Wow, it has almost been a year since I posted anything. I have not been knitting because my machine is in a room that is not bright or large. I was contemplating getting rid of my machines but I think I will move the passap to a larger lighter room and see what transpires.
Anyway, I was looking at a quilting sight and in the picture was a knitted pumpkin and I thought it was cute. It isn’t the traditional orange one. I decided to just do a small one and see what it would look like. I knew the passap machine had a similar pattern built in. So I sat down at the passap and knitted a square and gathered it at the top and bottom. Then I took jute and used it to make the veins. I have papier-mache in the house so I made my own stem. Then I hot glued the stem onto the top of the pumpkin. Of course, now that I look at the original, I should have done two rows of jute for the veins and really tightened the tension up. Oh well it was just an experiment.
Here is the picture that I saw.
On the passap I used the pattern 1301 on page 63 and I used technique 183. I only used 60 needles and knitted about 100 rows. I used tension 5/5 but if you want to make one lower the tension so the stitches don’t separate while stuffing it. I think if I had made mine larger it might look similar to this one.
Now, it is not a good idea to stay away from this machine because everything you learn goes out the window. LOL. I wanted to cast on single bed so there would not be a lot of material to gather. I managed to cast on single bed and went into double bed work. At the end I transferred all the back stitches to the front bed, knitted a row and then transferred every other stitch to the next needle. I knitted a row and did the same and then took the remaining stitches off on a bodkin. When I took the work off the machine I had open back bed stitches where I had cast on(tee hee) and gone from single bed to double bed! I was lucky and just took a needle with a piece of yarn and gathered all of them.
This would be the easiest to do on my Brother machine. I would do a weaving cast on and then start the fairisle design . I would end with one row knitted plain and then transfer stitches and then gather. You can make this pumpkin on any machine. It is just knitting a square or rectangle depending on how large you want the pumpkin.
Of course, you could get creative and knit a five by five rib in a solid color and it would probably look just as cute.
Gillian Pearson Said:
on September 18, 2019 at 2:27 pm
Hey Carol … so lovely to hear from you … funnily enough I was trawling through your blogs and patterns last night looking at Pete’s dog jacket ….so mental telepathy !! Love the pumpkin … good exercise to be creative and I am sure it would look striking in orange with a burnt orange 2nd colour … thanks again for such an interesting blog … always thinking out the box !
cckittenknits Said:
on September 18, 2019 at 10:09 pm
Hi Gillian, thank you for all of your positive feedback. I agree with the colors you suggest. It should also be much larger . I visited a girl I taught the passap to, and I wanted to surprise her by making one. I showed her the picture and she wanted to make one. So, long story short, I gave her mine. lol. I wish I could get back into the knitting thing but really enjoying quilting. Good to hear from you too!!!!
Judith Shaeffer Said:
on September 18, 2019 at 3:50 pm
I have missed your posts.
cckittenknits Said:
on September 18, 2019 at 10:12 pm
Hi Judith, thank you. I really enjoyed knitting but now I have really enjoyed quilting .I have really been seriously thinking of giving up my machines. However, I become so overwhelmed with what I have and how to do it so I have done nothing but store them. lol I hope if I change the location of the one machine that I will want to knit again. Hopefully I will post something a lot sooner than a year from now! Happy Knitting
Karla Halpaap-Wood Said:
on September 22, 2019 at 12:57 am
Glad to see a new post. I learned so much from your blog, and yes I am improving much on my Passap.
cckittenknits Said:
on September 23, 2019 at 1:48 pm
Hi Karla, Good for you on improving your knitting. Keep on knitting! 🙂
Evelyn Stryker Said:
on September 24, 2019 at 7:04 pm
That is really nice! Thanks for sharing.
cckittenknits Said:
on September 24, 2019 at 9:47 pm
Thank you Evelyn. 🙂