Dishcloths galore

I have knitted some dishcloths for a friend and will be posting them in the New Year.
So I made these and hope that I have got it right the colours never show up as bright as they are in reality.

A Butterfly for Spring you can find the pattern here Butterfly
This is 8x8 inches

Halloween Cat the nearest I could get to Autumn Halloween Cat
This one is 10x9 inches.

This one is in Pink and can be found here Cat
This measures 9.75x9 inches

I called this one Kitten and in a  yellow Purrfect Cloth
Kitty is 7.5x7 inches

Another Spring themed cloth in Lilac Bloom
This one is 6.5x7 inches

Another cat that is tall and elegant Cat
This elegant cat cloth is 8x7.75 inches

All were knitted on 3.25mm needles in Cotton Yarn some in Lily Sugar and Cream and others in Cotton DK Classique by Stylecraft and Drops Paris.
All are easy to make and fun as well I enjoy knitting this sort of cloth as it is I love seeing how they grow and how the picture forms as you knit. So 6 dishcloths will be winging their way to America and a new home.
I added a loop to each cloth so they can be hung up on a hook to dry off, or they can be used as potholders.

Christmas Dish cloths/Potholders

I love making things for Christmas and this year decided to make Dish cloths / Potholders to add the festive touch to the kitchen.
I bought some 100% cotton yarn and hunted for some patterns that I liked and came up with these.

Santa cloth

I used 3.5mm needles for the yarn I have and the result was this

It is large at 10 x 10 inches so great for a dish cloth and I can always use it folded for a pot holder. The red is brighter than it looks here.
The pattern is nice and easy to do and I finished it in a day so a nice quick pattern for a last minute gift. This cloth used up the full 50g ball of yarn plus a little extra from the second ball. The yarn I used was DROPS PARIS 50g 82 yards ( 75metres)

So onto the next cloth and this time a smaller one.

Snowflake cloth

I used 3.5 needles for the yarn I had as I like a dense cloth and this is the result. Yarn used was DROPS PARIS 50g ball and I used 29g of yarn.

A nice easy pattern that knits up quick I finished this one in an evening so a definite quick present. You could easily knit up three of these in different colours, add a food related gift that is homemade and you have a lovely gift. This one is 7.5 inches square.

I added loops so the cloths can be hung up. I used a 3mm crochet hook. I created a slip knot and placed it on the hook, pushed the hook through the corner of the cloth put the yarn over the hook and drew it through then did a slip stitch to secure ( if your not sure how to slip stitch this video gives you the idea of what I did to secure the yarn in the corner )  Slip Stitch
After attaching the yarn to the corner I chained 10 stitches then slip stitched  the chain to the cloth to create the loop, cut the thread and pulled it through the stitch to secure. Sew in all yarn ends and your cloth is done. Nice and easy to do and creates a loop that is not too large.


Out of the two I like the Snowflake one the best as the pattern shows up better close too. With the Santa cloth you have to be at a distance to see the face.


 

Seafarers Mission Hat

The pattern for these hats is simple and the hat will  fit just about anyone. I made mine stripped using colours that I had so that it would go with the scarf I have made.

The pattern can be found here Hat and Muffler Pattern

The colours don't show up well but they are brighter than they look a brown, bright orange and red with black as the main colour just like the scarf I made.
So now I have a set to send off and hopefully someone will have nice warn hat and scarf to wear and all made from scrap yarn.

I am slowly getting through the stash I have but still have a lot to use up and no shortage of ideas to make things either.
Time to get the patterns out and decide what will be next on my needles.

Seafarers Mission Scarf

This scarf is a little different not in design but in colour scheme. I wanted to use up whole balls of scrap yarn so I would not end up with scraps left over. This meant I would be adding new yarn mid row and I did not want to sew in ends, this posed a problem until I found this on You Tube
Joining Yarn with a knot

Yes I know this probably goes against the grain and everyone has their own favourite way of doing things  but I really get fed up sewing in ends and decided to give this method a go. It works well and the knots are so tiny they disappear into the knitting. If I add yarn to the edge of the work I would not use this method and sew in the ends but for mid row this is fine.
Adding a new colour mid row shows the change over with the old and new colour like this

It adds interest to the scarf and uses up the complete ball of scrap yarn as well, this means the scarf has 7 different colours in it.
I knitted 2 rows black and 2 rows in the new colour throughout the scarf ending with 2 rows in black before casting off.
A simple Garter stitch scarf on 5 mm needles using 50 stitches, the scarf is just over 60 inches long.

