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by Naomi Parkhurst, Gannet Designs

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Further Resources

Posted on April 8, 2011May 25, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

(This is part of a series of posts on different ways of hiding meaning in your knitting.) Table of Contents:

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Converting words or letters to numbers

Posted on April 8, 2011May 25, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

(This is part of a series of posts on different ways of hiding meaning in your knitting.) Table of Contents:

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Embedding meaning in your knitting: Index

Posted on April 8, 2011May 25, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

Table of Contents: Embedding Meaning in Your Knitting | Converting Words to Numbers | Making a grid | Asymmetry or

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A pair of white handspun knit slippers worn by a child. They have cables up the front, and folded cuffs like a shirt collar.

Sycamore stitch

Posted on March 13, 2011March 10, 2025 by Naomi Parkhurst

I recently knit slippers for my kid with a cable from my Mon Tricot stitch dictionary, Sycamore Stitch. I’m not

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The Secret Code of the Librarians

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

Back in April 2010, one of the Ravelry groups I belong to started an -along. There are lots of knit-alongs

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Bunny Ears Back

Posted on December 12, 2010May 25, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

For the pattern I’m working on (Ellerbe Mitts), I came up with an interesting decrease that turns out to have

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Fancy Tricot Stitch (No.2)

Posted on June 26, 2010May 25, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

A stitch from S.F.A. Caulfeild’s Dictionary of Needlework, p. 129, rewritten in modern terms. This is a netlike stitch which

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Fancy Stitch 2

Posted on June 24, 2010May 25, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

A stitch from S.F.A. Caulfeild’s Dictionary of Needlework, p. 122, rewritten in modern terms. This stitch forms a lattice with

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Open Raised Tricot Stitch

Posted on June 23, 2010May 25, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

A stitch from S.F.A. Caulfeild’s Dictionary of Needlework, pp. 130-131, rewritten in modern terms. This is an open, netlike stitch

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Minor pleasures

Posted on April 20, 2010November 18, 2021 by Naomi Parkhurst

I was fixing some errors in the way I threaded my table loom (I skipped dents while sleying the reed),

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