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by Naomi Parkhurst, Gannet Designs

  • Embedding Meaning in Your Knitting (or other crafts)
    • Secret code summary
    • Converting Words to Numbers
    • Making a grid
    • Simple secret code rib knitting
    • Converting grids to stitch patterns
    • Asymmetry or Symmetry?
    • Other methods of encryption
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    • Various projects and patterns using these methods
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Black Sea Nettle

Posted on January 24, 2012November 18, 2021 by Naomi Parkhurst

I went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium last fall, as I think I’ve mentioned, and got several photos with interesting

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Backstrap-woven bag

Posted on January 22, 2012November 18, 2021 by Naomi Parkhurst

Over a year ago, I used a backstrap loom to weave two strips of fabric from some cotton/wool/nylon sock yarn:

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neighborhood in late afternoon

Posted on January 9, 2012November 18, 2021 by Naomi Parkhurst

Color exercise number two: a photo from my neighborhood, in the late afternoon: First, I opened the photo in GraphicConverter.

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Playing around with colors

Posted on January 1, 2012November 18, 2021 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’ve been wanting to play some with color schemes for a while now, as well as stretching the colors I

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Vogue Knitting Knitopedia: The Ultimate A to Z for Knitters

Posted on December 19, 2011November 18, 2021 by Naomi Parkhurst

Another newish fiber arts book from the library: Vogue Knitting Knitopedia: the Ultimate A to Z for Knitters. This is

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Two Books: The Knitter’s Book of Socks and Sock Knitting Master Class

Posted on December 16, 2011November 18, 2021 by Naomi Parkhurst

I recently read The Knitter’s Book of Socks by Clara Parkes; I’m lucky that my public library has a good

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A bit of my design thought process.

Posted on November 29, 2011November 18, 2021 by Naomi Parkhurst

  I’m knitting one thing at the moment, but I’m considering how to make a variant that will combine knitting

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A little update

Posted on November 21, 2011November 18, 2021 by Naomi Parkhurst

I just updated all the internal links in my secret code posts so they don’t link to my old Blogger

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Yellow fish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Posted on November 16, 2011November 18, 2021 by Naomi Parkhurst

I was trying out following the fish with the camera as I took the photo – I really like the

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Sea Anemone at the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Posted on November 16, 2011November 18, 2021 by Naomi Parkhurst

from http://flic.kr/p/aFdcp1

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