Gino - if I were you I would learn the basic crochet skills that is needed to complete the blanket. There is a lot of videos on You tube demonstrating the technique. Basic crochet is quite simple it just takes a bit of time to get the tension even (for me anyway). so I would have a little practice with some scrap yarn then you will be an old pro by the time the blanket is finished. Good Luck.
I looked at someone’s project on Ravelry last night that had a great tip for working multiple YOs!!!
When you’re working the knit round after the round with the multiple YO, knit into the back of the YO loop…much neater!
M,
You’re the greatist. Hmmm, that is going to take sometime again! (doing the hemlock bindoff, almost killed me the last time.) Maybe I will learn how to crochet. Or bribe my Mom and say, if you do these “X” amt of blankets in the crochet bind off, then you’ll get to pick a pattern that I will do for you.LOLOLOL
Great to be back and feel the love again! And true, just ask the question again! Okay, you’ve convinced me, (I think) 
I am bidding on the Anna Mag, if anyone else is bidding on it, STOP! HAHAHA
I think that I will take Karina’s advice and try and learn to crochet, well, at least the bind off portion. But it’s just something that I have never wanted to do or learn. UGH! Darn you patterns with crochet bindoffs…
Gino
Hi Mary,
What exactly did you mean by that? When you are doing 5 yo’s in a row? Or when you have yo k1 yo k1 yo k1? didn’t get what you meant? Or can you do it everytime you have a yo?
THANKS!
G
Thanks Karina,
I will try and what would you suggest me using as far as hook size? Metal or bamboo? I am doing the eco wool in I think silver for this project and using US 10’s.
My Mom uses both, I think she uses metal when she is doing cotton thread and bamboo for larger projects. She says she likes bamboo because it gives and not so hard like metal. I remember 20+ years ago, my aunt brought back bamboo knitting needles and crochet hooks from Japan and they didn’t have anything like that here.
I recently bought here the Clover Bamboo Velvet knitting needle set and she just loves them. I am now giving her yarn and patterns (scarf) and telling her how to do somethings. LOL
She’s the really experienced in both and does some amazing stuff. (grrrr) and a lot of my aunts crochet doilies, so I guess that I don’t have an excuse not to learn!
Thanks all!
Gino
If you’ll notice, when you do K1P1K1… there are bumps from the purl sts. This method eliminates those. It’s a little tricky at first… You have to stick the right needle under the YO loop and slide the needle up and over the left needle to the back of the yo, then knit and pull off being careful not to drop the remaining yo loops…I might need to do a photo tute for this. I’m sure it will work for any number of yos but you really only need it for the former purl sts. It makes a nice, smooth stitch and looks neater.
I am by no mean a crochet expert but when reading patterns that uses knitting and crochet together they usually use the same size hook as the needles so use a size 10 I would say. I personally don’t like bamboo find the yarn stick and mucks up my tension I like metal. others might disagree.
HEHEHE I may be PM’ing you soon. LOL
Wow those were some awesome doilies.
I think my LYS said the other day that she was going to be getting some of that Cascade Greenland. There are some wonderful colors.
Now, do I finish the Alita for my MIL, start a Baby Surprise Jacket, or start another doily for a baby blanket? Which pattern would you do for a baby blanket? The Eceblad?
Gino,
I use aluminum hooks and tend to drop a hook size or two when I do a crochet bind-off to make sure my chains are tight enough. I also tend to single crochet instead of double when I catch the bound-off stitches and I usually chain fewer than suggested. In cotton doilies, the long loops are decorative, but for a blanket, I think they are just toe-traps. I leave enough slack in my loops to avoid crinkling the blanket edge, but not a lot.
Another tip, work your crochet bind-off on the cable part of your needle. You have more room to work and there’s no need to slip every cluster off as it’s finished. I’ll do about ten loops and then slide them all off together.
If you’re skeptical, you can knit yourself a nice long swatch and practice before you do your bind-off. It’s super easy to crochet and it’s so much faster than the Hemlock bind-off. I can do a whole blanket in less than an hour while barely looking at it.
I learned to crochet before I learned to knit, so if you need help with this, just holler. 
Hi R,
Thanks so much for the note and for the advice. It comes much appreciated. Now I have a question for you…
I showed my Mom the pattern and the bind off, and she didn’t really get it. She has never done a knit doily, only crochet.
So, can someone please help me out and give some advice doing the bind off in crochet?
Basically, you k1 one on the right hand needle and chain etc, but where do you connect them… LOL
Maybe it will be easier to try it rather try and figure it out on paper. But it would help me, so I can show my Mom the directions and she can show me. Does that make sense? LOL
One last question… I don’t know what I am doing wrong. I have frogged this piece three times. I am not really counting my stitches, but when I get to row 12, I am missing a stitch, so when I get to the end, I only have five stitches left on the needle and when I check my work it looks like the second to the last repeat is off and the holes from the yo’s are off. Sooooooo, when you cast on the 10 stitches, you place marker then join. But when you join are you joining as a knit stitch or are you joining as a yo stitch. As of now, I am placing a marker and joining with the yo. I must be doing something wrong at the very beginning, cause each time, I am missing that one stitch on row 12 in the same place.
HELP!!!
OH thanks R, I got the Anna Mag. Paid a little more than what I wanted, but I got it!
Now only if I can translate and make it. Also looking to maybe order the 60.00+ Japanese Mag. And it does come with English translations as well.
More soon and thanks for your help!!!
