Today’s stitch pattern is actually the swatch for a baby blanket that I just completed. The pattern is a traditional chevron pattern in two colors. This chevron pattern is an 11 stitch repeat. For the swatch I cast on 33 stitches using U.S. Size 6 needles and a DK weight yarn. The pattern is 12… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
Now that I’m free to use my time as I please, I spend a good part of each day knitting and sewing. There are a lot of other creative activities that I enjoy including painting so I’ve gone back to a weekly ceramic class. I did many ceramic pieces in the 1970’s and in addition… Continue reading A Bit of Ceramics
I chose a simple stitch pattern this week. It’s a seed stitch check that is 5 stitches of stockinette stitch and 5 stitches of seed stitch. This is one repeat of the pattern across and 1 and a half repeats long. Notice the difference in the gauge for the seed stitch as compared to the… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
With Christmas only 2 months away, I wanted to share some of my favorite knitting patterns for the season. These are knit ornament covers that I designed and the pattern is available in my Ravelry store. Each one only takes a few hours to knit and they are great in a bowl or on the… Continue reading Knitting For the Holidays at Home
The stitch pattern that I have today is called Undulating Waves from Knit Stitch Dictionary by Debbie Tomkies. This swatch is knit on U.S. Size 7 needles using a worsted weight yarn. This is a 37 stitch pattern plus 6 edge stitches. I cast on 1 width of the pattern and repeated the 14 rows… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
One of my favorite things to knit is clothes for Dolls. They are small projects that knit up in a short amount of time and give me a chance to experiment with stitch patterns and colors. The knitting pattern for this dress, The Bell Skirt Dress, designed especially for the Corolle Mini Corolline doll, has… Continue reading Knitting a Dress for the Mini Corolle Doll
This week I explored another type of diamond pattern. This one is created over 17 stitches and uses yarn overs with knit 2 together and slip, slip, knit decreases to outline the stockinette stitch diamond. I added 8 stitches on each side of the pattern to create my swatch, the outer 2 stitches are in… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
