Winter: a needlework chart for any craft

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Years ago, I came up with four coordinating needlework charts for the four seasons, as well as four knitting stitch patterns, but I didn’t really have a good routine for publishing them yet. I’m going to redo the four needlework charts. Here is Winter.

Here are all the various blog posts for the four seasons.

How the Winter needlework chart might look as stranded knitting.
chart showing how to work the Winter needlework chart by means of dark and light squares. Written instructions in blog post.
click chart to enlarge
  • Winter has a repeat of 4 + 1 columns and 34 + 1 rows. (If you don’t want a stitch pattern that’s that tall, you could use either rounds 1 – 18 or rounds 18 – 35, and still have all the code included.)
  • In the written instructions, color A is the light squares above, and color B is the dark.
  • The written instructions below are formatted for stranded knitting, but it is my hope that they could be translated into instructions for other crafts. For instance, if working filet crochet, 1A could be one open square and 2B could be two filled-in squares.
  • Designers, please feel free to use this in your patterns (no need to ask). 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!

Round 1: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B. (5 sts)

Round 2: work knit as follows; (1A, 1B) × 2, 1A.

Round 3: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B.

Round 4: work knit as follows; (1A, 1B) × 2, 1A.

Round 5: work knit as follows; 2A, 1B, 2A.

Round 6: work knit as follows; 2A, 1B, 2A.

Round 7: work knit as follows; (1A, 1B) × 2, 1A.

Round 8: work knit as follows; (1A, 1B) × 2, 1A.

Round 9: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B.

Round 10: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B.

Round 11: work knit as follows; 2A, 1B, 2A.

Round 12: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B.

Round 13: work knit as follows; 2A, 1B, 2A.

Round 14: work knit as follows; (1A, 1B) × 2, 1A.

Round 15: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B.

Round 16: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B.

Round 17: work knit as follows; 2A, 1B, 2A.

Round 18: work knit as follows; 2A, 1B, 2A.

Round 19: work knit as follows; 2A, 1B, 2A.

Round 20: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B.

Round 21: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B.

Round 22: work knit as follows; (1A, 1B) × 2, 1A.

Round 23: work knit as follows; 2A, 1B, 2A.

Round 24: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B.

Round 25: work knit as follows; 2A, 1B, 2A.

Round 26: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B.

Round 27: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B.

Round 28: work knit as follows; (1A, 1B) × 2, 1A.

Round 29: work knit as follows; (1A, 1B) × 2, 1A.

Round 30: work knit as follows; 2A, 1B, 2A.

Round 31: work knit as follows; 2A, 1B, 2A.

Round 32: work knit as follows; (1A, 1B) × 2, 1A.

Round 33: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B.

Round 34: work knit as follows; (1A, 1B) × 2, 1A.

Work rounds 1-34 as desired, ending with round 35:

Round 35: work knit as follows; 1B, 3A, 1B.