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by Naomi Parkhurst, Gannet Designs

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    • 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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    • Embedding Meaning in Your Knitting (or other crafts)
  • Stitch structure posts

Left Lifted Increase: stitch structure

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’ve been writing a series about blog posts about knitting stitch structure and am currently focusing on ways of knitting

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How the Ready needlework chart might look in a finished work. It's got elongated diamonds against thin, angular lines

Ready: a needlework chart for any craft

Posted on July 1, 2022January 5, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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knitted sample for Ready lace. There are elongated double yarnovers making what looks like a fan, or possibly a cute little bee.

Ready: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on July 1, 2022August 1, 2022 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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how Insist mosaic might look as an allover design. It's got angular motifs and some dots.

Insist: a mosaic knitting chart

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Naomi Parkhurst

Last week, I encoded the word Insist and made it into a needlework chart. For this week’s post, I converted

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Geometric design made with single purple stitches on a pale background

Insist: a needlework chart for any craft

Posted on June 24, 2022June 28, 2022 by Naomi Parkhurst

Last week I didn’t put up a blog post because our central air conditioning was broken and we were dealing

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Right lifted increase: stitch structure

Posted on June 9, 2022July 7, 2022 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’ve been writing a series about blog posts about knitting stitch structure and am currently focusing on ways of knitting

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Poetic rhyme schemes and knitting design

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Naomi Parkhurst

There are whole books and articles arguing about whether surface pattern design has a grammar. I am not much for

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how the Mirth needlework chart might look as stranded knitting. Angular patterned diamonds in alternation, kind of.

Mirth: a needlework chart for any craft

Posted on June 1, 2022June 3, 2022 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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knitted sample of Mirth lace. The bottom half is chevrons made of kind of leafy arrows. The top looks kind of like scales with lacy outer parts and solid inner parts.

Mirth: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on June 1, 2022July 1, 2022 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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How the Friendship chart might look in use: two alternating patterned stripes. One has a speckly pattern kind of like fireworks; the other is a bolder geometric pattern.

Friendship: a needlework chart for any craft

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Naomi Parkhurst

A while back, I encoded the word friendship as lace and also as a needlework chart. I put the charts

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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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