How to figure out if a chart can be used for mosaic knitting
I shared a needlework image on twitter last month (it was a blooper chart for Sunrise), and a twitter friend
Continue readingby Naomi Parkhurst, Gannet Designs
I shared a needlework image on twitter last month (it was a blooper chart for Sunrise), and a twitter friend
Continue readingA couple of weeks ago, I started a series of posts about how I knit the swatches for my stitch
Continue readingOne thing I’ve noticed over the last nine (!!!) years of learning to design lace, is that it’s easier to
Continue readingIt occurs to me that it might be helpful (for other designers at least) to explain how I use my
Continue readingRecently, a friend on social media linked to an article about the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph system, which used something
Continue readingThere’s a lot of shawls and sweaters that make use of fancy lace, but that also have sections of simpler
Continue readingMy first post on what I’m starting to think of as hex lace (though I’m sure someone has a different
Continue readingIn my last post about flattened diamonds, I talked about the problem of dealing with a diamond when the desired
Continue readingFiguring out how to make the diamonds that tile nicely for a crescent shawl has felt rather like trying to
Continue readingThis is the basic method I used to make the Galaxite stitch pattern, though I’m going to use a much
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