Creation: a lace knitting stitch pattern

The word I drew from my word hoard for this stitch pattern is creation, suggested by Katherine, a Patreon supporter. I like the way the top part looks like scales.

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.

Creation: a lace knitting stitch pattern, by Naomi Parkhurst (photo of swatch)

Notes:

  • The bottom half of the swatch is three repeats of version 1; the top is one repeat of version 2.
  • There’s a motif in this that is similar to buttercup. It might be interesting to combine the two in a project, in which case I recommend putting a 1/1 cable cross between the pairs of yarnovers on creation row 9 (and 19, if using version 2). The spacing of the buttercup motifs would probably need to be adjusted.
  • These are stitch patterns such as might be found in a stitch dictionary. They are not patterns for a finished object. You will need to add selvedges or some other form of knitted stitches to either side.
  • Creation is a multiple of 22 + 22 stitches. Version 1 is a multiple of 10 rows; version 2 is a multiple of 20 rows.
  • I’ve made stitch maps for version 1 and version 2.
  • Designers, please feel free to use these in your patterns. I’d like credit but won’t be offended if people don’t give it.
  • My blog posts and free stitch patterns are supported by subscriptions on Patreon or donations to my Paypal tip jar in the sidebar. If you appreciate my work, please consider helping out. Thanks!

Abbreviations:

  • DSD: double slip decrease: ssk, slip the resulting stitch back to the left needle, pass the next stitch over, then slip the result. Substitute knit 3 together if desired; they are similar but don’t look quite the same. (Right-leaning double decrease.)
  • k: knit.
  • k2tog: knit 2 stitches together as if they were 1. (Right-leaning decrease)
  • p: purl.
  • sk2p: slip 1, k2tog, pass slipped stitch over. (Left-leaning double decrease.)
  • ssk: slip each of the next 2 stitches as if to knit, then knit them together through the back loop. (Left-leaning decrease)
  • yo: yarnover

Creation, version 1:

Creation version 1: a lace knitting stitch chart, by Naomi Parkhurst
click chart to enlarge

Row 1 (RS): k2, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, *yo x 2, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k4, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog; work from *, yo x 2, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k2. [44 sts]

Row 2 (WS): p10, (k1, p1) in double yo, *p20, (k1, p1) in double yo; work from *, p10.

Row 3: DSD, yo x 2, k4, DSD, yo x 2, k1, *k1, yo x 2, sk2p, k4, yo x 2, sk2p, DSD, yo x 2, k4, DSD, yo x 2, k1; work from *, k1, yo x 2, sk2p, k4, yo x 2, sk2p.

Row 4: p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1, *p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p2, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1; work from *, p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1.

Row 5: yo, ssk, k4, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, *yo x 2, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k4, k2tog, yo x 2, ssk, k4, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog; work from *, yo x 2, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k4, k2tog, yo.

Row 6: p10, (k1, p1) in double yo, *[p9, (k1, p1) in double yo] x 2; work from *, p10.

Row 7: k1, yo, sk2p, (yo, k1, k2tog) x 2, yo, k1, *(k1, yo, ssk) x 2, k1, yo, DSD, yo, k2, yo, sk2p, (yo, k1, k2tog) x 2, yo, k1; work from *, (k1, yo, ssk) x 2, k1, yo, DSD, yo, k1.

Row 8: purl.

Row 9: k2, ssk, k2tog, k4, yo x 2, k1, *k1, yo x 2, (k4, ssk, k2tog) x 2, k4, yo x 2, k1; work from *, k1, yo x 2, k4, ssk, k2tog, k2.

Row 10: p8, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1, *p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p16, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1; work from *, p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p8.

Creation, version 2

Creation, version 2: a lace knitting stitch chart, by Naomi Parkhurst
Click chart to enlarge

Row 1 (RS): k2, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, *yo x 2, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k4, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog; work from *, yo x 2, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k2. [44 sts]

Row 2 (WS): p10, (k1, p1) in double yo, *p20, (k1, p1) in double yo; work from *, p10.

Row 3: DSD, yo x 2, k4, DSD, yo x 2, k1, *k1, yo x 2, sk2p, k4, yo x 2, sk2p, DSD, yo x 2, k4, DSD, yo x 2, k1; work from *, k1, yo x 2, sk2p, k4, yo x 2, sk2p.

Row 4: p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1, *p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p2, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1; work from *, p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1.

Row 5: yo, ssk, k4, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, *yo x 2, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k4, k2tog, yo x 2, ssk, k4, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog; work from *, yo x 2, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k4, k2tog, yo.

Row 6: p10, (k1, p1) in double yo, *[p9, (k1, p1) in double yo] x 2; work from *, p10.

Row 7: k1, yo, sk2p, (yo, k1, k2tog) x 2, yo, k1, *(k1, yo, ssk) x 2, k1, yo, DSD, yo, k2, yo, sk2p, (yo, k1, k2tog) x 2, yo, k1; work from *, (k1, yo, ssk) x 2, k1, yo, DSD, yo, k1.

Row 8: purl.

Row 9: k2, ssk, k2tog, k4, yo x 2, k1, *k1, yo x 2, (k4, ssk, k2tog) x 2, k4, yo x 2, k1; work from *, k1, yo x 2, k4, ssk, k2tog, k2.

Row 10: p8, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1, *p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p16, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1; work from *, p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p8.

Row 11: k1, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k2, *k2, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo x 2, ssk, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, ssk, k2; work from *, k2, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, k2tog, k1, k2tog, yo.

Row 12: p11, *p10, (k1, p1) in double yo, p10; work from *, p11.

Row 13: k1, yo x 2, sk2p, k4, yo x 2, sk2p, *DSD, yo x 2, k4, DSD, yo x 2, k2, yo x 2, sk2p, k4, yo x 2, sk2p; work from *, DSD, yo x 2, k4, DSD, yo x 2, k1.

Row 14: p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1, *p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p2, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1; work from *, p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p5, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1.

Row 15: k1, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k4, k2tog, *yo x 2, ssk, k4, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo x 2, ssk, k1, yo, ssk, k4, k2tog; work from *, yo x 2, ssk, k4, k2tog, yo, k1, k2tog, yo.

Row 16: p10, (k1, p1) in double yo, *[p9, (k1, p1) in double yo] x 2; work from *, p10.

Row 17: (k1, yo, ssk) x 2, k1, yo, DSD, yo, k1, *k1, yo, sk2p, (yo, k1, k2tog) x 2, yo, k2, (yo, ssk, k1) x 2, yo, DSD, yo, k1; work from *, k1, yo, sk2p, (yo, k1, k2tog) x 2, yo, k1.

Row 18: purl.

Row 19: k1, yo x 2, k4, ssk, k2tog, k2, *k2, ssk, k2tog, k4, yo x 2, k2, yo x 2, k4, ssk, k2tog, k2; work from *, k2, ssk, k2tog, k4, yo x 2, k1.

Row 20: p1, (k1, p1) in double yo, p8, *p8, (k1, p1) in double yo, p2, (k1, p1) in double yo, p8; work from *, p8, (k1, p1) in double yo, p1.