The Gingerbread Castle, originally uploaded by kathynorrisdesigns.
Yarn: Lion Brand Babysoft, Bubblegum
Needles: US #6
Gauge: 5 sts/1 in
Pattern: The Gingerbread Castle
Book: A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns (book 2)
Page: 242 – 244
Difficult Techniques, if any: The only difficulty is keeping track of where in the instructions you are.
Knit by: Knitting Muse
February 19, 2007 at 6:42 PM
Great swatch – really well photographed too!
February 19, 2007 at 7:13 PM
Wow, I really like this! I’m suddenly inspired to make some kind of fairytale afghan with a giant forest and this castle in the middle! :)
February 20, 2007 at 2:51 AM
Fantastic work! Looks great!
March 8, 2007 at 6:25 PM
Beautiful!
June 24, 2007 at 8:24 PM
Lovely swatch! I’m incorporating this panel into a sweater for my kid at the moment, and would offer this additional advice: knit the panel either in a yarn that has some give or, if knitting with something like 100% cotton that has little stretch to it, then knit with a needle that’s a size or two smaller than what you might normally use for that yarn.
November 16, 2012 at 3:55 PM
What did you do about arows 37-41? Row 37 goes from 50 sts down to 43 or 45 (the same with rows 38-41). Row 38 requires 50 sts to be worked properly as do subsequent rows 39-41. I am currently working this patternand need to find a solution to these rows. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
December 7, 2012 at 3:26 PM
There is no reduction in the number of stitches – you are TWISTING two stitches across each other, not knitting them together. There is a chart available on Ravelry for the entire pattern.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gingerbread-castle-2
(In the interest of full disclosure) Yes, I do have a vested interest in this. I sell the chart for $1.00 on Ravelry.
December 7, 2012 at 3:31 PM
Thanks for your help. After I posted about my problem, I sat an reread that section of the pattern and realized I was to purl each of 2 sts behind not p2tog-b. I made it through to the end without any other problems.
December 7, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Oops, I mis-spoke. There are five pairs of stitches K1tbl, NOT twisted around each other. sorry
November 12, 2007 at 5:59 PM
Years ago my mother-in-law knit this pattern into a pillow, but she never stuffed and finished it. After she passed away I got it. I should get it out and finish it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane (knitting is the thing that made my MIL and I so close).