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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
    • Cables
    • Lace
    • Various projects and patterns using these methods
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    • Embedding Meaning in Your Knitting (or other crafts)
  • Stitch structure posts

Centered Single Decrease: a better name for Bunny Ears

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’ve changed my mind about using the “bunny ears” name for that set of stitch techniques. Woolly Wormhead wrote a

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Close up of stripes in a knitted shawl. The stripes are of variable width and color: some of them are mottled purple, gray, and blue; others are shades of aqua. Most of the stripes’ edges are distinct, but sometimes they blur into each other.

Ocean shawl update

Posted on January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

I got kind of sidetracked from personal crafting for a couple of weeks, but I’m several more stripes into the

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Four sets of lace hexagons, each set progressively having more open areas. At one end, there’s a set of mesh made of alternating lines of yarnovers and either decreases or knit stitches.

Kelpie hexagon layout explanation

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

I realized when I was working on the Kelpie lace hexagon patterns that I wanted to stop and explain in

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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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Depiction of how 2023 needlework might look as stranded knitting. Version 1, at the bottom, reminds me of the angled lines on feathers. Version 2, at the top, looks like flattened diamonds with a speckle in the middle of each one.

2023: a needlework chart for any craft

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

Every year, I design a knitting stitch pattern by charting the digits for the upcoming year. Here is a needlework

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How the Neume needlework chart might look as stranded knitting. Abstract patterns made of ovals and stylized circles, with some arcs that look like parentheses.

Neume: a needlework chart for any craft

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The random number generator picked Neume from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Catnach, one of my Patreon supporters.

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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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A triangular knitting shawl with large and small stripes of variegated purpley-grey yarn with blips of pale greeny-blue alternating with small and large stripes of variegated pale greeny-blue yarn with occasional blips of green or purpley-grey.

Ocean shawl

Posted on December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’ve made some more progress on the garter shawl I’m knitting for a family member. The light’s not good today,

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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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I'm a knitting designer. I have three basic categories of things that I do.

I publish stitch patterns on the blog. Most of them are what I call secret code patterns: I encode the letters of words as numbers, chart the numbers on grids in various ways, and turn the results into lace knitting, mosaic knitting, other kinds of knitting, and needlework charts. I also publish a variety of other random stitch stitch patterns as they occur to me.

I also have patterns for sale on Payhip. These are mostly patterns for knitted accessories; there is also one crochet/knitting hat pattern

Finally, I write about knitting: I experiment with various knitting techniques, explain existing ones, and talk about fabric structure. I review knitting books. Most of all, I encourage you to try things out and see what you learn from them.

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Recent Posts

  • CSD-back: centered single decrease with center stitch at the back
  • Charted design: improved category name
  • Whimsy: a charted design for any craft
  • Whimsy: a lace knitting stitch pattern
  • CSD-yo: centered single decrease with yarnover

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