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This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit here. Sunday, June 10, 2007 Knitting pics - Girls' Pixie Hood EDIT - added October 2008. I see I'm getting a lot of hits for the Girls' Pixie Hood. If anyone knows where this pattern came from, I'd sure appreciate hearing from you. Also, my mother says my version of it doesn't look like the one she made all those years ago for me, but I've checked the directions over and over, and I did make it as the directions say. I've wondered whether the garter stitch trim section around the face should actually be the neckline--that would give it more of a pixie shape. But that would put the seam at the top of the hat, not at the back, as the directions clearly state it should be.This is a hat I made at least a month ago, and for some reason never mentioned. The reason probably was that I was going to remove the tie/scarf and redo it. I never got around to that, and probably won't any time soon, so I'm posting it as it is.The pattern is from some point in the first half of the 20th century. I know that because my mother made one for me. I recently learned that she still had the directions, and asked for a copy. Curious about it, I ran some searches on the net and got numerous hits for "Pixie Cap" and "Pixie Hood," from the early World War II era. There were many references to girls being made to knit pixie caps at school, and to people knitting pixie caps in bomb shelters with the bombs falling around them. Interestingly, these came from both English and German sources. The phrase "Had to work on my pixie cap" cropped up quite often (in a rather disgusted tone, usually!). So I'm guessing that the pixie cap was a pretty ubiquitous pre-war item. But I never found a picture nor any other directions for it.My mother described it as a little girl's cap, but it really would be suitable for a boy in a smaller size and traditionally boyish colors. I say a "smaller size" because it flares out around the baby's face, and while this would be perfectly acceptable for a small infant, I suspect it might not look as well on a larger one or a toddler. But made in fingering rather than sport weight or DK, and in yellow or light green, I think it would be fine for a baby boy as well as a girl. The detail shows the garter stitch trim around the front, which is not at all girlish.As written, the pattern calls for "Shetland wool," used double. The gauge worked out just about right for a heavy-weight DK for me. I can't remember now exactly which yarn I used, but I do recall that it was something in DK. The only problem I had with it is that the attached scarf seems way too short to me to be useful. I couldn't make this one longer, as I ran out of yarn right at the end. What I had thought to do was to ravel back the scarf and work it half as wide, so it would be softer and more flexible, and long enough to tie properly. Since I can't find any trace of a published pattern, I'm going to provide the instructions, but if anyone knows where this came from, and who to either attribute it to or apologize to for publishing it, I'd be happy to hear from them.Girls Pixie Hood, with attached scarfMaterials: 2 (1 oz) skeins of Shetland wool, 1 pr. of no. 9 knitting needlesGauge: 9 sts make 2 inches, 6 rows make 1 inchDirections: Using double yarn, cast on 30 sts.1st row: K across2nd row: P23, K7 (front edge)3rd row to 15th rows inclusive: Repeat 1st & 2nd rows alternately 6 more times, then the 1st row once more.* 16th row: P18, k1217th row: K across18th row: P17, K1319th row: K across20th row: P16, K1421st row: K across22nd row: P17, K1323rd row: K across24th row: P18, K1225th row: K across26th row: P23, K727th to 33rd row: Repeat 25th & 26th rows, alternately 3 more times, then the 25th row once more. Repeat from * 2 more times; repeat the 25th & 26th rows alternately 3 more times. Bind off.Tie: With double yarn, cast on 2 sts. Work in garter st (k each row), increasing 1 st at end of each row until there are 12 sts on needle. Work straight until piece measure 22 inches in all. Decrease 1 st at end of each row until 2 sts remain. Bind off.Press pieces through damp cloth. Fold head piece in half and sew back edges together. Sew center 9-inch edge of tie along lower edge of hood, leaving 4-1/2 inches on each side of back seam. posted by Liz @ 11:12 AM | The template is set to display 10 posts. To see all the posts for this month, click on the month name in the Archive section RSS Feed PERSONAL Send email toliz at life-as-a-spectator-sport.com Home I'm a mother, grandmother, a computer professional, Democrat, Christian. 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Someone fed this nation a plastic crate of out-of-season tomatoes and told us it was life and we took them at their word, and we're so much the poorer for it that it's hard to know where to start to list the shortcomings." I wrote this a couple of years ago, but I have to admit it's much less amusing than I thought it would be to see the artifical construct falling apart. 