Enough: a charted design for any craft

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Earlier this week I posted a lace design based on the word Enough. I like to provide a separate, more basic chart that can be used for any craft when I post word lace; not everyone wants lace for every circumstance.

I’ve shown this as two-color stranded knitting, but the chart can be used for all kinds of things, not only knitting. Cross stitch, needlepoint, beading, and quilt designs are among many possibilities.

How the Enough charted design might look as stranded knitting. There are horizontal bands of white patterning on a dusty pink background with little arcs of white speckles between the bands.
chart showing how to work the Enough charted design by means of dark and light squares. Written instructions in blog post.
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  • The Enough charted design has a repeat of 8 + 1 columns and 20 + 10 rows. (End after either row 10 or 20.)
  • 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.
  • This pattern is written in rounds, but because each row has mirror symmetry, the colors can be read in flat rows as written. If knitting, just work purl stitches on alternating rows instead of knit.
  • 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: using B, knit.

Round 2: work knit as follows; 1B, *3B, 1A, 4B; work from *.

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

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

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

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

Round 7: work knit as follows; 1B, *2B, 1A, 1B, 1A, 3B; work from *.

Round 8: using B, knit.

Round 9: work knit as follows; 1B, *1B, 1A, 3B, 1A, 2B; work from *.

Round 10: work knit as follows; 1B, *3B, 1A, 4B; work from *.

End after either round 10 or 20.

Round 11: using B, knit.

Round 12: work knit as follows; 1A, *7B, 1A; work from *.

Round 13: work knit as follows; 1B, *1B, 1A, 3B, 1A, 2B; work from *.

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

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

Round 16: work knit as follows; 1B, *1B, 1A, 3B, 1A, 2B; work from *.

Round 17: work knit as follows; 1B, *1A, 5B, 1A, 1B; work from *.

Round 18: using B, knit.

Round 19: work knit as follows; 1B, *1B, 1A, 3B, 1A, 2B; work from *.

Round 20: work knit as follows; 1A, *7B, 1A; work from *.