The first word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon this month is Crocus, suggested by Enting, a Patreon supporter. Some of my stitch patterns fit stylistically into the world of lace stitch patterns designed by many people; others don’t so much. This is one of the latter: it makes me think of something you might see under a microscope. I’m fond of this kind of effect. In this case, I also particularly like the winglike shapes on each side. This particular design seems most appropriate to me as a lace panel, the sort of thing that might go up the center of a shawl.

I also made a Crocus chart for any craft that uses a square grid for designing.

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.)

The stitch patterns are not meant in any way to look like the original words; the words are the seeds of my creativity.

The word I drew from my word hoard for this stitch pattern is Time, suggested by Catnach and Jacque, Patreon supporters.

I did something this time that I don’t usually do: the top half of the full chart contains the same yarnovers as the bottom half, but flipped vertically. I didn’t try to make the lace look vertically symmetrical, as that’s very difficult in my style of lace design. Version 1 & 2 therefore act as coordinating stitch patterns.

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.