Parrot Cloth
Designed by Marilyn Wallace
April 26, 2006
B5 means to do the Border for 5 stitches in Seed st.
How to do seed st. on odd number of stitches & even number of st.
http://knitting.about.com/od/stitchglossary/g/seedstitch.htms border for 5 st. ( Seed st)
I use Bernat Handicrafter yarn cotton (1 ball)
4 mm short circular needles(knit straight with them)
Cast on 40 st.
Row 01 seed st. across row
Row 02 seed st. across row
Row 03 seed st. across row
Row 04 seed st. across row
Row 05 seed st. across row
Row 06 B5 k30 B5
Row 07 B5 p27 k1 p2 B5
Row 08 B5 k2 p1 k27 B5
Row 09 B5 p26 k1 p3 B5
Row 10 B5 k3 p2 k25 B5
Row 11 B5 p24 k3 p3 B5
Row 12 B5 k3 p3 k24 B5
Row 13 B5 p23 k3 p4 B5
Row 14 B5 k4 p3 k23 B5
Row 15 B5 p23 k2 p5 B5
Row 16 B5 k5 p2 k23 B5
Row 17 B5 p22 k3 p5 B5
Row 18 B5 k6 p2 k22 B5
Row 19 B5 p22 k2 p6 B5
Row 20 B5 k6 p3 k21 B5
Row 21 B5 p21 k3 p6 B5
Row 22 B5 k6 p4 k20 B5
Row 23 B5 p20 k3 p7 B5
Row 24 B5 k7 p3 k20 B5
Row 25 B5 p19 k4 p7 B5
Row 26 B5 k8 p4 k18 B5
Row 27 B5 p18 k4 p8 B5
Row 28 B5 k6 p6 k18 B5
Row 29 B5 p12 k1 p4 k7 p6 B5
Row 30 B5 k7 p7 k3 p1 k12 B5
Row 31 B5 p11 k3 p1 k8 p7 B5
Row 32 B5 k8 p10 k12 B5
Row 33 B5 p12 k10 p8 B5
Row 34 B5 k8 p10 k12 B5
Row 35 B5 p12 k9 p9 B5
Row 36 B5 k9 p9 k12 B5
Row 37 B5 p11 k10 p9 B5
Row 38 B5 k10 p9 k11 B5
Row 39 B5 p10 k10 p10 B5
Row 40 B5 k10 p10 k10 B5
Row 41 B5 p10 k9 p11 B5
Row 42 B5 k11 p9 k10 B5
Row 43 B5 p9 k10 p11 B5
Row 44 B5 k12 p9 k9 B5
Row 45 B5 p10 k8 p12 B5
Row 46 B5 k13 p7 k2 p1 k7 B5
Row 47 B5 p6 k1 p2 k8 p13 B5
Row 48 B5 k12 p12 k6 B5
Row 49 B5 p5 k10 p15 B5
Row 50 B5 k15 p10 k5 B5
Row 51 B5 p5 k9 p16 B5
Row 52 B5 k16 p9 k5 B5
Row 53 B5 p5 k8 p17 B5
Row 54 B5 k18 p6 k6 B5
Row 55 B5 p7 k4 p19 B5
Row 56 B5 k30 B5
Row 57 seed st. across row
Row 58 seed st. across row
Row 59 seed st. across row
Row 60 seed st. across row
Row 61 seed st. across row
Row 62 CO
I used a small, stiff brush to blend in fabric paint to colour my parrot....












3 Comments:
Beautiful! That parrot looks great. I love your patterns. Good job.
Lovely! I love that you painted the parrot! How did you set the paint on something that is intended to get wet?
debi
Debi~I used fabric paint......After leaving it dry, believe me it doesn't come off!!!! Marilyn
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