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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
    • Further Resources
    • Embedding Meaning in Your Knitting (or other crafts)
  • Stitch structure posts
How Quirky excerpt 1 might look as stranded knitting: ornate vertical bands with wavy geometric floral patterns alternate with narrow vertical lines with little blips sticking out periodically.

Quirky excerpt 1: a charted design for any craft

Posted on June 8, 2023June 21, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

When I looked at the charted design I posted last week for Quirky, I immediately saw that it was made

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How the Quirky charted design might look as stranded knitting. Vertical columns of separate squares alternate with more complex vertical patterns columns with kind of wavy lines in them as well as squares the same size with prongs sticking out the sides.

Quirky: a charted design for any craft

Posted on June 1, 2023June 21, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The random number generator picked Quirky from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Rin & Catnach, two of my

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Knitted sample of Quirky lace in yellow yarn. Alternating almost-circles are outlined by wavy lines of open areas and filled with an abstract design like a letter Y.

Quirky: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on June 1, 2023August 1, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Quirky, suggested by Rin and Catnach,

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How the Enough charted design might look as stranded knitting. There are horizontal bands of white patterning on a dusty pink background with little arcs of white speckles between the bands.

Enough: a charted design for any craft

Posted on May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

Earlier this week I posted a lace design based on the word Enough. I like to provide a separate, more

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Lace knit in orchid-colored yarn that's a little fuzzy. The shapes in the lace and the lines between the lace are like some kind of sea creature/ The part that is where the holes are looks kind of like a flying bee.

Enough: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on May 22, 2023May 26, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

A word that’s been increasingly on my mind over my lifetime is Enough, and I thought I’d make it into

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knitted sample for Moon lace; it looks kind of like stylized dragon heads in hexagonal frame, with a fancy pointy edge.

Fixing up old posts, part 2

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

This week’s update only has one fixed-up post, because I needed to knit and photograph a whole new swatch for

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How Starry Bats might look as stranded knitting: stylized bats with arcs of stars in the form of speckles over their heads.

Starry Bats: a charted design for any craft

Posted on May 4, 2023May 3, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

When I was picking out the charted design for Flow, one of the other possible charts had an interesting motif

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How the flow charted design might look as stranded knitting. There are vertical columns of things like railroad tracks alternating with columns that look like short ladders.

Flow: a charted design for any craft

Posted on May 1, 2023May 1, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The random number generator picked Flow from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Catnach and Nim, two of my

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Knitted sample of flow lace. There are flowing wavy lines that make almost-diamonds, with ornate holes just inside the flowing lines.

Flow: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on May 1, 2023June 1, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Flow, suggested by Nim and Catnach,

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How to be notified of my new posts

Posted on April 26, 2023April 24, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’ve finally figured out how to set up email notifications for my site now that I’m not using WordPress.com. If

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About

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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