyway!
And Moonshiner? Guess what?
She's having her engine sorted out once and for all...............again!!!
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
More photos from Croatia that I have just found (26-1-12)
Where Mary and John stayed.
Dubrovnik is just up the coast.
John drove us up ino the hills behind the city. We had a picnic!
We drove on over the top heading deep into the countryside and getting quite a lot closer to Bosnia which is over that lot of hills if my memory serves me right.
Picture perfect!
Walking the walls of Dubrovnik to clear the after wedding fuzz.
We walked the whole way around these walls, over 6km in total according to Bro-in-law, John
but also an awful lot of steps which are just soooooo good for those leg muscles. I've missed being able to walk uphill while on the boat and it's quite hard work now!
I couldn't stop taking photos as we walked and I just happen to like little corners like this...
This is view to the west of the town and it's just as pretty.
More pictures across the town. As I said, I couldn't stop taking pictures. It's a little like a Mediterranean version of St Malo and around 1000 years old.
And here's the photographic evidence of Jenny's late night ramblings around 3am after the wedding. She wandered down the road with bare feet and stepped in the freshly painted road markings. Tee hee!
I had tried to leave the hat behind at the hotel but someone rescued it.......Next post will be photos of our day out and about with Mary, John and Tabby when we ended up pretty close to Bosnia.
Just one or two of the millions of photos of Katharine and Mark's wedding.
I suppose I might have been supposed to make some sort of entrance? This is probably the only photo that does the dress justice that I have seen....I got slightly dishevelled (!) as the afternoon wore on, having discarded the hat after about 5 minutes, then the shawl, then my shoes......
Photo credit to Julie...many thanks.
The other photos were taken by Airz, Jenny's fiance and Dave, a friend of the groom, so thanks for these too. I had no room for a camera in that daft little bag I'm carrying.
Me and my girls.
This one is slightly out of sync (champagne already in hand?) but who cares about that? We were having a great time!
Jenny and Tabby were the party girls for sure. They carried on until 3am and 10am respectively. There is photographic evidence......!
Aaaaahhhh.
More aaaaahhhhhh. It must be one of the best backdrops there is.
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Postcards from Dubrovnik.
I arrived here after 30 hours of travel from Oman (12 hours of coach to Muscat then 3 overnight flights via Qatar and Vienna), landing in what has to one of the most beautiful places on Earth......Dubrovnik, Croatia........and to carry out my role as mother of the bride at the "Hall family Event of the Year".
Niece, Tabby, (pictured here on the left with b-in-law John and sister Mary) arrived on the next flight from London along with Katharine and Mark, the already "very happy couple" and we taxied to the accommodations. Very nice apartment and 5 star hotel respectively!
Younger daughter, Jenny (pictures later!) and her fiance, Airz arrived the next day with my stepson Warren, his partner Julie (but soon to be Mrs. as he had proposed to her in Venice!) and their little girl, Rosalie, pictured here wearing an Omani cap. This was one of the presents I had brought from Salalah but it was too small for all the men and most of the women too so Rosa modelled it very well for us.
Warren, Julie and me at the apartment. Julie very kindly cooked a meal for us all. It was a very nice apartment, sleeping up to 6 adults and for just 80 euros a night. We had a huge balcony area that caught the sun in the morning mostly and nice views across the rooftops to the sea. There were lemons ripe for the plucking in the tree in the garden below us just outside the balcony, so we did. Just bring on the gin and tonic!
I had brought Omani headscarves for all the men in the Hall family wedding party which I think look really cool on almost everyone. Jenny's fiance, Airz modelled this one especially well. He looks like a native......
And so continuing the modelling theme.... This is the "dhofari", the typical dress of the Omani women who live in the Dhofar mountains, west of Salalah. It is very comfortable and practical for lounging around all day and I wore it a lot.......but not out in public! I also modelled the all black and total cover ensemble that the women wear out in public in Oman but if I posted a photo of it here, I might become the victim of a fatwa. Not for the fainthearted.Next post will be the wedding and its aftermath......then the touristy bit when we "did" Croatia. Such a beautiful place........
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