I will wash it when I have made the hat and then post it off. The hat is easy to make as well an easy rib pattern.
This page has the link for the patterns  Seafarers Mission
I have made the scarves and hats for them before and they use up stash nicely and bright colours are welcome as well. I created stripes as I have a lot of black yarn and loads of odd balls of yarn to use up.

Stained Glass Scrap Blanket

I wanted to do something different to use up some of the odd bits of yarn I have and found this pattern in Ravelry.

Stained Glass Scrap Blanket

The pattern is nice and easy and works up well the problem is being stocking stitch the sides tend to roll. Adding the border helps but not being great at picking up stitches down the sides it still did not look right.
So I solved the problem and turned it into a cushion cover.

This is the front or back of the cushion cover. I created an envelope croched the flap edge with a nice shell pattern and used some Icord for the closure.

This is the other side of the cushion cover, by creating an envelope the pattern is now on the diagonal and personally I like it better that way.
I used a total of 304 yards of DK yarn and a fair bit of oddments of yarn so a good pattern for stash busting.

If I was to do this again I would add more stitches and knit the border in that way it would lay flat and I would not have the problem of picking up stitches.

Six Squares more

I have knitted six more sqaures and getting ready to knit something different. I have chosen squares that are a little different all easy to do and in colours that need using up.

Square 21 Tabbard

Very simple but effective a mix of orange's and yellow's with white and dusky rose.

96 Buttoned Up

Nothing could be easier a large square with a seed stitch border and a garter stitch square in the middle sewn on using the four buttons. Simple but effective.

Square 181 Solid Leaf

I like these squares a lot, the leaf stands proud of the square and looks far more complex than it is.

Square 125 Jacob's Ladder

This looks complicated but is so easy it is ridiculous a simple slip stitch pattern with two colours that are swapped every two rows. 

Square 81 Chevron Eyelets

Lacey patterns are fun to do and easy as well this one looks like mountains to me. I will make a few more lacey squares to add to the afghan and place them randomly.

Square 73 Two Edges

Yet another double decrease square I like these they are easy to do and lay nice and flat.

More stash is used up and various colours are slowly coming to an end and that is just what I want. Am I running out of stash? No there is plenty left I am just using up the smaller balls of yarn first trust me there is plenty more to use up.

Dream Pillows and Squares

I have wanted a new dream pillow for a while now but had got around to making one so I decided to get on with it and make one.

Striped Dream Pillow

All I did was knit a large square by casting on 50 stitches on 5mm needles and changed colours every two rows keeping white as the main colour and adding new colours as I knitted. I chose garter stitch as it creates a flat piece of work.
I created the pillow by folding the corners into the middle of the square and sewing the seams leaving one seam open. This will allow me to add the filler and the lavender. To close the opening I added plaited yarn that I tied into bows.

Envelope Dream Pillow

This Dream Pillow was created from a square that turned out too large for my project I used the wrong needle size by mistake. This time I folded the square so that it formed and envelope  using the blue as the envelope flap. Then I plaited some yarn and attached it to the point so that it was looped and the two ends pulled through the loop to secure it. I also added a plaited ring to the bottom of the square so that it closes by tying the two plaited strands into the ring.
My Husband says the tie looks like a long armed person with very short legs, that was not the plan but it does look a bit like a person I suppose. Again the stuffing can be added with the scent I want to the pillow.

With both of the Dream Pillows I will add the stuffing to a simple cotton pocket so that I can refresh the Lavender when I need to. Dream pillows go under your pillow on the bed or inside the pillow case and can be filled with Lavender or Rose Petals and even dried Hops. Lavender and Hops are good for relaxing and Roses always go well with Lavender.

No wasting knitted squares that turn out too large I can now make something from them like a Dream Pillow.

New Squares

So onto the new squares that I have made for the afghan that I will eventually complete. I say eventually as I get fed up knitting squares and make something else for a while and go back to the squares again.

Square 62 Interwoven

I love this it is so easy to do and looks really nice in a lighter colour, for this one I chose a soft light brown and used 4.5cm needles to get correct size. Some times I end up having to leave the last section of the pattern as the square is the correct size before that. So this was created repeating the the pattern as described  Repeat Rows 1-8 four more times ending with  Row 8. The last section Repeat Rows 1-6 once again was not needed as it was large enough, had I continued it would have been too large.

