http://blog.knittingfool.com Knitting, of course Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:14:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://blog.knittingfool.com/2008/07/11/swatchbox-crop-july-11-2008/ Once more, time to clear the desk of a pile a swatches. Butterfly I - gathered stitches pattern Buttons - uses slip stitches to make pukers on the fabric  Slipped Zigzag Cable - a psuedo cable stitch Pigtail - a pseudo cable stitch Swedish Weave - simple two color; you only knit with one color ... http://blog.knittingfool.com/2008/05/28/swatchbox-crop-5282008/ For some time I had in mind to create a knitting stitch taxonomy.  I recently got started with it.  I would like to follow the type of heirarchical models that is learned when I studied botany.  That is the standard Kingdom, Phyllum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, species approach.  If Knitting ... http://blog.knittingfool.com/2008/05/05/knitting-stitch-taxonomy/ Time to clear off some space on my desk again. Textured Horizontal Stripe II - attractive reversible stripes. Knot and Swag -  produces a dense, reversible fabric.  The sides are mirror images of each other. Dot and Dashes - simple two-color pattern with raised dots and dashes. Little Butterfly - this is another version of the ... http://blog.knittingfool.com/2008/05/02/swatchbox-crop-522008/ Once again stuff is piling up on my desk and it is time list the latest additions before boxing them up. Gull Check - interesting two-color pattern.  Probably better for a moderately experienced knitter since it requires some stitch shifting. Alternating Colored Bands - easy two-color pattern.  This stitch is a entry level to Fair Isles knitting. Diagonal ... http://blog.knittingfool.com/2008/04/18/swatchbox-crop-4182008/ 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 ... http://blog.knittingfool.com/2008/03/09/swatchbox-crop-392008/ Just found your blog b/c I'm trying to trace apattern.   Have you seen this pattern at masondixonknitting archives "mysterylace"? It is in the Jan 13, 2008 blog posting. It is a picture of a friend's curtain. Beautiful. I hope to knit this and am trying to figure it out... I know what happens, ... http://blog.knittingfool.com/2008/02/24/another-pattern/ I have a raglan sweater pattern that I am knitting from the top down ( sweater pattern generator) I have knitted the collar but  it says at each side of marker, increase 1 st by knitting into the front and back of the st.. I have 4 markers - one  for the sleeves, ... http://blog.knittingfool.com/2008/02/04/increasing-before-and-after-markers-on-circular-needles/ The latest additions to the swatch box are the following: Bow Ties Holly Berries Net to the Left Net to the Right Diagonal Chain Swallowtail Quilting Open Star Crochet-Knit Shell Broken Chevron Woven Stitch II Side Edging Grand Eyelet Lattice Lace Butterfly II I added a few features to Knittingfool website recently.  In addition to the Knitting Stitch Index Sorted By Stitch Count, I ... http://blog.knittingfool.com/2008/01/06/swatchbox-crop-01-06-2008/ Swatchbox crop for the past few weeks: Haystack Stripe Three-Color Honeycomb Wavy Braid Horseshoe II Steeples Dotted Wave Stripes and Diamonds Sliding Block City Lights Four Color Progressive Tweed Quilted Check Macedonian Three-and-One I Vertical Chain Fancy Diagonal Stripe Sliding Bricks Wave Chessboard I Maze Fretted Mosaic Dogtooth Check Assyrian Stripe Pinbox Most of these are mosaic stitches.  I have this to say about mosaic stitches in general:  Barbara Walker seemed to favor working ... http://blog.knittingfool.com/2008/01/01/swatchbox-crop-01-01-2008/