Gino:hug:
Gino,
If it’s a Burda publication, look at http://photofile.name/users/natalia46/135079011/136218866/#breadcr for an English translation of their chart symbols. It’s on several pages, but that link should take you to the first one. I’m knitting off a Burda chart right now and they are easy to follow once you figure out the instructions. I’ve also made up a spreadsheet of German knitting terms. If you have Excel, I can email it to you.
As for the crochet, the thing to realize is crochet works by pulling the working yarn under a loop created by a previous stitch and then immediately binding it off. Instead of having a whole fabric width of stitches active on a needle, you have one working loop at any given time. The top edge of crochet fabric resembles the bind-off edge of knitted fabric.
So, when you do the crochet bind-off, you stick the hook through the number of knit stitches you want to bind off, hook the working yarn, draw the strand through the knit stitches and make a crochet stitch. The knit stitches are captured by the crochet stitch and are effectively bound off. It’s sort of like a knit 3 together, but different. I’ll see if I can take some pictures and make this easier to understand.
On your Egeblad instructions, join as a knit. You’ll have 10 cast on stitches on your needles. Then you knit the first one you cast on and keep going around the circle. The first round doesn’t have any yarn overs. Once you get to round 2, you do a yarn over first thing after your marker, then knit. The way this pattern is written, the yarn overs create a spiral so they don’t line up one over the other. It sounds like you’re missing a stitch on row 10 or 11.
OMG! Thanks R,
I have been such an idot!!! That is where I was off, I didn’t knit the first row, I was doing yo! I guess I should practice my hooked on phonics! LOL
Okay, I will explain to my Mom and have her try it out with me. That way I can learn too. I think that your directions are fine. I just need to try and practice this and if I have anymore questions, I will, of course write to the group!
I will have a look at the Burda link that you gave to me. Thanks again for that as well. As my English friend always says to me!, “You’re a STAR!” Thanks!
xoxo
Gino
Where’s Mary? Helllllllooooooo… Oh is this a Maddie Pie weekend?
LOL! It is a Maddi Pie weekend and they just left…uh, I think I need a nap! The cats are all worn out from chasing the lazer light, Buck, the dog, is resting from the hundreds of ball chases… I’m gonna work on Alita for awhile. I am just itching to jump into the “Teschdecke”. Got my Kinzel books marked and OMG, my daughter loves the Lilac Time Oval tablecloth!
Gino,
Cheers mate! The yo’s at the beginning of the round were a little strange for me too, so it’s a completely understandable mistake. It’s funny that it didn’t show up until round 12, but knitting is like that.
I’m on round 61 of my Kometenstern blanket and it just got really strange. The pattern so far has been fairly symmetrical, although the whole thing swirls like the center of Egeblad. On this round, suddenly it’s building up to do something different - I think it’s the tips of the motif coming to an end and a new mesh is getting ready to start, but I had to haul out the Burda instructions again. It was asking me to knit two in one stitch, but it wasn’t lining up over a yarn over. I finally figured out I needed to knit 1, purl 1 in a single knit stitch. It’s also full of k3tog, k4tog and this really loopy decrease. It’s interesting, but right now it doesn’t look like much. I’m knitting in a dark purple two-ply with slubs of lighter purple and it has very iffy stitch definition. I won’t see much until this is blocked. I had to stop for the night because my fingers are cramping up. On my intermediate rounds, I purl the purls and knit everything else, so there’s a lot more hand movement than I’m used to. It’s like knitting a blanket in ribbing! I can’t wait to see the final result. A finished one can be seen here: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Henriette/schleuderblatt
Mary, what yarn are you using for the Teschdecke? Kinzel’s books have some very nice patterns, especially the second one. I love the daffodil and thistle designs especially.
Haven’t really decided what yarn to use on the Teschdecke but I want it to have a nice shine…I love the Valley Yarns Valley Cottons but have only used the 3/2…maybe I’ll do it in a 5/2 but I have enough of the 3/2 so to keep from having to wait… I need to get started on the Lilac Time in order to assure that it’s done before Christmas for Christie. The chart of the Teschdecke has German symbols so I’m pretty sure it will take longer for me to do. Am on round 90 of the Alita… The Alita just isn’t as lacy as I like. Well, off to the job and a day of “Boat People”!
Okay Kids,
I am trying to get the bind off and trying to figure it out. I have a lot of rows to still go and just trying to make sure that I get this right.
So, you k1 on the right hand needle, and is that the loop you are working with? So, I get the crochet hook and loop it through, and take three stitches off the left hand needle and loop through and then chain 8 then I do the same thing and loop it through another three, chain 8 and so on? Hope that makes sense. 
One last question, has anyone done this in eco wool? I am trying to see how large this would be if I didn’t do any extentions?
Thanks to Minou, I got this going without a hitch. I can’t believe I didn’t knit the first round! On row 38 now and just made a mistake at the VERY beginning! Tink time!
OMG R!!!
That is beautiful! Can’t wait to see your finished piece! I hope that one day I can get to be that amazing! Ordering some books and stuff in the next few days!
Makes perfect sense and sounds like you’ve got it! I slipped those three sts off the knitting needle onto the crochet hook the first time I did it and then discovered I could put the hook through the three stitches, towards the back, grab the working yarn, pull through (two loops on hook) then pick up the working yarn again and pull through the two loops, then chain 8. I think they call it double crochet. Don’t wanna confuse you but there are several ways to do it.
I thought the Egeblad was alot easier than the Hemlock but then again, the Hemlock was my first circular in lace.
Love the swirls and leaves in this one!