Tag: knitting

How the Pizazz charted design might look as stranded knitting. There are wavy bands with shapes that look kind of like sunfish -- short from nose to tail, but with long fins at top and bottom.

Pizazz: a charted design for any craft

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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knitted sample of Pizazz lace. There are lots of holes in some yellow lace knitting making up repeated almost-diamonds with scalloped edges.

Pizazz: a lace knitting stitch pattern

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

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

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CSD-back-yo: centered single decrease with center stitch in back and an added yarnover

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’m shifting from using the “bunny ears” names for a set of four knitting stitch methods, and I’m rewriting the

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Two stitches sit above three stitches that have been knit together in such a way that it looks as if there are two decreases right next to each other.

CSD-back: centered single decrease with center stitch at the back

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’m shifting from using the “bunny ears” names for a set of four knitting stitch methods, and I’m rewriting the

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Knitted sample in blue yarn of Whimsy lace. Plain ovals are surrounded by swirly wavy columns of holes. The top of the sample has a wavy edge with points.

Whimsy: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on March 2, 2023April 1, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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A stitch pattern made up of this combination of stitches scattered on a plain background

CSD-yo: centered single decrease with yarnover

Posted on February 28, 2023March 1, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

I’m shifting from using the “bunny ears” names for a set of four knitting stitch methods, and I’m rewriting the

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how Diamond Waves might look as stranded knitting. Tall skinny diamonds in columns with wavy white lines between them.

Diamond Waves: a charted design

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

Sometimes when I design a larger stitch pattern, there’s a part of it that I think would be good as

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The finished decrease. There are two new stitches above the three stitches that were knit together. Stitch B sits in front of A and B, and wraps all the way around the base of both two new stitches.

Centered single decrease instructions

Posted on February 6, 2023March 1, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

The most basic single decreases are knit two together, which is a decrease that appears to lean to the right,

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How comfort needlework might look as stranded knitting. There's wavy orange bands on a pale orange background; the bands are alternating mirrors making kind of oval shapes. In between, there's vertical bands of kind of bulb shapes with checkerboards inside them.

Comfort: a needlework chart for any craft

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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knitted sample of Comfort lace. It's an abstract pattern with almost-diamond shapes in alternation with each other. There's an error in the upper left corner.

Comfort: a lace knitting stitch pattern

Posted on February 1, 2023March 21, 2023 by Naomi Parkhurst

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

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