Square 145 Corner Square

This is yet another double decrease square with colour changes and I love making them it is such an easy pattern with endless possibilities for colour changes. This one needed 4mm needles to get the right size.

Square 129 titled Purple Haze

Okay not purple but a mix of greens, blue and yellow but it worked. Knitted using 4mm needles, I have found that you need to keep changing needle size for the squares to turn out the same size and sometimes decrease the amount of rows as well. 

That is probably just me as we all knit to different tensions but I have found that the squares look fine even if I do have to later things a bit.

Another square is on the needles and I will keep going until the end of the month as November will see the start of a Stash Buster Challenge on Spark people. I have already sorted out the pattern that I will use but have no idea of the yardage used to create it and so far unable to contact the person to find out. In the Challenge they use yardage rather than weight which can be a problem if the pattern does not have the yardage used. I will get around it though if I cannot find the yardage used in the pattern so what will I be making in November? This

   Stained Glass Scrap Blanket

 It will be something new for me to try and will make a nice colouful blanket and use up loads of scrap yarn in the process.

New squares for an afghan

Wanting to use up more stash and create something as well I have started knitting squares again.
I am hoping to knit enough to create a new afghan  it will take a while and no doubt I will have break and make something else in between.
Using the book 200 Knitted blocks for blankets, throws and afghans by Jan Eaton I have started my new project.

I have made these two so far so along way to go to make an afghan.

This is square 64 Pyramids

An easy pattern to follow and one that looks far more complex than it is, sadly the colour does not show up well I used a sort of petrol blue with a light blue yarn. For this one I used 4.5mm needles to get the correct width I needed.

This is square 101 Blue seas

I used a beige yarn with the same light blue in the Pyramids square a green and a yellow yarn. Again a nice easy pattern and the double decrease creates the ridge down the middle. 

For this square I used 4mm needles. I have found you need to use different size needles to get the same size squares, so I knit the first row and measure it to the square I have already to get the same width. Too wide and I drop down a size or half a size until I get the right width. Then I make sure I knit to correct size square, this some times means altering things as I have ended up with an oblong before now.

So onto the next square no idea which one I will pick as I want the afghan to be a mixture to give it added interest.

Meet Toby and Tina

I have two new characters to introduce you to Toby and Tina Bear. They have been made for the  Lincolnshire Police as they hand bears out to children who been in traumatic situations.

So meet Toby

He was knitted using the pattern for Teddies for Tragedies I gave him a waist as it helps small hands to grasp him easier. His scarf is sewn on at the back so it can not be lost.
 Teddy for Tragedies

Now meet Tina

She is what they call an Angel bear and very different from any bear I have ever knitted. You can find the pattern for these bears in the link below. This is an old post from November 2013 but I contacted the Police and they still accept bears but not putting out a public notice for them.
Angel Bear Patterns

I have never done the Loop stitch before so had to find out how to do it. There seems to be many different ways to accomplish this stitch and I found one that was easiest for me to do.

There are no spoken instructions with this video but I found this method the easiest to do

Loop Stitch

Here is another way of doing the Loop stitch, this link shows how to do the Loop stitch for Western and Continental knitters

How to Loop stitch

So there are two more characters looking for someone to love them and one day I am sure they will be introduced to someone who will love them.

I always name my bears or any toy I make as I think a toy without a name is sad, yes I know it may be strange for a grown woman to name the toys but I am still a child at heart.

My Miracle Scarf

Mrs Miracle and call me Mrs Miracle films are favourites of mine for the Christmas season. On my hunt for an easy lace scarf that was a little different I found this pattern
Miracle scarf

I added a picot crochet edge to the two ends to finish it off.

The pattern is so easy to do as there are no purl stitches all you do is Garter stitch ( knit every row) Knit, YO (yarn over) K2tog ( knit 2 together) that is it so even a beginner can master it.

Close up of pattern

Picot croched edge to finish the ends off

 I have washed the scarf and this has relaxed the stitches and made the yarn even softer. I am not good at blocking and have often found washing the item helps in most, not all cases.

If you a quick you will see a glimpse of the scarf in this trailer
Trailer to Call me Mrs Miracle 

From the yarn that I had I was able to make a pair of fingerless gloves as well.