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EDIT - added October 2008. I see I'm getting a lot of hits for the Girls' Pixie Hood. If anyone knows where this pattern came from, I'd sure appreciate hearing from you. Also, my mother says my version of it doesn't look like the one she made all those years ago for me, but I've checked the directions over and over, and I did make it as the directions say. I've wondered whether the garter stitch trim section around the face should actually be the neckline--that would give it more of a pixie shape. But that would put the seam at the top of the hat, not at the back, as the directions clearly state it should be.This is a hat I made at least a month ago, and for some reason never mentioned. The reason probably was that I was going to remove the tie/scarf and redo it. I never got around to that, and probably won't any time soon, so I'm posting it as it is.The pattern is from some point in the first half of the 20th century. I know that because my mother made one for me. I recently learned that she still had the directions, and asked for a copy. Curious about it, I ran some searches on the net and got numerous hits for "Pixie Cap" and "Pixie Hood," from the early World War II era. There were many references to girls being made to knit pixie caps at school, and to people knitting pixie caps in bomb shelters with the bombs falling around them. Interestingly, these came from both English and German sources. The phrase "Had to work on my pixie cap" cropped up quite often (in a rather disgusted tone, usually!). So I'm guessing that the pixie cap was a pretty ubiquitous pre-war item. But I never found a picture nor any other directions for it.My mother described it as a little girl's cap, but it really would be suitable for a boy in a smaller size and traditionally boyish colors. I say a "smaller size" because it flares out around the baby's face, and while this would be perfectly acceptable for a small infant, I suspect it might not look as well on a larger one or a toddler. But made in fingering rather than sport weight or DK, and in yellow or light green, I think it would be fine for a baby boy as well as a girl. The detail shows the garter stitch trim around the front, which is not at all girlish.As written, the pattern calls for "Shetland wool," used double. The gauge worked out just about right for a heavy-weight DK for me. I can't remember now exactly which yarn I used, but I do recall that it was something in DK. The only problem I had with it is that the attached scarf seems way too short to me to be useful. I couldn't make this one longer, as I ran out of yarn right at the end. What I had thought to do was to ravel back the scarf and work it half as wide, so it would be softer and more flexible, and long enough to tie properly. Since I can't find any trace of a published pattern, I'm going to provide the instructions, but if anyone knows where this came from, and who to either attribute it to or apologize to for publishing it, I'd be happy to hear from them.Girls Pixie Hood, with attached scarfMaterials: 2 (1 oz) skeins of Shetland wool, 1 pr. of no. 9 knitting needlesGauge: 9 sts make 2 inches, 6 rows make 1 inchDirections: Using double yarn, cast on 30 sts.1st row: K across2nd row: P23, K7 (front edge)3rd row to 15th rows inclusive: Repeat 1st & 2nd rows alternately 6 more times, then the 1st row once more.* 16th row: P18, k1217th row: K across18th row: P17, K1319th row: K across20th row: P16, K1421st row: K across22nd row: P17, K1323rd row: K across24th row: P18, K1225th row: K across26th row: P23, K727th to 33rd row: Repeat 25th & 26th rows, alternately 3 more times, then the 25th row once more. Repeat from * 2 more times; repeat the 25th & 26th rows alternately 3 more times. Bind off.Tie: With double yarn, cast on 2 sts. Work in garter st (k each row), increasing 1 st at end of each row until there are 12 sts on needle. Work straight until piece measure 22 inches in all. Decrease 1 st at end of each row until 2 sts remain. Bind off.Press pieces through damp cloth. Fold head piece in half and sew back edges together. Sew center 9-inch edge of tie along lower edge of hood, leaving 4-1/2 inches on each side of back seam.
Girls Pixie Hood, with attached scarfMaterials: 2 (1 oz) skeins of Shetland wool, 1 pr. of no. 9 knitting needlesGauge: 9 sts make 2 inches, 6 rows make 1 inchDirections: Using double yarn, cast on 30 sts.1st row: K across2nd row: P23, K7 (front edge)3rd row to 15th rows inclusive: Repeat 1st & 2nd rows alternately 6 more times, then the 1st row once more.* 16th row: P18, k1217th row: K across18th row: P17, K1319th row: K across20th row: P16, K1421st row: K across22nd row: P17, K1323rd row: K across24th row: P18, K1225th row: K across26th row: P23, K727th to 33rd row: Repeat 25th & 26th rows, alternately 3 more times, then the 25th row once more. Repeat from * 2 more times; repeat the 25th & 26th rows alternately 3 more times. Bind off.Tie: With double yarn, cast on 2 sts. Work in garter st (k each row), increasing 1 st at end of each row until there are 12 sts on needle. Work straight until piece measure 22 inches in all. Decrease 1 st at end of each row until 2 sts remain. Bind off.Press pieces through damp cloth. Fold head piece in half and sew back edges together. Sew center 9-inch edge of tie along lower edge of hood, leaving 4-1/2 inches on each side of back seam.
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Cleaning, 1 Cleaning, 2 Cleaning, 3
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