Headband with Flower

I have made this little headband with the flower for my sweet niece, Ella, and some of my younger friends.  It is so cute and you can make it in a couple of hours.  I have more pictures of this project if you would like to see how the flowers are made. I am happy to share them with you.  I have sewn a safety pin to the back of the flower so it can be moved and it can make the headband adjustable to fit the girl's head until you can sew it to the correct size.  Also, you will see that I used Paton's stretch yarn.  This worked out great for this project.  

Smidge Headband

I found this pattern at www.h3dakota.com  

Flowers

I found this pattern on YouTube at Knitting Tips with Judy.  Type in flowers and she will do a great job of walking you through it.  She is great!  

Confetti Cowl

Yet, another cowl :)  
I made a new cowl using two contrasting colors of pink and gray, which I love.  I also inserted two other pieces of yarn, different shades of the gray and pink.  This is a simple way to be creative while you are knitting and you don't need to purchase more yarn.  A thought is to see what is in your bag-o-yarn (or bathtub-o-yarn, ok, maybe you have a closet-o-yarn...I'll stop now) and add some interest to your project.  My example looks like flecks of color....kind of like confetti.

Confetti Cowl

Size 13 needles

Cast on 46 stitches
This pattern uses Garter stitches  (knit on both RS right side and WS wrong side of project) for three rows on the top and bottom edges.  
I then did a Stockinette stitch (knit on RS and purl on WS) throughout the body of the project.  

Eyelet Rows:
You can insert eyelet rows where you like.  In the middle I did two eyelet rows, which I have outlined below.  You will see that I did just the first eyelet row about a quarter of the distance from the top and then the bottom.  

Eyelet Row 1: (RS) K2, *Yo, k2tog* between * to the end, K last two stitches
Eyelet Row 2: (WS) Purl
Eyelet Row 3: (RS) K3, *Yo, k2tog* between * to the end, K last three stitches

This pattern is knit in one piece and seemed in the back to finish.

Easy Lace Scarf

Are you intimidated by lace?  I was (still am a  bit), however, this scarf is really easy and looks great!  I have made it twice and just love it.  This one is a gift I haven't even sent off yet, but wanted to share it here.  I made this one out of Bernat Bamboo yarn, color Dill.  Have you ever felt this bamboo yarn?  You won't want to put it down!  

This pattern is free on lionbrand.com and it is titled Cotton Lace Scarf.  (I have yet to make it out of cotton.)  The pattern is below.

Easy Lace Scarf

Size 8 needles (the scarf picture below was made with size 10 needles)

Cast on 23 sts.
Row 1 - (wrong side) K2, purl to last 2 sts, K2
Row 2 - K3, *yo, k1, sk2p, k1, yo,k1; rep from * to last 2 sts., k2
Row 3 - K2, purl to last 2 sts, K2
Repeat Rows 2 and 3 until desired length (about 5 feet)
I bind off on wrong side purlwise.

sk2p - slip 1 stitch, k2tog, pass slipped stitch over

Heartfelt Shawl

Welcome to October.  Even on the central coast it is getting a little cooler with the shorter days setting in.  So, with fall upon us it is a perfect time to make a shawl, throw or afghan.  The one pictured below is the Heartfelt Shawl by lionbrand.com.  I made this one for Auntie Isabelle.  This is a simple knit pattern.  I used size 10 needles  and 3 skeins of Lion Brand Homespun yarn in Painted Desert.  I like this pattern because of the subtle design.  While the changing colors of the yarn run across the shawl, can you see the lines that run the length of the shawl?  

Since this is a free pattern I am going to share it below.  

Heartfelt Shawl:

Cast on 63 stitches
Row 1: (Knit 3, purl 3) until last 3 stitches, knit 3.
Row 2: (Purl 3, knit 3) until last 3 stitches, purl 3.
Repeat these 2 rows until piece measures about 60 in. (152.5 cm) Bind off.
To finish weave in ends.

Note:  I found it helpful to think about Row 2 as actually knitting the purl stitches from Row 1 and purling the knit stitches.