This is where I am on this placemat. This pattern is deceiving, it is not as easy as it appears to be. The habit of, or instinct to just stack the ribs streight, makes it very difficult to off set them this way. I lost count of how many times I worked back to fix an errant stacked rib. Most annoying, it is.

This is the first placemat, there will be others. This one is not blocked yet in this pict. It is fringed long on one side and a shorter fringe on the other. I continued the basket weave stitching for five sections or five straps of the basket. I then cast off and fringed the matt putting 1 1/4 inch fringe on one side and 3/4 inch fringe on the other side. I just wanted to do something different instead of plain old streight matching fringes.
I will do the next placemat with the same yarn but I will do different stitches (otherwise I get bored). Keep watching if you want to see what, I rarely know what I'll do until I cast on.

This project is a placemat done in 100% cotton yarn. Yup, it's another e-bay find. Gotta love those prices on yarn :-D.

I cast on seventy stitches (long tail) and started working K 10, P 10 from row one. When I acheived a length equaling the width of the K or the P, I turned to P 10, K 10to create a basket weave effect. Here you can see two sections finished, one starting with the Knit and the next section starting with the Purl.

The hat is finished, the cable does not really pop on this hat, next time I will outline it with knitting instead of the purl that I stayed with this time. It was a first attempt, now I know what it will take it get it to stand out more. Still the hat, with the twists on the front is kind of cute. I added a long pompom to the top and smaller pompom, "earings," at the sides. It is shown here with the two fingerfree mitts.

Casting on 26 stitches to two DPNs and 28 to the other two DPNs I got started. I extrapolated the stitch count from the measurments of the finished mitts and a measurment of my own head. Same yarn, same needles, same knitter working in the round, this hat should be sized right. I hope. I am using K1, P1 ribbing for a nice, snug fitting hat.
I plan on trying out a cable or two on this project, cable knitting is something that I am new to so it may take a while to get it right . . .

A short break while I make it a pair

I'll work the second mitt now. I'll not bore you following that but my next project should be here in about a week.

One finished mitt, and the instructions

OK, so this is the right side out view of the one mitt, you can see the taper but not the ribbing.



And this inside out pict shows the detail of the ribbing.

These instructions are for 5.25 stitch per inch yarn worked on # 4 (USA) DPNs;

~ Cast on 16 stitches to each of three needles. (Any multiple of four stitches will work so any combination of 16 -12 or 8 stitches per needle will do depending on the writs size of the wearer.)
~ Work in round knitting straight through for 3.5 inches.
~ Start wide spaced ribbing with P1, K7, work this ribbing for 3/4 inch.
~ The next section is P1, K3 rib, work this for 2 inches lining the P1 of the last round with this P1 row.
~ The wrist is next, using a P1, K1 ribbing for 4 inches. Again, align your P1 rows.
~ Then widen again to accommodate the hand with the P1, K3 rib, work for 3 inches and then cast off ten stitches for the thumb.
~ Continue knitting the cast off row in the P1, K3 ribbing and the next time around cast on the matching 10 stitches.Continue K1, P3 ribbing for another 1 3/4 inches and cast off. Weave in any tails and you are good to go.

This mitt fits a fore arm for someone mid to small boned with a space of 8 1/2 inches between the outer bump on the elbow and the outer wrists bone bump (under the small finger).