[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Knitting patterns

Sun Jan 5 17:04:38 UTC 2020

The back of the pillow was machine-done, but the front is all my friend's
amazing doing. I'm going to e-mail my friend soon and ask her to tell me all
about making the pillow!s

The stitch I'm crazy about now is the spiderweb stitch because I think
that's what she used to make the web part of the picture. You make cross
stitches as spokes, then fill the area in with more spokes. You wrapp the
needle around a spoke, skipp one and go to another one. The web is connected
by tiny knots. I think they're bullion knots?

Speaking of stitchy knots, have any of you done French knots? I'm starting
to develop a soft spot for them.

Jen

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My check pattern sort of looks like squares joined by a loop-d-loop, but
it's an illusion created by switching from knit to purl, or vice versa.  
Knitting does have a couple ways to create seams, but I prefer seamless.  No
sewing, and no interruption in the pattern.

Maybe your friend who made you the pillow could show you how she made some
of the stitches she used in it?
Tracy

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Thanks for your fascinating description of the knitting patterns. They all
sound fun to feel in their own ways. I especially liked the "line of
squares" one. Silly question - why doesn't knitting use seams? (I've just
discovered stitches, remember?)

Now for patterns. The back of my "Charlotte's Web" pillow is pre-stitched
with squares with rounded corners. The squares have tiny loop-d-loops that
make the corners and connect the squares. The edges of the pillow have wavy
stitches. The seams my friend stitched the picture square on, are all made
of tiny cross stitches. They look like

xxx

all over!

Jen

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I used the blanket rectangle project to find out what some patterns in A
Treasury of Knitting Patterns look like.  I thought I'd share my findings.

Diamond brocade makes diamonds outlined by an opposite stitch, like purl
outlined by knit.  

Double diamonds makes a diamond outlined by tiny diamonds.  The tiny
diamonds aren't as pronounced an outline as the stitches in diamond brocade.
Both are very pretty patterns for diamond lovers like me.

Arabic diamonds creates very subtle diamonds that are not connected to each
other.  There's a bit of empty purl space between.

Chevron creates rounded rectangles.  With the slightly fuzzy yarn I used,
they're not real pronounced, so it also looks like zigzags.

Dotted chevron creates wide waves with an eye in the blank space between
waves.  It looks like a smile with an eye above.  Pretty cool.

Vandyke zigzag is a line of squares, with diagonal lines on either side
pointing to the square, kind of like a fish.  It's very interesting.

The last pattern I made is one I just kinda made up myself.  I call it
check.  It is:  knit 6, purl 6 (or whatever number of stitches fits evenly
into your gauge.)  When you've done that far enough to make a square, switch
to purl 6, knit 6, and make another square the reverse of the first.  Easy,
but nice.

So now I know about 6 different knit-purl patterns.  I'd be interested to
hear about patterns others have used for their rectangles.

Tracy

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