Bond Machine Knitting - Knitted Curtain Patterns
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 08:02:15 -0800
From: "Liz Munderloh" (lizbeth@qwik-net.net)
Subject: [BOND] Knitted Curtains
I love those German lace curtains ..... must be my heritage! And I'm
looking forward to the design/pattern Linda comes up with. *Linda:
You are such an inspiration to me. Thanks for all your contributions to
the list. :) *
Several years ago, I hand-knit lace curtains for my bedroom and I think the
same effect could be achieved on the ISM ..... The curtains were designed
to hang on a tension rod inside the window frame. I used a white knitting
worsted weight yarn, figured out how wide I needed the panel (same way
you'd figure out how wide to make a sweater), and knit away.
I started with 8 rows of garter stitch. The *pattern* is Feather and Fan
and I kept about 6 st at each edge in garter. The top is more garter
stitch .... long enough to be hemmed over for the curtain rod to fit
through.
On the ISM, a series of eyelets could be knit into the fabric in any design
you might want. The borders could be done in Seed Stitch or any other
stitch that would keep the edges flat.
The only problem I have is that the curtains tend to stretch. I just
puddle the extra length on the windowsill. Since I like country things,
this is great. But if you want them to hang just to a certain point, you'd
have to knit them shorter to allow for the stretch.
Hope this gets others in the *idea mode*.
Liz Munderloh
Bremerton WA
lizbeth@qwik-net.net
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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 22:07:09 -0400
From: Ron and Donna Mardis
Subject: [BOND] SHAKER LACE CURTAIN PANEL
Hi All! Here is the pattern for the curtain panel. If you have any
problems with it, please let me know. I have checked
and re-checked for mistakes, so hopefully everything will be correct.
SHAKER LACE CURTAIN PANEL
BY
DONNA MARDIS
MATERIALS: Peaches & Creme Cotton Yarn
KP # 4
GAUGE: It is very important to determine gauge after washing swatch,
due to shrinkage. Use these measurements to determine number of rows for
desired length of panel The width of the washed panel (using 99 needles
is approx. 29 inches) I repeated the body of the panel 4 1/2 times for
a measurement of 29 1/2 inches in length.
SHAKER LACE STITCH: Drop down to st on WY.
With latch tool, latch up every other ladder.
SOLID EDGE: Put needles in FWP
CO another row with the latch tool behind the sts currently on the
needles. This will be toward the knit side. There will be 2 sts behind
the latches.
K 1 R.
BOTTOM EDGE OF PANEL:
Bring forward 99 needles
Crochet CO (closed edge)
Hang hem
K 1 R
Add 3 more rows of solid edge toward the knit side of panel
BODY OF PANEL:
K 1 R
>From Right edge run WY through sts:
3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19
29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45
55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71
81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97
K 20 R
Working one st at a time, drop down to each st on WY and ladder up in
shaker lace stitch
>From Right edge run WY through sts
21, 23, 25, 27
47, 49, 51, 53
73, 75, 77, 79
K 10 R
Working one st at a time, drop down to each st on WY and ladder up in
shaker lace stitch
Repeat Body of Panel instructions until desired length is achieved
ROD POCKET:
K 1 R
Run WY through this row, but do NOT drop sts
K 14 R
Bring all needles to FWP and hang sts from WY on needles. There are
now 2 sts behind latches.
K 1 R . This has created a rod pocket
BO
Enjoy your new curtain!!!
- --
Donna in KY
e-mail: dmardis@kih.net
Author : Steph Thornton.
Last modified on : 18th September 1998.
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