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by Naomi Parkhurst, Gannet Designs

  • Embedding Meaning in Your Knitting (or other crafts)
    • Secret code summary
    • Converting Words to Numbers
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    • 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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Hiatus

Posted on November 29, 2024March 3, 2025 by Naomi Parkhurst

My family is in the midst of getting ready for a long distance move, and I’ve decided to put my

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Illustration showing how the Soon charted design might look as two-color knitting, in two shades of green. There are ornate horizontal bands with convex cutouts along the edge, making reverse scallops.

Soon: a charted design for any craft

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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Vertical waving bands of knitted green lace, like vines with tendrils, or like plant cells.

Soon: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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Serendipity lace update

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

Instead of a new blog post this week, I’ve updated the chart and instructions for Serendipity lace. Thanks!

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Three columns of an abstract naturalistic design worked in colored yarn on a white background. One column is rust brown, one green, and one chocolate brown. The photo has been turned sideways.

Serendipity: a charted design for any craft

Posted on November 22, 2024November 22, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

Back in September 2014, the word I encoded for my Patreon was Serendipity, as suggested by a patron. At that

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Knitted lace where the holes make a pattern like stylized butterflies, with one small pair of wings, one larger pair of wings, and a tiny hole for the head.

Oak Butterflies

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

There are lots of butterflies with oak in their name, or which rely on oak trees in one way or

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Drawing of the Oak chart as two-color knitting in two shades of green. The pattern is rows of connected diamonds with dotted vertical lines in the middle. Drawing of the Oak chart as two-color knitting in two shades of green. The pattern is rows of connected diamonds with dotted vertical lines in the middle. Drawing of the Oak chart as two-color knitting in two shades of green. The pattern is rows of connected diamonds with dotted vertical lines in the middle. Drawing of the Oak chart as two-color knitting in two shades of green. The pattern is rows of connected diamonds with dotted vertical lines in the middle.

Oak: a charted design for any craft

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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Knitted sample of Oak lace. It looks like lots of little butterflies with the larger wings made of one large hole each, and the smaller wings made with one small hole each. There's some horizontal lines of three holes each. Yarn is pastel orange on a dark red background.

Oak: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on November 1, 2024November 29, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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Winter lace, edited

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

This week I have edited the instructions and chart for Winter lace, published a decade ago. (Some things were unclear

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How the meta Shetland chart might look as two color knitting. It's a horizontal stripe of patterned two-color knitting, with stylized pairs of hearts, one of each pair being upside down, and some other flecks and short stripes. The colors are various shades of brown.

Meta Shetland: a charted design for any craft

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

The random number generator picked Shetland from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Amanda McCartney, one of my Patreon

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