String Geekery – Page 3 – by Naomi Parkhurst, Gannet Designs

A drawing of how the Fleece charted design might look in a finished object using squares in three colors: the background is cream. There are pixelated tan ovals with darker brown squares in them alternating with crenellated darker brown square outlines with tan squares inside them.

Fleece: a charted design for any craft

Posted on August 1, 2024August 1, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

The random number generator picked Fleece from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Cathy D., one of my Patreon

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Knitted sample of Fleece lace. Undulating lines make tiled shapes called ogees — like ovals but with curved points at the tops and bottoms. There is a V-shaped set of wide holes in the bottom of each ogee. The lace is knit in natural white yarn laid on dark blue velvet for the photo.

Fleece: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on August 1, 2024September 1, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Fleece, suggested by Cathy D, a

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Something a bit different

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

It used to be pretty common for people who had their own websites to have a list of links they

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Wavy blue columns alternated with wavy pale blue columns. There are pale blue checkered diamonds on the dark columns, and vice versa.

Counterchange checkerboards: a charted design for any craft

Posted on July 19, 2024July 19, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

A further exploration of this particular layout. I think it’s interesting how the layout itself looks a bit different (curvier

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A snarl of blue yarn that has emerged from the middle of a center pull ball.

A hazard of a center pull yarn ball and how to deal with it

Posted on July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

Center pull balls of yarn are great – you can pull yarn out from the middle of them and not

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Some thoughts about work processes

Posted on July 5, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

Over the years, I’ve built up a procedure for making my stitch patterns that’s as efficient as I think I

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A drawing of how the Cicada chart might look as two-color knitting. Blue shapes like tops or paper lanterns alternate on a pale background with some speckles scattered about.

Cicada: a charted design for any craft

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

The random number generator picked Cicada from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Jeannette Belle, one of my Patreon

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Cicada: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

The word I drew from the words suggested on Patreon for this post is Cicada, suggested by Jeannette Belle, a

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A drawing of how the Snowflake counterchange chart might look as two-color knitting. It looks like alternating columns of large beads on strings, where blue bead strings are nested between white bead strings. There are blue motifs on the white beads and white motifs on the blue. The motifs are vertical rectangles with a horizontal line cutting them in half and sticking out to either side.

Melissa: a charted design for any craft

Posted on June 26, 2024June 26, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

After coming up with last week’s snowflake counterchange design, I realized that I could use the same basic layout as

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A drawing of how the Snowflake counterchange chart might look as two-color knitting. It looks like alternating columns of large beads on strings, where blue bead strings are nested between white bead strings. There are blue snowflakes on the white beads and white snowflakes on the blue.

Snowflake Counterchange: a charted design for any craft

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Naomi Parkhurst

Last week I posted a variant of the Bubble charted design and remarked that it was not quite a proper

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