Étude no. 15: permutations
I’m designing a pattern which needs a little simple lace in a multiple of 3 stitches at the beginning. I
Continue readingTag: études
Étude no. 14: Vertical excerpts
Immediately after I posted about using a subset of rows from a complex chart as a coordinating stitch pattern, I
Continue readingÉtude no. 13: making a coordinating stitch pattern
There’s a lot of shawls and sweaters that make use of fancy lace, but that also have sections of simpler
Continue readingÉtude no. 12: adding extra plain rows
Sometimes I like to try exercises in knitting stitch design as a way of exploring the possibilities. These are what
Continue readingÉtude no.11: KYOKs in lace
I’ve been interested lately in the double increase that’s most handily abbreviated as KYOK: (k1, yo, k1) in one stitch.
Continue readingÉtude no. 10: a hexagonal knitted relative of filet lace
The last time I visited the topic of a knitted version of filet lace, I had come up with a
Continue reading
Étude no. 9: Little Eyes
I’ve been thinking for a while of trying to add k1‑below stitches into my lace patterns. A good place to
Continue reading
Etude no.8: an old asymmetrical pattern, mirrored
Something I’m wanting to work on in the long run is designing lace that has yarnovers on every row. This
Continue reading
Étude no. 7: garter lace with a sawtooth edge
There’s an old kind of lace edging that always makes me grin, because it’s so different from all the other
Continue reading
Étude no. 6: vertical symmetry in lace. A free stitch pattern.
I’ve been wanting to work on my ability to make lace appear vertically symmetrical as well as horizontally for a
Continue reading