Knit yourself a cozy for your violin’s chin rest. The sample cozy fits snugly on a standard full size violin chin rest.
YARN: Leftover sock yarn, <50 yards, i.e. this sample was done with Knit Picks Stroll in black.
NEEDLES: Size 2, double pointed (DPN) for knitting in the round.
- CO 24 onto DPN #1. with Judy Becker’s simple and elegant “Magic cast-on for toe-up socks“ to get 24 stitches with 12 on each needle.
- Row 1: K12 across the first needle; K12 across the second needle. It’s tight here, but a third needle is added in the next row.
- Row 2: K1, Kfb, K4, using a third DPN for ease: K5, Kfb; K1, Kfb, K9, Kfb;
- Row 3: K14; K14;
- Row 4: K1, Kfb, K11, Kfb; K1, Kfb, K11, Kfb;
- Row 5: K16; K16;
- Row 6: K1, Kfb, K13, Kfb; K1, Kfb, K13, Kfb;
- Row 7: K18; K18;
- Row 8: K1, Kfb, K15, Kfb; K1, Kfb, K15, Kfb;
- Row 9: K20; K20;
- Row 10: (K1, Kfb, K17, Kfb) x 2
- Rows 11-13: K22; K22;
- Row 14: K1, SSK, K19; K20, K2tog;
- Row 15: K21; K21;
- Row 16: K1, SSK, K18; K19, K2tog;
- Row 17: K20; (K1, P1) x 10;
- Row 18: K1, SSK, K17; (K1, P1) x 9, K2tog;
- Row 19: K19; (K1, P1) x 9, K1;
- Row 20: K1, SSK, K16; (K1, P1) x 3, BO8, P1, K1, K2tog;
- now work back and forth
- Row 21: K18; (K1, P1) x 2, K1, Sl1; turn
- Row 22: (K1, P1) x 2, K2tog, P1, P2tog, P12, P2tog, P1, P1, P2tog, Sl1; turn
- Row 23: K21, P1, K1, Sl1; turn
- Row 24: K1, P1, K1, P2tog, P1, P2tog, P11, P2tog, P2, Sl1; turn
- Row 25: K20, Sl1; turn
- Row 26: K1, P2tog, P1, P2tog, P14, Sl1; turn
- Row 27: (K1, P1) x 9, Sl1; turn
- Row 28: K1, (K1, P1) x 8 K1, Sl1; turn
- Row 29: (K1, P1) x 9, Sl1; turn
- Row 30: K1, (P2tog) x 9; turn
- Row 31: (K2tog) x 5;
- BO all stitches; (5 stitches)
key:
CO = Cast On
K = Knit
P = Purl
Kfb = increase a stitch by knitting into both the front and back of a loop.
K2tog = Knit 2 stitches together
SSK = Knit 2 stitches together with the opposite slant by slipping 2 stitches knitwise, moving them back to the left needle, and knitting them together.
P2tog = Purl 2 stitches together
(bla)x3= do “bla” three times
Sl1 = Slip 1 stitch purlwise and leave the yarn in the front for a clean edge.