Category: knitting

Knitted sample in blue yarn of Whimsy lace. Plain ovals are surrounded by swirly wavy columns of holes. The top of the sample has a wavy edge with points.

Whimsy: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Whimsy, suggested by Kate, a Patreon

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A stitch pattern made up of this combination of stitches scattered on a plain background

CSD-yo: centered single decrease with yarnover

Posted on February 28, 2023March 1, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’m shifting from using the “bunny ears” names for a set of four knitting stitch methods, and I’m rewriting the

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knitted sample of Comfort lace. It's an abstract pattern with almost-diamond shapes in alternation with each other. There's an error in the upper left corner.

Comfort: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on February 1, 2023March 21, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is comfort, suggested by Seane, a Patreon

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knitted sample of Kelpie mesh lace.

Kelpie lace mesh knitting stitch pattern

Posted on January 10, 2023January 17, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

When I was finishing my Kelpie hexagon sampler, I realized that there was one row of lace that would make

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knitted sample for Neume lace; the shapes are lace outlines around solid centers, making something like a hexagonal grid.

Neume: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on January 2, 2023March 2, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Neume, suggested by Catnach, a Patreon

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Knitted sample of 2023 lace. Lace diamonds alternate with shapes that look kind of like manta rays with lace eyelets underneath them.

2023: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on December 31, 2022January 5, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

Happy New Year! Every year, I design a knitting stitch pattern by charting the digits for the upcoming year. Here

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knitted sample of Kelpie lace hexagon 4. It's got more holes in it than Kelpie lace hexagon 3, like a grid of alternating knit stitches and holes framed inside hexagons.

Kelpie lace hexagon 4: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on December 20, 2022January 17, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

This is the last hexagon of a series of coordinating stitch patterns that would work to make a kind of

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knitted sample of kelpie lace hexagon 3

Kelpie lace hexagon 3: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on December 13, 2022January 17, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

This is the third of a series of coordinating stitch patterns that would work to make a kind of gradient

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Two rows of hexagonal lace patterns, with the hexagons arranged with no gaps in between. This version of the kelpie hexagon has a few more holes in each hexagon than version 1.

Kelpie lace hexagon 2: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on December 6, 2022January 17, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

This is the second of a series of coordinating stitch patterns that would work to make a kind of gradient

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knitted sample of Release lace. It has repeating arches of hoes in it, along with rounded diamonds with trefoil-shaped holes.

Release: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on December 1, 2022January 17, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Release, suggested by Jeanette B., a

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