Serendipity

The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Serendipity, suggested by a Patreon supporter. Originally I had both the lace and the charted design for Serendipity in this post. The Serendipity charted design now has a post of its own, including written instructions.

I’ve also improved the instructions below for the lace.

Each month, my Patreon backers have the chance to suggest words for me to encode as knitting stitches. A random number generator helps me choose which word I will encode from 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.

Notes:

• This is a stitch pattern such as might be found in a stitch dictionary. It is not a pattern for a finished object. You will need to add selvedges or some other form of knitted stitches to either side.
• Serendipity is a multiple of 12+12 stitches and 22 rows.
• I’ve made a stitch map for Serendipity.
• Designers, please feel free to use this stitch in your patterns.
• Edited 27 Nov 2024.
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Abbreviations:

• k: knit.
• k2tog: knit 2 stitches together as if they were 1. (Right-leaning decrease)
• k3tog: knit 3 stitches together as if they were 1. (Right-leaning double decrease)
• CDD: centered double decrease: slip the next 2 stitches as if to knit 2 together, knit the next stitch, then pass the 2 slipped stitches over the third.
• p: purl.
• ssk: slip each of the next 2 stitches as if to knit, then knit them together through the back loop. (Left-leaning decrease)
• sssk: slip each of the next 3 stitches as if to knit, then knit them together through the back loop. (Left-leaning double decrease)
• yo: yarnover.

Row 1 (RS): ssk, k4, *yo × 2, k4, k2tog, ssk, k4; work from *, yo × 2, k4, k2tog. (24 sts)

Row 2 (WS): p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, *p10, (k1, p1) in double yo; work from *, p5.

Row 3: k2, k3tog, double yo, k1, *k1, double yo, sssk, k4, k3tog, yo × 2, k1; work from *, k1, yo × 2, sssk, k2.

Row 4: p3, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1, *p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p6, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1; work from *, p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p3.

Row 5: k3tog, k1, double yo, k2, *k2, double yo, k1, sssk, k3tog, k1, yo × 2, k2; work from *, k2, yo × 2, k1, sssk.

Row 6: p2, (k1, p1) in double yo, p2, *p2, (k1, p1) in double yo, p4, (k1, p1) in double yo, p2; work from *, p2, (k1, p1) in double yo, p2.

Row 7: yo, ssk, k1, yo, k1, k2tog, *ssk, k1, yo, k1, k2tog, yo × 2, ssk, k1, yo, k1, k2tog; work from *, ssk, k1, yo, k1, k2tog, yo.

Row 8: p6, *p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5; work from *, p6.

Row 9: k1, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, *yo × 2, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog; work from *, yo × 2, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k1.

Row 10: p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, *p10, (k1, p1) in double yo; work from *, p5.

Row 11: k2, k3tog, k1, *yo 4 times, k1, sssk, k4, k3tog, k1; work from *, yo 4 times, k1, sssk, k2.

Row 12: p4, (k1, p1, k1, p1) in quadruple yo, *p8, (k1, p1, k1, p1) in quadruple yo; work from *, p4.

Row 13: ssk, k1, yo, k3, *k3, yo, k1, k2tog, ssk, k1, yo, k3; work from *, k3, yo, k1, k2tog.

Row 14: purl.

Row 15: yo, ssk, yo, k1, ssk, k1, *k1, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, yo × 2, ssk, yo, k1, ssk, k1; work from *, k1, k2tog, k1, yo, k2tog, yo.

Row 16: p6, *p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5; work from *, p6.

Row 17: k3, yo, cdd, *yo × 2, cdd, yo, k6, yo, cdd; work from *, yo × 2, cdd, yo, k3.

Row 18: p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, *p10, (k1, p1) in double yo; work from *, p5.

Row 19: k1, yo, sssk, k1, yo, k1, *k1, yo, k1, k3tog, yo, k2, yo, sssk, k1, yo, k1; work from *, k1, yo, k1, k3tog, yo, k1.

Row 20: purl.

Row 21: k2, yo, sssk, yo, k1, *k1, yo, k3tog, yo, k4, yo, sssk, yo, k1; work from *, k1, yo, k3tog, yo, k2.

Row 22: purl.