YouKnits Antimacassar / Placemat

unikatissima YouKnits Antimacassar/Placemat a

An older acquaintance has bought a chair from suede and has forgotten, that the leather will wear down at the arm rests in the course of time.
When she realized this, she asked me to make her brown antimacassars for the arm rests matching the brown chair.

My first thought was: YouKnits!
Because what could be easier (and more appropriate ;-)) than designing a beautiful lace pattern and knitting an antimacassar for the arm rests from? ;-)

Because I haven’t seen the chair myself, but had two different brown yarns (socks wool and crochet thread) I simply made two pairs ;-)
And they were well-received :)

On the photos you see the antimacassars for the arm rests, but they could as well be used as placemats ;-)
(If you click on the photos, you can see larger versions of the photos (in a new window, scroll down there and click on the pictures).)

unikatissima YouKnits Antimacassar/Placemat b

 

And that have been the overview pictures that I got from the YouKnits designer:
unikatissima YouKnits Antimacassar/Placemat a
It is knit with the following Youknits:
009a-#09009a-#09
021b-#12021b-#12
009a-#09009a-#09

 

unikatissima YouKnits Antimacassar/Placemat b
It is knit with the following Youknits:
025a-#15025a-#15
024 – #15024 – #15
025b-#15025b-#15

 


Links:
Here at unikatissima:
Design your own Lace with YouKnits
YouKnits Designer

At ravelry:
YouKnits lace example placemats

Bleach Stencilled Placemats

Poopscape Bleach Stencilled Placemats

Well, I find these placemats really beautiful :)

Addendum: Hrmpf, the link doesn’t work anymore (thanks, Kalinumba!) and I didn’t find it in webarchive either.
It works in principle like here, but the cutlery has simply been laid down and then the bleach has been sprayed over.

 


Links:
Project: Bleach Stencil Placemats

Works in principle like here:
Bleach Design Tees with Freezer Paper

YouKnits designer

Although the YouKnits designer is far from perfect (mostly due to my photos), I think its a great tool to help you when you design your personal lace pattern with YouKnits.
So: enjoy :)
Note: You can get the YouKnits designer now as Android app! (see YouKnits designer and YouKnits designer C)

(The YouKnits designer does not work anymore because Adobe discontinued the flash player.)


 

English:

Frequently asked questions

  • Question: What about property rights?
    Answer:
    By using my patterns you agree to my terms of use which you can find here on my website and in my PDF files.
  • Question: What do I get here?
    Answer:

      Use the YouKnits designer to make lace patterns by simply combining YouKnits to your personal and probably unique pattern.
      When you have finished your personal design, press the button ‘make PDF’ to let generate a PDF file and to save it on your harddisk.
      The file contains:

    1. an overview picture of your personal YouKnits design,
    2. for large patterns a page reference chart (shows which part of the YouKnits distribution chart is printed on which page),
    3. the YouKnits distribution chart (shows the order in which YouKnits have to be worked) and
    4. a list of all the YouKnits you used in your personal pattern with links to the appropriate ravelry pages.
  • Question: How does the YouKnits designer work?
    Answer:
    Please see the YouKnits designer description here on my website or the help in the YouKnits designer to find out more about how it works.
  • Question: Is it free?
    Answer:
    The use of the YouKnits designer is free, some of the YouKnits are free, too, others must be purchased by you.
    When you use the YouKnits designer you will always see whether a YouKnit is free.
  • Question: Where do I get the YouKnits?
    Answer:
    You can download/purchase them at ravelry.
    Note: You don’t have to be a ravelry member.
    I asked to open my ravelry shop for the public, and the links from the PDF mentioned above will bring you there.
    There you can also get the free downloads without going through paypal.
  • Question: I got the YouKnits, how do I use them?
    Answer:
    You can download at ravelry the how-to (for free), there I tried to describe in full detail how to knit patterns of combined YouKnits.
    Note: You don’t have to be a ravelry member.
    I asked to open my ravelry shop for the public, and the links from the PDF mentioned above will bring you there.
    There you can also get the free downloads without going through paypal.
  • Question: There are strange notches when I’m using triangle YouKnits. Is it supposed to look like that?
    Answer:
    Please read the answer in the YouKnits description.
  • Question: You said that YouKnits can be deleted from or copied on the grid and deleted from or reordered on the subset.
    Why doesn’t it work for me?

    Answer:
    Sorry, it’s a bug that we haven’t found yet. But we’re still working on it, hoping that we can fix it.
  • Question: I can’t scroll down to the lowest slide. What can I do?
    Answer:
    How much of the YouKnits designer is shown on the screen depends on the resolution of your computer screen.
    If you don’t get the whole YouKnits designer on the screen, you must work with both scrollbars: the one of the YouKnits designer and the one of your browser window.
  • Question: Why does it take so long to load the YouKnits designer?
    Answer:
    If you have a fast connection it takes approximately 10 seconds.
    Sorry, but it takes its time to load all the pictures of the beautiful Youknit patterns ;-)
  • Question: Why does the YouKnits designer doesn’t work for me?
    Answer:
    I think that you have the wrong Flash Player version, you must use a Flash Player Version 10 or greater.
    If you don’t have it, click this button: Get Adobe Flash player

 

Examples

Oh, you’ve knitted enough shawls and scarves already?
No problem, I thought about what else to knit with the YouKnits and that’s what I came up with:

 

Credits

We lace knitters wouldn’t have a YouKnits designer if RIAmore.eu wouldn’t have helped again (as for the other generators).
It is powered by AS3, Robotlegs, AS3 Signals, MinimalComps and AlivePDF and the font was designed by Yusuke Kamiyamane (Ronda Seven).
Thanks to everybody involved!

