When 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?
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Drizzle: a needlework chart for any craft
The 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.)
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Drizzle: a lace knitting stitch pattern
The 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.
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Myth: a mosaic knitting chart.
A while back, I encoded the word myth and made it into a lace stitch pattern and a needlework chart. For this week’s post, I reworked a code grid I made while planning that post and turned it into a mosaic knitting stitch pattern. (I used the process described in this post.)
A nice thing about mosaic knitting is that the charts are similar to the final appearance of the knitting, so I’m not going to provide a swatch. Mosaic knitting looks difficult, but it’s not as hard as it looks! Basically, knit two-row stripes, and slip stitches from the row below to make the contrasting pattern.
Here’s a detailed blog post I wrote about how it works.
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Raven: a mosaic knitting chart
A while back, I encoded the word Raven and made it into a lace stitch pattern. For this week’s post, I reworked a code grid I made while planning that post and turned it into a mosaic knitting stitch pattern. (I used the process described in this post.)
A nice thing about mosaic knitting is that the charts are similar to the final appearance of the knitting, so I’m not going to provide a swatch. Mosaic knitting looks difficult, but it’s not as hard as it looks! Basically, knit two-row stripes, and slip stitches from the row below to make the contrasting pattern.
Here’s a detailed blog post I wrote about how it works.
Follow the link for charts and instructions
Kangaroo: a needlework chart for any craft
The random number generator picked Kangaroo from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Andria, 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.)
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Kangaroo: a lace knitting stitch pattern
The word I drew from my word hoard for this stitch pattern is Kangaroo, suggested by Andria, a Patreon supporter. I’m pretty pleased by this, though I did notice one change I’d want to make in the decreases after I finished the sample and ran out of time. (It happens! See the bottom for errata.)
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
Jump: a mosaic knitting chart
Last week, I encoded the word Jump and made it into a lace stitch pattern and a needlework chart. For this week’s post, I reworked a code grid I made while planning that post and turned it into a mosaic knitting stitch pattern. (I used the process described in this post.)
Jump is unusual in that I was able to use the same original code grid for all three stitch patterns. (What’s suitable for lace isn’t always good for mosaic charts, and vice versa.)
A nice thing about mosaic knitting is that the charts are similar to the final appearance of the knitting, so I’m not going to provide a swatch. Mosaic knitting looks difficult, but it’s not as hard as it looks! Basically, knit two-row stripes, and slip stitches from the row below to make the contrasting pattern.
Here’s a detailed blog post I wrote about how it works.
Follow the link for charts and instructionsJump: a needlework chart for any craft
The random number generator picked Jump from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Cathy D, 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.)
I think this chart in particular would work well as a knit-purl pattern: replace the dark squares with purl symbols.
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Jump: a lace knitting stitch pattern
The second word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon last month is Jump, suggested by Cathy D., a Patreon supporter.
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