Month: October 2016
Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
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
Knitting For the Holidays at Home
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
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Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
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
Knitting a Dress for the Mini Corolle Doll
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
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Knit Stitch Pattern Saturday
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
Knitting a Spa Quality Washcloth
When I want to knit a quality washcloth, I use Louet Euroflax Sport Weight linen yarn. Once machine washed and dried, it becomes wonderfully soft. This design is based on the Diamond Stitch pattern that I posted in my Stitch Pattern Saturday post. For this washcloth, I used one skein of Euroflax doubled on U.S.… Continue reading Knitting a Spa Quality Washcloth
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