03.09.08

Swatchbox Crop 3/9/2008

Posted in Stitch Pattern Catalog at 9:53 pm by webmaster

Time once more to clear the recently worked swatches off my desk and scurry them off to the swatchbox. 

  • Greek Cross Medallion - this is a mosaic pattern.  I did this one in green.  With a slight change in the pattern, I could see shamrocks coming out of this.
  • Fingertip Tweed Stripe - this is a pleasing three color.  Easy to work.  Good texture also.
  • Double Medallion - this is a mosaic pattern that is a larger version of the Greek Cross Medallion
  • Lattice - this results in a pleasing and interesting pattern that is easy to achieve.
  • Crested Medallion - another mosaic pattern.   I am in a mosaic rut.  There are a lot more to come in this list.
  • Two Color Dip - this give a sort of hexagon shape pattern with a ’shaddow’ effect on the bottom.   Interesting pattern.  Not too difficult to achieve.
  • Fancy Parallelogram - another mosaic pattern.  This is sort of like the ying-yang/endless branch pattern.
  • Egyptian Cross - this is one of the mosaic patterns that is a bit too much like a swaticke for ordinary comfort.
  • Miniature Mosiac - this is the smallest version of the mosaic medallion pattern.
  • Textured Check - this is a simple tweed type pattern.
  • Lines and Loops - this is a simple reversible pattern.  Both sides look very much alike.
  • Two Color Garter - this is a simple reversible pattern.  The textures of each side are very much alike, but the colors are reversed.
  • Straight and Wavy Stripes - this is a simple reversible pattern.  The two sides give the impression of being very much alike.  I should do a blog spot on reversible patterns.  There is a lot of ways to describe something as reversible.  Reversible could mean that both sides are meerly visually appealing.  Or it can mean that both side look very much identical.  And then there are a few types of reversible that fall somewhere else along that specturm. 
  • Triple L Tweed - this results in a relatively open fabic with depth.  The color pattern is pleasing and easy to achieve.
  • Sparrow’s Track - this results in a simple horizontal stripe with irregular edges.
  • Three-Color Basket Tweed - this is a simple, three color pattern with a raised texture due to the inclusion of some purl stitches.
  • Twisted Slip-Stitch IV - this is a textured version of the bricks theme.
  • Divided Diamond - this is a large mosaic version of the ying-yang/endless branch pattern.
  • Long Stitch and Stripe - when I looked at this pattern just now, I had the impression of looking at a lot of exclamation points.
  • Two-color Festoons - this looks like one of those stitches that your grandmother used to make a ‘ripple’ afghan.  If you used this on the edge of a piece, you will have a slightly scalloped edge.
  • Pyramid Mosaic - simple, effective, mosaic pattern
  • Fancy Lattice - This is another mosaic stitch spin on the medallion/lozenge theme.
  • Oblong Medallion - yet another mosaic stitch medallion (will the madness ever end!)
  • Two-color Star - This is a fun stitch that yields a wonderfully interesting result.  It is a very open fabric (lots of see-through).  It is an attractive result and may be also interesting if worked in more than two colors.
  • Leaning Stripe - this stitch is interesting to work.  It does have some curl.  Fortunately the resulting fabric does not seem to ‘pull’ to one side too much.  That is often the flaw in these sort of bias stitch patterns.
  • Fancy Chevron - this is a mosaic pattern that lives up to its name.
  • Acorns - this is an attractive, open pattern that is easy to achieve.
  • Lacy Lozenges - this is an open pattern, but I hesitate to call it lace.  It is a yarn-over pattern.  Of course, the distinction between lace, eyelet and yarnover patterns is subjective.  That is the stuff of yet another blog spot.
  • Yang and Yin - this is also known and the Endless Branch.  This is one of the more visually pleasing mosaic patterns.   An ancient pattern kept alive in knitting.
  • Fretwork - this is another pleasing mosaic pattern.   Another ancient pattern presented in knitting.
  • Trellis Diamond - mosaic medallion knitting gone over the top.  Enough already.
  • Crown Chevron - this is a smaller varioation of the Fancy Chevron.
  • Double Twist Check - this is a pleasing three color pattern with a bit of texture.
  • Sturctured Squares - simple knit- purl pattern; unfortunately, it is not a very compelling result.
  • Madiera Mesh - this pattern just did not work for me.  Yawn.  Who cares.  There are so many really good lace patterns; why waste time on something like this.
  • Thick and Thin Basket - this is a simple, reversible knit-purl pattern.
  • Diagonal Rib - this is a simple, attractive and reversible knit-purl pattern.

Sorry about all the mosaic patterns.  Once upon a time (about 30 years ago) I was goofy for mosiac patterns just because they are an easy way to get a sophisticated two color pattern.