KnittingFool

I’m back from vacation - back from feeding the mosquitoes on the Upper Peninsula.  The following is the collection of swatches on my desk:

• Plait Braid - simple braid
• Three-Dimensional Honeycomb - lots of depth
•  Roman Stripe I - horizontal lace
• Loop - there is a reason that shag carpet is not in style. 
• Smocking III - this works very tight so be careful with your gauge.
• Pillar and Web - simple gathered stitch.
• Smocking II - simple smocking that gives an effective tecture without too much work.  Watch your gauge carefully because this pulls in.
• Stars - lace-like.
• Bow Knot  horizontal smocking?
• Peppercorn - lightly textured fabric
• Drop-Stitch Honeycomb - sort of a smocking appearance.  I like the reverse side of the fabric better than the front side.
• Grand Shell - might be most effective if used in a single repeat of the pattern as a lower edging.  Results in a scalloped edge.
• Ruching - I didn’t think I would like this one when I read the pattern.  It resulted in attractive horizontal stripes with just the right amount of texture.
• Lacy Ribs - ribs that give way periodically to a collection of eyelets
• Roman Arches - horizontal lace
• Diagonal Demi-Brioche II - tweedy
• Diagonal Demi-Brioche III - not much difference from II
• Sausage Cable - cable within a cable
• Slip Stitch Mesh - firm mesh
• Double Brioche - lots of depth, with a diagonal character
• Elliptical Cable - cable within a cable
• Seed Wishbone - one of the several ‘coin’ cables
• Column of leaves - tightly stacked leaf lace
• Ribbed Cluster Diamond - looks like smocking
• Frost Flowers - the champagne of lace — I just love this one and surprisingly, it is not that difficult to work.
• Candle tree - this should be used as a motif rather than as a repeating pattern. 
• Diagonal Demi-Brioche I - just the one color version of II and III (see listed above).
• Roman Stripe II - horizontal lace
• Rib Ribbing - uses 1-1 ribbing to make larger ribs
• Anemone I - attractive ’star’ appearance.
• Crossed Cable - looks a bit like a braid
• Dollar Cable - one of the several ‘coin’ cables
• Twist-Stitch Lattice - simple diamond patterning — there are several variations of this pattern depending on the size of the diamonds
• French Lace II - diamond lace panel
• Tulip-Bud I - more effective as a motif or as a panel
• Ribbed Leaf I - large, vertical fish scales
• Horizontal Ridged Herringbone - boring
• Diagonal Brioche I - open fabric, does not curl
• Crochet-Knit Mesh - open work, watch your gauge carefully
• Fluffy Brioche - open work, does not curl
• Closed Star - easy, attractive two-color pattern
• Texture in Two Colors - results in interlocking vertical stripes
• Twisted Basket - good texture — but I don’t get the ‘basket’ part
• Wildflower Knot - this is a ’star’ or an ‘anemone’ pattern puctuating a plain stockinette stitch
• Plaited Basket - watch the gauge on this as it pulls in
• Twisted Rib - gives a ladder effect between the rib columns
• Reversed Seed - diagonal texture
• Split Leaf - somewhere between a leaf lace and a diamond lace
• English Mesh Lace - a diamond lace
• Little Arrowhead Lace - like the name says
• Bavarian Check - twisted ribs and more twisted ribs
• Quartered Diamonds - one of the ‘fake’ cables
• Lace Ladder and Twist - cables and lace
• Shetland Eyelet - tries to be a diamond lace and just doesn’t get there
• Twist-Stitch Diamond - another fake cable
• Diagonal I - watch your gauge, does not curl
• Semi-Double Knitting - has depth — I’m not sure which side of the fabric I like best, both are interesting
• Crest of the Wave - has a scalloped edge
• Twist-Stitch Waves - just a variation of Marriage Lines
• Apple Slice I - this pattern was intended to be worked on very fine yarn for socks, gloves and such
• Lobster Claw - ‘open’ cables
• Chain Cable - another ‘coin’ cable

That’s plenty!  Back to the needles.