Tuesday 9 October 2007

~Introducing Elvis Collection Series~



Jesse~Elvis' twin brother who died at birth

Gladys~Elvis' mother

Graceland
©Designed by Marilyn Wallace
August 14, 2008



Materials:
4 mm short, circular needles (knit straight on them) or US#6
1 ball cotton yarn for a Dish Cloth or
1 ball CottonTots for a soft, Spa Cloth

Special Instructions:
B5 means to do border for 5 stitches (always keep the seed st. sequence)
How to do seed st. on odd number of stitches & even number of st.
http://knitting.about.com/od/stitchglossary/g/seedstitch.htm
Cast on 66 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 k56 B5
Row 07 B5 p56 B5
Row 08 B5 k56 B5
Row 09 B5 p56 B5
Row 10 B5 k56 B5
Row 11 B5 p56 B5
Row 12 B5 k56 B5
Row 13 B5 p2 k4 p2 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p2 k3 p2 k4 p1 k4 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p3 k2 p1 k4 p2 B5
Row 14 B5 k56 B5
Row 15 B5 p1 k6 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k5 p1 k4 p1 k4 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p3 k2 p1 k5 p1 B5
Row 16 B5 k56 B5
Row 17 B5 p1 k2 p2 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p3 k2 p3 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p3 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 B5
Row 18 B5 k56 B5
Row 19 B5 p1 k2 p2 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p4 k2 p3 k2 p3 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p3 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 B5
Row 20 B5 k56 B5
Row 21 B5 p1 k2 p1 k3 p1 k4 p2 k5 p1 k2 p4 k4 p1 k2 p3 k5 p1 k2 p3 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 B5
Row 22 B5 k56 B5
Row 23 B5 p1 k2 p5 k4 p2 k5 p1 k2 p4 k4 p1 k2 p3 k5 p1 k2 p3 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 B5
Row 24 B5 k56 B5
Row 25 B5 p1 k2 p5 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p4 k2 p3 k2 p3 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p2 k3 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 B5
Row 26 B5 k56 B5
Row 27 B5 p1 k2 p5 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p4 k2 p3 k2 p3 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k4 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 B5
Row 28 B5 k56 B5
Row 29 B5 p1 k2 p2 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p3 k2 p3 k2 p1 k2 p1 k4 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 k2 p1 B5
Row 30 B5 k56 B5
Row 31 B5 p1 k6 p1 k5 p1 k5 p1 k5 p1 k4 p1 k2 p3 k5 p1 k3 p2 k2 p1 k5 p1 B5
Row 32 B5 k56 B5
Row 33 B5 p2 k4 p2 k4 p3 k3 p3 k3 p2 k4 p1 k2 p4 k3 p2 k2 p3 k2 p1 k4 p2 B5
Row 34 B5 k56 B5
Row 35 B5 p56 B5
Row 36 B5 k56 B5
Row 37 B5 p56 B5
Row 38 B5 k56 B5
Row 39 B5 p56 B5
Row 40 B5 k56 B5
Row 41 seed st. across row
Row 42 seed st. across row
Row 43 seed st. across row
Row 44 seed st. across row
Row 45 seed st. across row
Row 46 Cast off…


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Lisa

Lisa Marie was Elvis' daughter.......Marie can be found here

Joan knit Elvis in Lion Brand Cotton~turquoise ~ thanks Joan he looks wonderful!!!! .....Elvis Pattern can be found here.



Elvis liked the biblical spelling of his middle name..... Aaron. Aaron Pattern can be found here.





Joan test knit Presley in Peaches & Creme red..... thanks Joan....Presley Pattern can be found here.








I drew Elvis out on a graph thinking all the time it wouldn't look like him.... When I knit it I was so surprised that it did...... I gave this one to my Dr. last Christmas.... She recognized him right away....Elvis Pattern can be found here.





TCB was a motto of Elvis' on a lightening bolt...... I don't want issues with copyright infringements so I am not doing the exact logo....Taking Care of Business in a Flash......Joan knit TCB in Peaches & Creme gold, how appropriate for an Elvis cloth... Thanks Joan on a job well done.....TCB Pattern can be found here.

5 comments:

bjschafer said...

Hi
Just looking around and found this great Santa Cloth. Just the thing I was looking for to do on vacation. Something fun, easy and different. Thank you for offering it for FREE! I will be back to order some of your other designs. Thanks again.

MKHOE said...

Glad you like it.......You are most welcome.....Marilyn

knittingbluelady said...

These patterns for Elvis are wonderful.. I love them.. I'm a Big Elvis fan, and go to alot of the Impresonators shows.. Some of the guys are so nice, I'm gonna make them for my guys..You are really amazing to have figured out the words in Knitting... I appuald you!!!! Thanks alot..Beth

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MKHOE said...

Beth~I love Elvis too & always will.... I have been to Graceland & would love to go back again.....Have a wonderful trip on the 22nd of June..... I wish I could go with you..... Marilyn