I’m taking this week off of blogging, just because.
Here’s some links to a set of stitch patterns I designed that all started from the same chart:
And also, this came out of the mosaic process I used for the original doodle but isn’t based on the same chart: Doodle Digressions.
Anyway, it was all a lot of fun for me and I hope you enjoy it too!
The random number generator picked Sister from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Natasha and Linette, two of my Patreon supporters.
I usually develop a complicated knitting stitch pattern for each word, but I also like to provide a basic chart for any craft that’s worked on a grid: beads, cross stitch, whatever. I also try to provide at least some digital art of the pattern repeated all over not as a chart. It doesn’t necessarily look like a finished object for any particular craft, but I just want to give a sense of it in use. (I try to make it look like knitting when it’s got floats short enough for easy stranded knitting.)
Follow link for charts and more informationThe random number generator picked Quetzal from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Ange, one of my Patreon supporters. Quetzals are beautiful birds; I took the colors for the art for this post from the Eared quetzal
I usually develop a complicated knitting stitch pattern for each word, but I also like to provide a basic chart for any craft that’s worked on a grid: beads, cross stitch, whatever. I also try to provide at least some digital art of the pattern repeated all over not as a chart. It doesn’t necessarily look like a finished object for any particular craft, but I just want to give a sense of it in use. (I try to make it look like knitting when it’s got floats short enough for easy stranded knitting.)
Follow link for charts and more informationA couple of weeks ago, I posted Seed Pods. I like it! But I wasn’t quite satisfied with the visibility of the edges of the motif. So I replaced the plain knit columns with plain purl columns instead, which helps the decrease lines on the edges of the seed pods stand out better. This is, after all, why cables often have reverse stockinette or seed stitch or other texture patterns behind them.
Follow link for charts and instructionsIt only just occurred to me that I could have designed a stitch pattern for today, but I didn’t.
Instead, I’m going to link to some stitch patterns I think have relevance. Here’s hoping!
Continue reading Election Day (US)The second word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon last month is pounce, suggested by Naomi T., a Patreon supporter. When it comes to pounce, think kittens! Rowr.
Each month, my Patreon backers have the chance to suggest words for me to encode as knitting stitches. I make three of these into knitting stitches each month: the second and third (posted on the first day of the next month) are drawn from the collection of new words; the first is drawn from the collection of unused words. A random number generator helps me choose these, and then I get to work, first turning the letters into numbers, then charting the numbers onto grids in various ways. Finally, when I make the chart into lace, I turn the marked squares into yarnovers and work out where to place the corresponding decreases. (I usually make lace; occasionally I make cables instead.) I also make a chart for any craft that uses a square grid for designing; this goes in a separate post.
The stitch patterns are not meant in any way to look like the original words; the words are the seeds of my creativity.
Follow link for charts and instructionsThe random number generator picked Pounce from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Naomi T., one of my Patreon supporters.
I usually develop a complicated knitting stitch pattern for each word, but I also like to provide a basic chart for any craft that’s worked on a grid: beads, cross stitch, whatever. I also try to provide at least some digital art of the pattern repeated all over not as a chart. It doesn’t necessarily look like a finished object for any particular craft, but I just want to give a sense of it in use. (I try to make it look like knitting when it’s got floats short enough for easy stranded knitting.)
Follow link for charts and more informationWhen I was designing my Drizzle lace for last week, I had to try three different layouts before I found one that worked. (This happens sometimes. It’s just part of the process.) While I didn’t like the first one as a stitch pattern, it had a motif I liked a lot, and so here we are with a stitch pattern that reminds me of a seed pod I’ve seen. I don’t remember the plant name. Do you recognize it?
Follow link for charts and instructionsThe random number generator picked Drizzle from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Brenda D., one of my Patreon supporters.
I tried to pick rainy colors for the sample illustration, but I couldn’t resist sneaking in some sunny yellow dots to perk things up a little.
I usually develop a complicated knitting stitch pattern for each word, but I also like to provide a basic chart for any craft that’s worked on a grid: beads, cross stitch, whatever. I also try to provide at least some digital art of the pattern repeated all over not as a chart. It doesn’t necessarily look like a finished object for any particular craft, but I just want to give a sense of it in use. (I try to make it look like knitting when it’s got floats short enough for easy stranded knitting.)
Follow link for charts and more informationThe first word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon this month is Drizzle, suggested by Brenda D., a Patreon supporter who remarks that it drizzles a lot in Wales, where she lives. Sometimes I’m in the mood for drizzle; sometimes I’m not. It can be really beautiful at times. I see clouds in this lace, which is apt, but accidental.
Each month, my Patreon backers have the chance to suggest words for me to encode as knitting stitches. I make three of these into knitting stitches each month: the second and third (posted on the first day of the next month) are drawn from the collection of new words; the first is drawn from the collection of unused words. A random number generator helps me choose these, and then I get to work, first turning the letters into numbers, then charting the numbers onto grids in various ways. Finally, when I make the chart into lace, I turn the marked squares into yarnovers and work out where to place the corresponding decreases. (I usually make lace; occasionally I make cables instead.) I also make a chart for any craft that uses a square grid for designing; this goes in a separate post.
The stitch patterns are not meant in any way to look like the original words; the words are the seeds of my creativity.
Follow link for charts and instructions
