I recently started to swatch new stitch patterns again after about 6 months of working with my yarn stash. I spent the Summer knitting hats and designing a few. I’ll be posting more about those soon. In the meantime, be sure to sign up for my newsletter so you can be the first to see… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
Today’s knit stitch pattern is called the Garter Striped Chevron. I found this stitch pattern in the Knit Stitch Dictionary by Debbie Tomkies. To create this pattern, I chose 2 skeins of Cascade 220 that were in my stash. I cast on 2 repeats of the pattern on U.S. Size 7 knitting needles. The stitch… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
This month the stitch pattern that I swatched is not from a stitch dictionary but one that I drew out on graph paper and knit 2 different ways to use as part of a design that I’m working on. The stitch pattern is a simple zig-zag done in purl stitches on a stockinette stitch background… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
Today’s knit stitch pattern is called Maze pattern in the book 750 Knitting Stitches although I think it looks like window panes. What I love about this stitch pattern is that it’s reversible. I find reversible patterns fun to work with and I’ve explored several others in my previous posts such as this one from… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
Here’s a stitch pattern that I have admired for a long time and finally decided to knit it. It’s called Candlelight. This is one repeat of the pattern on U.S. Size 7 knitting needles and using worsted weight yarn. I am a little disappointed in this pattern. All the photos that I admired showed multiples… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
Today’s stitch pattern in called Carolina Squares and is a stitch pattern that is reversible. It is blocks of Irish Moss stitch and blocks of knit and purl rows. I cast on 1 repeat of the 21 stitch pattern and knit 30 rows using U.S. Size 7 knitting needles and worsted weight yarn. The complete… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
Today’s knitting stitch pattern is called Inverness Diamonds from Barbara Walker’s Treasury of Knitting Patterns. This was a fun and easy stitch pattern that repeats every 17 stitches and 12 rows. For this swatch, I cast on 51 stitches (3 pattern repeats) and knit the pattern 2 1/2 times. Once again, I used worsted weight… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
This week’s stitch pattern is titled Concentric Squares . This stitch pattern is 30 stitches plus 2 edge stitches and 32 rows to one complete repeat. I only cast one repeat of 32 stitches and used U.S. Size 7 needles and worsted weight yarn. With a nice seed stitch border this pattern will be lovely… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
This week I swatched a stitch pattern titled Comets although it reminds me of pieces of wrapped candy strung on a ribbon. This is a simple pattern of multiples of 10 stitches plus 9 stitches and 20 rows. I cast on 19 stitches and knit 30 rows so that we could see the full pattern.… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
Tucked Rib is this week’s knit stitch pattern. A variation of the rib stitch, this creates an interesting texture that might look great in a tote bag. This stitch pattern is a 4 stitch repeat and a 24 row repeat. I cast on 22 stitches for my swatch and knit a total of 34 rows… Continue reading Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