No-Sew Pillow Cover

Were Going to Make it No-Sew Pillow Cover

At the previously presented no-sew pillow cover the fabric was wrapped around the pillow and knotted in a decorative way.
For this no-sew pillow cover ready-bought placemats are shamelessly glued ;-)

 


Links:
No-Sew Pillow Cover (6 New Home Essential and a Quick No-Sew Pillow DIY)
via: Simple No Sew Pillows

Here at unikatissima:
No-Sew Pillow Cover

Bleached Art T-Shirts

I Love To Create Bleached Art T-Shirts

I have read the instructions for the bleached art t-shirts with a lot of interest, I would like to try it one day :)
Some are made similarly to the bleach stencilled placemats.

 


Links:
Bleached Art T-Shirts (MAYA IN THE MOMENT: Bleach Art Tees (With Tulip Fabric Dye!))
via: DYI–Bleach Art Shirts

Here at unikatissima:
Bleach Stencilled Placemats

Lace Knitter’s Advent Calendar 2013

unikatissima’s Lace Wintersweet

On this page: About the pattern | About the finished items | Deutsche Version | The daily instructions | The placemat | More pictures

unikatissima's lace knitter's advent calendar 2013
Knit a beautiful Estonian lace inspired shawl on the 24 days of Advent, every day a little bit.
In case that you don’t need a shawl simply make it a tablerunner :)

The picture just gives you an idea of what you will knit but (hopefully ;-)) don’t spoil the surprise.
(And if you’re curious: there are more pictures ;-))

Note: There is the group unikatissima at ravelry where you can discuss this pattern and my other patterns, too and where you can show us your wip (work in progress).
You can register at ravelry with your username and a valid email address only, with all other information about you it’s up to you whether you give them (at least it was like this when I registered ;-)).

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About the pattern:

  1. This year the pattern is designed lengthwise symmetrical and not meant to be repeated in height but its width is variable.
  2. The pattern is
    * a multiple of 12 + 19 stitches including edge stitches and
    * the total length are 438 rows.
  3. If you want
    * to make it broader/narrower simply adjust the number of repeats;
    * to make it shorter
        – use smaller needles and/or
        – finer yarn and/or
        – knit less loose;
    * to make it longer
        – use larger needles and/or
        – thicker yarn and/or
        – knit more loose.

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About the finished items:

Please bear in mind: the size always depends on your gauge and also on the way you knit – I’m always knitting very loosely.

For the tablerunner (red) I
* knitted 5 repeats with
* about 290 m red cotton crochet thread (100 g ca. 580 m)
   (290 m are about 318 yards – 580 m are about 635 yards) with
* 3,5 mm needles (US between 3 and 5) and
* got a tablerunner of about 25 x 130 cm (about 10 x 51 inches).
Depending on my daily energie I knitted a daily pattern section in appr. 25 min.

For every placemat (red) I
* knitted about 140 m red cotton crochet thread (100 g ca. 580 m)
   (290 m are about 153 yards – 580 m are about 635 yards) with
* 3,5 mm needles (US between 3 and 5) and
* got placemats of about 27 x 39 cm (about 11 x 15 inches).
I knitted a placemat in appr. 3 hours 25 min.

For the shawl (rose) I
* knitted 5 repeats with
* about 441 m rose acrylic lace yarn (100 g ca. 900 m)
   (441 m are about 483 yards – 900 m are about 985 yards) with
* 4 mm needles (US 5-6) and
* got a shawl of about 37 x 124 cm (about 15 x 49 inches).
Depending on my daily energie I knitted a daily pattern section in appr. 40 min.

For the scarf (bordeaux) I
* knitted 2 repeats with
* about 606 m acrylic yarn (200 g ca. 665 m)
   (yarn weight similar to sock yarn)
   (606 m are about 663 yards – 665 m are about 727 yards) with
* 4 mm needles (US 5-6) and
* got a scarf of about 22 x 165 cm (about 9 x 65 inches).
Depending on my daily energie I knitted a daily pattern section in appr. 20 min.
Note: The scarf was knitted with an early (and not so beautiful ;-)) version of the pattern. The number of stitches/rows is however the same.

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Deutsche Version:

Du kannst diese Seite auch auf deutsch lesen.

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The daily instructions:

Please note, that you agree to my terms of use (PDF ~59 KB) by using my patterns.

Download the symbols and abbreviations (PDF ~49 KB).

Important note: It seems that some of you with mobile devices can’t read my PDFs.
Most of my PDFs are password protected against copying and I’m sure that there are more of this kind of PDFs out there.
If that’s the case please check the appropriate app stores for ‘PDF reader’ or ‘PDF viewer’ apps, there should be at least one that will make it possible to read the files.

The placemat:

Part of Lace Wintersweet gives beautiful placemats matching the tablerunner:
unikatissima's lace pattern wintersweet - placemats
Download the placemat pattern (PDF ~ 543 KB)

If you like Lace Wintersweet and want to support me you can donate here a sum that you feel appropriate:

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More pictures:

(clicking on a picture ‘sends’ you to Lace wintersweet at ravelry where the pictures are larger)

unikatissima's lace wintersweet - tablerunner   unikatissima's lace wintersweet - placemats

unikatissima's lace wintersweet - tablerunner   unikatissima's lace wintersweet - tablerunner   unikatissima's lace wintersweet - tablerunner

unikatissima's lace wintersweet - shawl   unikatissima's lace wintersweet - shawl

unikatissima's lace wintersweet - scarf   unikatissima's lace wintersweet - scarf

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