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My grandmother used
to have all kinds of aprons for every occasion that the family would
have at her house - cotton ones for everyday use, duponi silk ones
for serving at parties, and knit and crocheted ones for using when
the grandkids were around.
After seeing so many aprons at craft shows lately, I decided
to put my hand to making one on my trusty knitting looms. This
pattern is great because it uses an unusual bind-off technique,
and it is customizable from a waist-style apron to a full "cooking
apron" style |
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Pattern Notes: Strap Pattern – Before knitting, take three measurements:
The turning peg is included in peg enumerations. Please read carefully as there is an
unusual bind-off technique used in attaching the waist section
to the waist strap.
Cast on 35 pegs. Row 13: Count off pairs of pegs from each end until you have the middlemost one remaining. Place marker. Count three pegs out to each side of the marker, and place markers.
Knit to the first marked peg. Purl across to the last marked peg. Knit all remaining pegs. Repeat until Row 24. Row 25: Knit 11 pegs, purl 3, knit 7, purl 3, knit 11. Repeat until Row 36. Row 37-48: Knit 14, purl 7, knit 14. Rows 49-60: Knit all pegs. DO NOT BIND OFF. Flip the loom around to the other side. Taking the second ball of yarn, and cast on 8 pegs. Take your waist measurement and add 10 inches to it. Begin pattern strap to size identified above. Stretch the piece as you are knitting.
Bind off. Connecting the waist section and the waist strap: Take the strap and fold it in half. Match the folded point to the "middle" stitch marker placed in the beginning section of knitting. Begin placing the side of the strap into each peg of the waist section of the apron. Make sure your active yarn ball tail is at the outside of the last peg. Take your active yarn, wrap a knit stitch, dig out the loop on the peg from the last row knitted on the waist section, and knit off. Knit the same peg again and then take the waist strap off of the peg. Put the remaining stitch onto the previous peg. Knit off and then move the remaining loop back to its previous position. What this does is emulate a "three needle bindoff" in needle knitting. It will give a nice, clean, textured stitch edge to your connection. Alternatively, you can sew the strap and the waist section together, but this is way more fun!
If you would like to have a waist-style apron, feel free to stop here.
Otherwise, to making a full "cooking apron" style, here's the rest of the instructions. Cast on 35 pegs. Place stitch marker eight pegs from left edge. Rows 1-60: Knit 34 pegs, purl 1 peg. Bind off all stitches to stitch marker. As the loops are going to be around a corner of the loom at this time, take loops and move them onto a stitch holder or spare knitting needle, and move the loops into a more ergonomic location on the loom. Begin strap pattern, stretch while knitting, and work until full neck circumference to chest size measurement is reached. At this point, bind off all stitches and leave a 6" tail (less if you feel comfortable). Thread yarn onto yarn needle and sew to right edge of knitted fabric. This should match up with your left edge. Lastly, use your crochet hook or yarn
needle to connect the top section of the apron to the strap. I
prefer to use a crochet connection, treating a loop from the strap
and a loop from the top section as loops and single crocheting
through them.
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About Designer: Concetta Phillipps is an administrative
assistant who lives in Illinois. She likes to knit with looms
and needles, crochet with hooks and frames, spin, weave, and play
with fiber arts in general. When she's not crafting, she and her
husband are practiced ballroom dancers. Concetta blogs at Crafting
Yoohooville Contact Concetta. © Copyright 2008, Concetta Phillips |
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