Rajut Free Knitting Pattern = Every Mom's brimmed hat

I don't know why elderly woman love this kind of hat.
Maybe because it's elegant and simple?
Maybe because it can protect your eyes from the sun when you in outdoor?

Anyway, I found this beautiful sun hat free knitting pattern, and decided to make one.

And it looks like that this hat is beautiful when be worn by youngster too. :D (*modeled by a knitter friend)

Free Knitting Pattern = A Better Bucket by Amy Swenson

Yarn used = SA Poyeng color Black 2 balls

Needle Used = brim 3.5mm, hat 4 mm

my Ravelry project page = [here]

Happy Knitting!! 

@Ajeng_Poyeng

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Rajut Free Knitting Pattern : Little Deer Hat

I got interested at this pattern since first time I seen it. But never get opportunity to try it until now.

I actually only used the antlers and ears pattern. For the hat, i just used very basic hat pattern, and did not follow this pattern (actually, It was because I did not read the instruction, and realize that the hat pattern is different when I already finished the hat :p )

Pattern = Knit Reindeer beanie from Ashlee

yarn = SA Poyeng (hat), SP Poyeng (antlers)

needle = 4 mm DPN

An advice from me, you better make the antlers separated from hat then sew them. It will make you easier to adjust the antler's position.

Happy Knitting!!

@Ajeng_Poyeng

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Book Review : Knitted Dolls

I had this book for months. But never had opportunity to try it... until now.
(Yeah, without great willpower, this doll would never happen. :p)

And here it is, a doll I made for one who i consider as a close friend.

This doll made from SP Poyeng yarn in 4mm knitting needle. Has 53cm height.
The hat and hair made from SA Poyeng yarn, also in 4mm knitting needle.

Pattern all followed from this book.

Knitted Dolls, by Arne and Carlos.

published by Search Press, ltd

200 pages |650 gr

This book is good! It tells you how to knit a particular shape of a human doll, and give you many clothes design for the doll.

The explanations are clear and easy to follow.
The doll give to you all in written pattern. But the clothes pattern, provided with chart too.

You can choose the skin color, under clothes, eye color, hair color, and hair cut, by yourself. And doing that is very fun!!

So, for me, this book is recommended to be added to your bookshelf at home.

Happy Knitting!!

@Ajeng_Poyeng

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me as a Pattern Tester (Ravelry) : December 2014

Hi there,

Long time not posting anything. Not because I didn't knit, but because I now seldom using free pattern again, and just knit without pattern instead.

If you joined Ravelry, you will know a group named FPT or Free Pattern Testers. I already joined this group since I first joined Ravelry, but only since last week I starting to try to be a pattern tester here. Mainly because I have some free time. And also I want to know the system of this group, because I want to use this group in designer side too sometime.

These are my knitting work for this group last December :

*see the project page [here]

*see the project page [here]

*see the project page [here]

I consider myself as a fast knitter and make quite decent photo.
Love to make small knitting (like hat, neck warmer, baby accessories, or fingerless), and prefer using 4mm needle. and regular (not fancy) yarn.

I will gladly testing yarns too, If any yarnie want to send me some sample.. :p



happy Knitting!!

 @Ajeng_Poyeng

My first cardigan.. for me

As you can see, i'am not a type who like knit a big thing.
But, it's looks like that knitting a sweater has become a latest trend at my knitting's group.
And after few months just watched someone else knitting sweater, i finally can't stand anymore : I had to knit one!

Still remember from Debbie Bliss's tips, I picked the colors, drawn some sketch, picked the motives i want, measure the size, and finally made some gauge swatch to determined how many stitch i had to knit, etc.

I knew i am a knitter that can knit quite fast.. But i never test it to make a big knitting until now. And i surprised when this 'thing' finished only in two weeks.

Not perfect in design, but i feel happy! ^ ^

Inspirations and/or books used =
- [this] pinterest's picture, for model inspiration
- Essentially Feminine Knits by Lene Samsoe, for size guide
- Cast On, Bind Off by Cap Sease, for invisible bind off at every ribbing edges
- Knitting On The edge by Nicky Epstein, for embellished at the sleeves
- ミセスの手あみ 16 (Let’s Knit series), for leaves lace pattern inspiration

After this "baby", i knit one more cardigan using stranded knitting technique. Simpler one than this, because for me lace pattern is more complicated than stranded knitting.

Happy Knitting!! :D

@ajeng_poyeng

Rajut Free Knitting Pattern : a cardigan with some adjustment

I always love Pierrot's patterns. They usually only have one size = medium. And thank God its my size (and also my husband size). I also used their patterns as a reminder to maintain my weight if i still want to knit their patterns for myself without making any adjustment. :p

I knitted this cardigan based on this cardigan free knitting pattern from Pierrot. Since the pattern used smaller yarn than i used, i made change based on simple math equation, so the result would still have same size with the example. And also made it as a long sleeve's cardigan. The pattern itself come in one color. Except for the additional color and adaptation because i change the yarn and needle, and knit it in round, i did not make any change to this pattern.

Why i knitted it as sweater? Because stranded knitting is easier to make in round. I also not very fond using purl stitch very often.

The pattern for color part, i made only in simple excel. The patterns made based on this picture, except for the cat and squirrel part, i used charts from book of knitting stitches i had.

*digital art = Dare to Dream by Jojoincov
note = the friend that want this cardigan give me edited version of this picture on his mail. I found the original source of this image by searching it in Google, that's why i can share the original one. Because I didn't want to add an image that isn't mine without proper credit. :)

After I finished knitted the sweater, i steek it so it will be a cardigan. It's my first attemp at steek, and i think i a little bit ruined the stitches (my heartbeat raised to the roof)! So i reinforced the crochet edging right away after i cut the knitting, and reinforced it again by sewing it with a ribbon (so i will only see the beautiful thing, which is : ribbon).. fyuuhh...

Pattern used = Honwaka Cardigan by Pierrot (Gosyo)
Yarn used = SA Poyeng (soft acrylic)
Knitting Needle = 4mm/80cm and 4mm/23cm
skill needed = (to follow the pattern) basic knitting, sew a knitting, reading Japanese style knitting pattern; (to make it as i did) intermediate knitting, color knitting, steek, circular knitting.

Book used =
- Mastering Color Knitting by Melissa Leapman (you also can find about Steek by googling it)
- 500 Knitting Stitches (the book written in Chinese, true be told, i not really know if the tittle is right)

Happy Knitting!! 

 @Ajeng_Poyeng

Rajut Free Knitting Pattern : Medieval Pouch Bless

One of my knitting friend at Poyeng will have to return to her hometown, maybe for good. And suddenly i want to give her one nice gift so she will always remember us when she at home.

She like to reading everywhere, and so i want to knit her a nice book size's bag for her carry her book. While i surfing on Ravelry free knitting pattern's database, i tumbling in this nice free pattern which suddenly i love! A very nice medieval pouch which is fast to knit. This free knitting pattern even has Arabic calligraphy "barrokhah" (bless) into it!

Pattern used = Medieval Pouch Charts by Wendy Dunlap
Yarn = i used acrylic yarn DK/worsted weight size red and yellow
Knitting needle = 4mm circular 40cm
Skill needed = circular knitting, color knitting, reading chart.

Happy Knitting!! 

 @Ajeng_Poyeng