These hand warmers knit up quick and I made this pair in one evening including the sewing up and the picot edge. This is the pattern:  Eyelet Hand warmers

It may not be the same pattern as the scarf but it does have elements of it I added the picot edge to the top of the hand warmers to match the scarf.

The scarf and hand warmers are nice and soft and will be lovely to wear on a cold winters day.

My Gifts and New Scarf started

Well my husband Colin came up trumps with my birthday gifts. I had hinted at a new bag and storage for my crochet hooks and cable needles with the possibility of some bamboo knitting needles.
The cases for crochet hooks are expensive so I was looking at spectacle cases as I was sure they would be large enough for the job.
So when I got all this for my birthday I was really pleased.

A new bag, Colin had found a bag that allowed you to choose the name you wanted to it. He chose The Nutty Knitter as it is the name of my blog.

This roll was something I had not expected and was thrilled to see it contained

Bamboo needles and they are lovely, nice and smooth and so feel nice to handle.

Spectacle cases that now contain

Cable needles and double pointed needles

Crochet hooks and stitch holders housed neatly.

I transferred the scarf I am knitting to my new bamboo needles and love them they are light and smooth and no more metallic clicking.
Now for the scarf.
 I love the films Mrs Miracle and Call me Mrs Miracle so when I was hunting for a simple pattern I was really happy to find this one.
  
Miracle Scarf

If you want a scarf that has no purl stitches and looks pretty then try this, it is easy to do and looks lovely as well. So I will have a Miracle scarf when it is done and will see if I have enough yarn for some fingerless gloves to go with it as well.

All in all a great birthday and I have just what I wanted and Colin did really well getting me a bag that is so personal. It now contains my folder with patterns in it that I want to knit, the cases I got along with the bamboo needle roll and my knitting project, perfect everything is now to hand and neat and tidy.

Lace Scarf and Hand warmers

Christmas is getting closer so time to knit a few items as gifts something easy but pretty for the ladies and something masculine for the gents.
So my first project is Lace scarf and hand warmers. I wanted to find a fairly easy pattern that still looked special, tall order as most lace patterns that have more of a design tend to have a lot of rows to count. I wanted an easy pattern that would be a no more than a four row repeat.
The hunt was on and I found lots that were nice but did not quite fit the bill, then I recalled a pattern that I had been given by an old lady who sadly is no longer alive her name was Sue.
She had sent me loads of stitch patterns and I have used a lot of them but not the lace knitting pattern she had sent me.
I met her during a swap on a knitting forum we often wrote to each other (snail mail) as she loved getting real letters. It was always a surprise when I got her letters as she would add stitch patterns that she liked and added a small gift as well little things like a new row counter, place markers or some point stoppers all of which I still use.
So I went to my trusty journal and found the pattern that Sue had sent me for a lace scarf and tried it out perfect just what I wanted, Thank you Sue your pattern is just right and the yarn I am using looks nice in this pattern.

So the pattern is this:

Needles 5mm
Yarn DK

SK2P = Slip 1 K2tog Pass slip stitch over

CO 46 stitches

Row 1: K3 Purl to last 3 sts Knit

Row 2: K3 * YO, K 1, SK2P, YO K1 repeat from* end K3

Row 3: K3 Purl to last 3 sts Knit

Repeat rows 2 and 3 until scarf is a long as you want it to be.
End with a Purl row and Bind off
I am slipping the first stitch on every row and kniting last stitch throgh back loop to give a neater edge.

Okay this is not a great picture and just the first few rows, I will add another picture as the scarf grows but I think you will get an idea of what the pattern is like.

The Hand warmers may be from a pattern I have used before it is nice and easy to do and the warmers look pretty as well
Like Lace Hand warmers

Not the same pattern but will still look nice with the scarf as they will be made in the same yarn.
I could try making the hand warmers using the same pattern but will have to lessen the amount of stitches to 36. I could add lace cuff then  stocking stitch then a few lace rows stocking stitch again and rib at the top. I will play around and see what it looks like. It would be nice to have matching patterns so I will see what I can do.
I think the lace pattern calls for an even amount of stitches so reducing to 36 should work, well I hope so.

 I give up my cat Dylan decided the scarf was perfect for him to not only unravel but to chew through the yarn as he played with  it. I found it when I got uo he had dragged it out of the bag, he has never done that before.

