bib pattern

Aranmor is... not exactly stressful... quite the contrary, I'm delighted with every row I manage... but I needed a small break before looking at what I'd done last night (fued with AppleJack, which is a mug of hot applejuice with a shot of Jack Daniels). In other words, the thought of looking at tipsy knitting done on a complicated pattern, now that's stressful. So when one of my newsletters suggested knitting some garter stitch baby bibs for the holidays --although at the moment I don't know anyone having need of baby bibs-- I complied.

Never being happy to just knit a simple pattern as written, and not liking the look of the squared-off bottom edge, I made some changes:



Adapted from Garter Stitch Baby Bib.

Basic Garter Bib:

Cotton yarn (I used part of the cone of S&C that's been acting as a bookend here on my desk)
Medium size needles (I used #7; they were the first ones I grabbed out of the needle vase)
CO in whatever manner you wish (I used the long tail method) for however many stitches you desire (I used 19, 'cause that's how long my tail turned out to be)

Row 1: slip first stitch knitwise. Knit across row, knitting into back of last stitch.
Row 2: slip first stitch knitwise. YO, K1, YO, K2tog, knit across row, knitting into back of last stitch. (this increases one stitch per row and makes a lacy edge
Repeat Row 2 until bib is the width you desire (I stopped at 36 stitches wide), keeping in mind cotton shrinks quite a bit.
then:
Next Row: slip first stitch knitwise. YO, K2tog, YO, K2tog, knit across row, knitting into back of last stitch. (this continues the lacy edge effect while keeping a uniform width)
Repeat "Next Row" until bib is the length you desire (I stopped at 19 ridges - 9" wide by 7" high) and then shape neck, working first one side then the other:



Slip 1, YO K2tog, K12, BO (Bind off) 6, K15, turn,
(now either just ignore the 15 stitches which are one side of the collar, or put them out of your way on a stitch holder. I do the former)

Slip 1,YO, K2tog, K12, turn
*BO3, K12, turn
Slip 1,YO, K2tog, K9, turn
BO3, K9, turn
Slip 1,YO, K2tog, K6, turn
BO3, K6, turn
Slip 1,YO, K2tog, K3, turn
BO3, K3, turn,

switch to dpn (at this point I realized I don't have #7 dpns at home and was forced to switch to #6)
make i-cord thus:



without turning needle **slide sts back to the right side of
the needle and knit3
repeat from ** till i-cord is the length you desire (I made mine 12" long),
cut yarn & draw firmly through the last 3 stitches,

then joining yarn where you began binding off stitches on the other side of the neckline, repeat the process from * to end.



Possible Options:

• Make all K2togs through back loops, this makes for faster knitting and a different looking "lace" edge.


• After three or four garter ridges switch to stockinette three or four stitches in from the K2togs, and "draw" a picture or "write" baby's initial in the center in reverse stockinette.


• After three or four ridges switch to reverse stockinette and embellish the center with a small cable or two or three.