Kind excerpt: a needlework chart for any craft

Sometimes when I design a larger stitch pattern, there’s a part of it that I think would be good as a smaller excerpt from the Kind needlework chart; I think it would do well as a coordinating pattern.

(This excerpt isn’t a coded word anymore.)

how the Kind excerpt chart might look as stranded knitting. It's kind of like nested plus signs.
chart showing how to work the Kind excerpt needlework design by means of dark and light squares. Written instructions in blog post
click chart to enlarge
  • Kind excerpt has a repeat of 6 + 1 columns and 10 or 10 + 5 rows. (End after row 5 or 10, as desired.)
  • 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.
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Round 1: work knit as follows; 1A, *1A, 3B, 2A; work from *. (7 sts)

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

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

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

Round 5: work knit as follows; 1A, *1A, 3B, 2A; work from *.

Round 6: work knit as follows; 1B, *1B, 3A, 2B; work from *.

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

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

Round 9: work knit as follows; 1A, *(2B, 1A) × 2; work from *.

Round 10: work knit as follows; 1B, *1B, 3A, 2B; work from *.

Repeat as desired, ending after either round 5 or 10.