He has the look of 'I told you I did not like it so there'  So half way through the scarf it is all ruined and I do not have the heart to start it again. So I am going to make a different scarf. Not sure what yet as I don't feel like doing a lace one again. I am off to hunt the patterns.

My Shawl is complete

Here is the completed Garter Stripe Shawl that I started on September 1st and completed today the 7th September. I made it as part of the September Stash buster Challenge on a Sparkpeople team that I belong to.
A total of 765 yards was used I cannot say that  you would use that amount of yarn as you may need more depending on the yarn you use and hoe tight you knit. I am told it makes a difference so use the yardage a a rough guide. Personally I always get more than I need that way I do not run out and the extra yarn is always useful for other projects.
Here is the result.

This picture shows the garter rib effect and the colours show up nicely as well.

This shows the fringe and the pattern

Here is the pattern again

This is my pattern:

Garter Stripe Shawl

Materials needed: DK yarn, 6mm Circular needles (the plastic bit between the needles is roughly 18 inches long (46cm) to accommodate the large number of stitches

CO 3 sts

Knit one row

K1, YO, knit to end of row (turn)

Repeat this row 5 more times (6 rows in total)

Start pattern

Row 1: K1, YO, Knit to end of row (turn)

Row 2 : K1, YO, K1, Purl to last 2 stitches K2 (turn)

Row 3: K1, YO, Knit to end of row (turn)

Row 4: K1, YO,Knit to end of row (turn)

Repeat these 4 rows until the shawl is as big as you want it leaving plenty of yarn to do the last 3 rows of  K1 YO Knit to the end of each row. Bind Off.
I added a fringe and knotted each single piece of yarn of the fringe to help it from fraying too much when it is washed.

The shawl measures 26 inches from point to top of the shawl and 45 inches across so a small shawl that would be suitable for someone sat in a chair or in bed. I am hoping that SIBOL will be able to use it, they did not mention if the shawls were to have a fringe or not.

If they cannot use it I will pass it onto someone else I am sure someone will want it if SIBOL cannot use it.

Now I need a new project for the September Stash buster Challenge and will sort one out so I can get it started tomorrow night. 

My Garter stripe Shawl pattern

This is my own shawl pattern and one that I hope will make a shawl that is easy to knit but still offers a bit of texture.
I love triangle shawls and have found lots of patterns that ask for markers to be used and I liked the look of them. I tried them out in the yarn I will be using but did not like the look of the pattern in the yarn I have.
Other patterns were fiddly to do and as I am using circular needles to accommodate the stitches I was not happy following a pattern with lots of changes in it. When turning the needles to work back and forth it is easy to twist it the wrong way and end up with mistakes.
I found this to help me remember how to knit back and forth with circular needles

Knitting straight on circular needles

So I came up with a simple pattern that will be easy to do whilst watching TV and look nice whilst still giving a me a nice light warm shawl at the finish.

I will be using a self striping yarn with multiple colours in it I have two 200g balls of it.

I am taking part in a Stash buster on Sparkpeople.com and we work on a project for one month and add the amount of yards we have knitted each week. So I worked out roughly how many yards is in each ball which is about 874 yards.
The Stash buster Challenge starts 1st September and lasts the whole month, at the end of the month I should have a nice colourful shawl and still have a 200g ball of yarn in the same colour to use up. I am imagining the shawl will use up 200g of yarn but will see what happens.
Working with 6mm needles it should knit up nice and light and not create huge holes with yarn overs.

This is my pattern:

Garter Stripe Shawl

Materials needed: DK yarn, 6mm Circular needles (the plastic bit between the needles is roughly 18 inches long (46cm) to accommodate the large number of stitches

CO 3 sts

Knit one row

K1, YO, knit to end of row (turn)

Repeat this row 5 more times (6 rows in total)

Start pattern

Row 1: K1, YO, Knit to end of row (turn)

Row 2 : K1, YO, K1, Purl to last 2 stitches K2 (turn)

Row 3: K1, YO, Knit to end of row (turn)

Row 4: K1, YO,Knit to end of row (turn)

Repeat these 4 rows until the shawl is as big as you want it leaving plenty of yarn to do the last 3 rows of  K1 YO Knit to the end of each row. Bind Off.

