Category: knitting

Knitted sample of Elsa lace. One narrow panel of lace with a bold center line that's solid with occasional rosebud shapes, with a vertical line of holes to either side. Surrounding the panel is plain knitting. All of this is in yellow yarn.

Elsa: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on August 9, 2024July 23, 2025 by Naomi Parkhurst

This lace panel is the result of looking again at Crisp lace. It’s not quite an excerpt from that; I’ve

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Knitted sample of Fleece lace. Undulating lines make tiled shapes called ogees — like ovals but with curved points at the tops and bottoms. There is a V-shaped set of wide holes in the bottom of each ogee. The lace is knit in natural white yarn laid on dark blue velvet for the photo.

Fleece: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on August 1, 2024July 23, 2025 by Naomi Parkhurst

The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Fleece, suggested by Cathy D, a

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Vertical panels of lace columns kind of like overlapping fans with more solid knitting between, all in light blue yarn.

Cicada: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on July 2, 2024July 23, 2025 by Naomi Parkhurst

The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Cicada, suggested by Jeannette Belle, a

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Knitted sample of Bubble lace. Horizontal bands of ornate lace with flower buds and something like fern fronds.

Bubble: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on June 2, 2024July 23, 2025 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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Knitted sample of Xiphoid lace: complex almond shaped motifs alternate between wavy vertical lines.

Xiphoid: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on May 1, 2024August 19, 2025 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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several zigzags drawn using hexagonal graph paper and interpreted as knitted lace. Some of the zigzags are thicker than others.

Designing with honeycomb mesh in lace, part 3

Posted on April 26, 2024August 19, 2025 by Naomi Parkhurst

(Not that I numbered the first two, but they’re visible under the hex lace tag, along with the relevant stitch

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Knitted sample of Cedar lace making a complex lacy zigzag with six pointed flower shapes and arches joining them, alternating with horizontal dashed lines.

Cedar: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on April 1, 2024August 19, 2025 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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View of the top edge of Honk lace, which has lacey points; the main part of the lace has jagged leaf shapes

Honk: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on March 4, 2024August 19, 2025 by Naomi Parkhurst

As I remarked on Patreon when I drew the word for this post, sometimes my backers suggest evocative, poetic words

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Knitted hexagon mesh where each hexagon appears to have been outlined slightly haphazardly with four strands of yarn

Complexagons: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on January 29, 2024August 22, 2025 by Naomi Parkhurst

I was knitting a honeycomb mesh gauge swatch, and kept wondering what it would look like if I tried a

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columns of textured knitted lace with angled lines and V shapes alternate with columns of horizontal ridges of knitting

Longways: a garter lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on January 24, 2024August 22, 2025 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’m in the midst of designing a shawl. I was considering making it a garter lace shawl, and I swatched

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