Pseudo random layouts
I’ve just finished knitting 65 squares from scrap sock yarn, and it was time to plan how to lay them
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Tag: design process
Etude no. 26: designing knit-purl stitch patterns
I mostly haven’t done much with designing knit-purl patterns with my secret code grids, but I thought it might be
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Lace sample troubleshooting
A while back, I designed some lace based on the word Sprout. Every time I’ve recently had reason to look
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Lace difficulty and me
Karie Westermann has written a fascinating series of posts about lace knitting on her Patreon (I’ve linked the first, but
Continue readingMental Health Day
I’m taking this week off of blogging, just because. Here’s some links to a set of stitch patterns I designed
Continue readingOn swatching, part 2
This is a continuation of last week’s post about how I make an eyelet frame around a stitch pattern swatch
Continue readingRolled up version 2: a free lace knitting stitch pattern
Something that I often do with my stitch patterns is to try out what they look like with the alternating
Continue readingMore hexagon mesh explorations
One of my very favorite things about the online knitting community is the way that one person will write about a technique or an idea, and that will inspire someone else to try a variation, and so on.
Continue readingDoodle lace: a free lace knitting stitch pattern
Over the last while, I’ve been turning a doodled colorwork pattern into several knitting stitch patterns so you can see
Continue readingÉtude no 23: noodling around a little with bunny ears back
Periodically I like to play with techniques in swatches to see what I can do with them. When I write
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