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by Naomi Parkhurst, Gannet Designs

  • Embedding Meaning in Your Knitting (or other crafts)
    • Secret code summary
    • Converting Words to Numbers
    • Making a grid
    • Simple secret code rib knitting
    • Converting grids to stitch patterns
    • Asymmetry or Symmetry?
    • Other methods of encryption
    • Cables
    • Lace
    • Various projects and patterns using these methods
    • Further Resources
    • Embedding Meaning in Your Knitting (or other crafts)
  • Stitch structure posts
Knitted sample in blue yarn of Whimsy lace. Plain ovals are surrounded by swirly wavy columns of holes. The top of the sample has a wavy edge with points.

Whimsy: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Whimsy, suggested by Kate, a Patreon

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image of an old computer punchcard

About my stitches based on words

Posted on September 10, 2018November 30, 2021 by Naomi Parkhurst

I am sometimes asked how to see the words in my stitches. The answer is that they aren’t directly visible,

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administrivia
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CSD-back-yo: centered single decrease with center stitch in back and an added yarnover

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’m shifting from using the “bunny ears” names for a set of four knitting stitch methods, and I’m rewriting the

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Two stitches sit above three stitches that have been knit together in such a way that it looks as if there are two decreases right next to each other.

CSD-back: centered single decrease with center stitch at the back

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’m shifting from using the “bunny ears” names for a set of four knitting stitch methods, and I’m rewriting the

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Charted design: improved category name

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

I regularly post charts that are for any craft. I called them “needlework charts”, but I was getting more and

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How the whimsy charted design might look as stranded knitting. It's an abstract design with mirrored C-shapes in columns with speckles and vertical short lines in between the columns.

Whimsy: a charted design for any craft

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The random number generator picked Whimsy from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Kate, one of my Patreon supporters.

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A stitch pattern made up of this combination of stitches scattered on a plain background

CSD-yo: centered single decrease with yarnover

Posted on February 28, 2023March 1, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’m shifting from using the “bunny ears” names for a set of four knitting stitch methods, and I’m rewriting the

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how Diamond Waves might look as stranded knitting. Tall skinny diamonds in columns with wavy white lines between them.

Diamond Waves: a charted design

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

Sometimes when I design a larger stitch pattern, there’s a part of it that I think would be good as

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Pseudo random layouts

Posted on February 10, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’ve just finished knitting 65 squares from scrap sock yarn, and it was time to plan how to lay them

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The finished decrease. There are two new stitches above the three stitches that were knit together. Stitch B sits in front of A and B, and wraps all the way around the base of both two new stitches.

Centered single decrease instructions

Posted on February 6, 2023March 1, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The most basic single decreases are knit two together, which is a decrease that appears to lean to the right,

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How comfort needlework might look as stranded knitting. There's wavy orange bands on a pale orange background; the bands are alternating mirrors making kind of oval shapes. In between, there's vertical bands of kind of bulb shapes with checkerboards inside them.

Comfort: a needlework chart for any craft

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The random number generator picked comfort from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Seane, one of my Patreon supporters.

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About

I'm a knitting designer. I have three basic categories of things that I do.

I publish stitch patterns on the blog. Most of them are what I call secret code patterns: I encode the letters of words as numbers, chart the numbers on grids in various ways, and turn the results into lace knitting, mosaic knitting, other kinds of knitting, and needlework charts. I also publish a variety of other random stitch stitch patterns as they occur to me.

I also have patterns for sale on Payhip. These are mostly patterns for knitted accessories; there is also one crochet/knitting hat pattern

Finally, I write about knitting: I experiment with various knitting techniques, explain existing ones, and talk about fabric structure. I review knitting books. Most of all, I encourage you to try things out and see what you learn from them.

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Recent Posts

  • CSD-back-yo: centered single decrease with center stitch in back and an added yarnover
  • CSD-back: centered single decrease with center stitch at the back
  • Charted design: improved category name
  • Whimsy: a charted design for any craft
  • Whimsy: a lace knitting stitch pattern

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