I may add a fringe if I have enough yarn from the ball or I may add the fringe in a plain yarn. I can add two pieces of fringe per YO along the two sides I like the fringe length to be roughly 6 inches so I would need just over 12 inches of yarn for each as you will lose some length with the knot and then in trimming as well.

How to Fringe a scarf or shawl

I have used both methods and find them both easy to do I also add a knot to each strand at the bottom of the fringe end it helps stop the thread from fraying especially as the shawl gets older and has been washed many times.

Three ways to make a fringe

These look fun to do and I may try the twisted one on a project.

The project will start September 1st wish me luck I hope it will work out as I expect.

Stash bust with Fingerless Gloves

I love stash busting and Fingerless gloves or hand warmers are a great way to do just that and make something useful as well.
SIBOL have  decided to make some hand warmers along with blankets and shawls so I dug out my patterns and started knitting.

These were so easy to make and adding the second colour really brought the pattern out nicely.
Easy Patterned Hand warmers

These are easy to make as well and a bit bigger than the others so would be fine for a slightly larger hand.
Again I used two colours making the gloves look a little different.
Waffle stitch warmers

These are a little different they have a lace pattern in them but still easy to get on and off and a little more feminine still nice and easy to knit though.
Argentate Glovelettes

 I wanted to knit a pair of warmers for men as well and some men have large hands, as I was looking through my patterns I realised that most of them were for small to medium sized hands.
My husband has large hands and I wanted a pattern that would fit a larger hand so the hunt was on. I eventually found a pattern that would be just right the only problem was it had thumb and finger holes. Why was that a problem?
Well some people have problems with arthritis that causes their fingers to be bent or other conditions that make it difficult to get their fingers through the holes. So I put on my thinking cap and came up with a way to alter the pattern so it would make a hand warmer that was easy to get on.

The pattern I found was here Mission to Seafarers  their patterns are here on   Seafarers patterns  scroll down and you will find the fingerless glove pattern. Reading the pattern I realised I would need to decrease the number of stitches to make the glove look right.

These are the handwarmers I made for a larger hand

This is what I did to make these hand warmers.

Yarn DK I used main colour (MC) and a contrasting colour (CC)
Needles: 3mm and 3.75mm

CO 50 stitches on 3mm needles and work 20 rows rib k1 p1 across every row
Change to 3.75 needles
Row 1 Knit
Row 2 Purl
 You will now start to increase the number of stitches.

 Note: If you are using MC and CC you will increase on the CC knit row every time.

How to M1 How to increase with M1

Row 3 K26, M1, K1, M1, K23
Now work 3 rows stocking stitch

Row 7 K26, M1, K3, M1,K23
Work 3 rows stocking stitch

Row 11 K26, M1, K5, M1, K23
Work 3 rows stocking stitch

Row 15 K26, M1, K7, M1,K23
 Work 3 rows stocking stitch

Row 19 K26, M1, K9, M1, K23
 Work 3 rows stocking stitch

Row 23 K26, M1, K11,M1, K23
You should now have 62 stitches on your needle

 Row 24 Purl
Now stocking stitch for two rows.

You will now start to decrease but this time you will decrease on every knit row

Row 27 K26, K2tog, K11, K2tog, Knit to end of row

Row 28 Purl

Row 29 K26, K2tog, K9, K2tog, Knit to end of row

Row 30 Purl

Row 31 K26, K2tog, K7, K2tog, Knit to end of row

Row 32 Purl

Row 33 K26, K2tog, K5, K2tog, Knit to end of row

Row 34 Purl
You will now have 54 stitches on your needle

Now work 2 rows of rib K1, P1 across each row
BO in rib

Fold the glove in half right sides together sew in any tails and sew up the side seam leaving a space for the thumb. I sewed up the rib at the bottom to the top of the rib section and fastened off,  then I sewed from the top down. I measured just over two inches for this leaving a 3 inch hole for the thumb.
Do the same with the second glove and you have a pair of hand warmers that will fit a larger hand.

No doubt a more experienced knitter would be able to shape the glove in a different way, but this was the only way I could see to do it and still maintain the shape I needed.
These fit my husbands hand so I know that if a gentleman has large hands they should fit him as well.

Just in case you wonder why I leave a large space in my pattern instructions I do it so that if you want yo copy the pattern you will be able to see the row instructions easily. I sometimes copy and paste a pattern and increase the line spacing as I can end up reading the wrong row and that can be annoying, so I like a double space whenever possible.