Jack Skellington

Jack Skellington Coffee Cozy 

The Yarn: I knit this out of scrap acrylic. I had in a big bag with no labels on anything. I know the black yarn was Lion Brand Vanna's Choice in Black 153 because this was the yarn I was originally going to knit Emma's I-Matey Dog Sweater out of. The black yarn was slightly thicker than the white yarn - which made the black yarn a bit raised up in the end product - and I liked that. (Happy Accident!) The White yarn I think is Lion Brand Wool Ease in White Sparkle. Not sure about that - but that is my best guess. The finished cozy weights in around 19 grams - so I am guessing about 38 yards of white and around 6 yards of black.

 

The Needle: Knit on size US 7 Knit Picks Needles. This was knit flat and seamed up the back.

 

The Image: I started off by going to Google and doing an image search for Jack Skellington Smile Faces. This took a bit of time to find just the right image. It had to be really simple and translate well to a knit pattern. I finally found one and saved it to my computer. (That would be the image on the left side here) Then I went to http://www.microrevolt.org/ and uploaded the image into the KnitPro pattern generator. I chose the smallest size possible and Knit Portrait. I saved the pattern it spit out into my computer and then started knitting.

 

Cast On: I cast on 48 stitches using the Cable cast on method (see great video here on U Tube for directions on this - I was doing it wrong for years!) in the white yarn.

 

• Row 1-4: Knit Across

• Row 5 & all ODD rows up to row 31: K4, P40, K4

• Row 6 & all even rows: Knit

• Row 7: Begin incorporating the pattern on this row (The pattern begins on row 7 and ends on row 27)

• Row 32-35: Knit 

• Bind off.

   

  

  A work in progress on a messy desk!

• The pattern began on Row 7 and ended on Row 27.

• The first and last four rows are knit 

• The first and last four stitches of each row are knit.

• Odd rows are purl, even rows are knit. 

   

  

  Inside out so you can see how it looks

  I tried to twist the yarn in the back as I went so there would be no long floats. I was worried the black would show through the white where I carried, but it didn't. Colorwork is not my forte, but I think it turned out pretty well.