Fancy Stitch (smocking)
A stitch from S.F.A. Caulfeild’s Dictionary of Needlework, p. 122, figure 221, rewritten. This one reminds me more strongly of
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Author: Naomi Parkhurst
Yarn every which way! The direction of yarn overs in crochet (with some comparisons to knitting).
Just when I think I’m getting a handle on things, something comes along and shakes me up. In this case,
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A website I found early on when I was learning to read crochet charts is MyPicot. It’s got an extensive
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Hug: a lace knitting stitch pattern
(Click on any image in this post to see a larger picture.) It seems to me that a lot of
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Loop increases
A long time ago, I accidentally put my needle between the next two stitches, pulled a loop through, and then
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Random fibery links I found online. These mostly came from Pinterest, but I’m probably going to gather up links from
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the Lark in the Morning
And now we see why I showed you how to do the lark’s head stitch in my last post! Here’s
Continue readingSensible way to cope with sideways sweaters
Cuff-to-cuff: dealing with the body stitches.. I’m not sure I’ll ever knit sideways sweaters, but it helps stretch my brain
Continue readingOf double yarnovers and lark’s heads.
Some lace patterns contain double yarnovers, which are used to add two stitches in the middle of the work as
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