4th pattern structure

one side

0 - 1 - 2

3 - 4 - 5

6 - 7 - 8

I love these. They have a very ornamental, almost Moorish character on one side. They are also pretty plastic. The texture of these patterns is by the way often enhanced when yarns of a different weight are used. In the swatches I used two Arans, one thicker and more voluminous than the other, and a thinner single strand yarn.

I've decided to show the swatches now in 9x9 squares. They are easier and quicker to upload than the single pictures, and can be better compared. I can't show all possible colour sequences every time. There is room for readers to experiment. Different choices of colours will also have different effects.

One colour sequence I will rarely show is 1rowcolourA/0ne row colourB. This is easy to knit in the round, which is not suitable for swatches though. For a swatch the flat pattern chart needs to be rewritten and becomes much longer. This is because the next working thread is always on the other side, and you need double pointed needles to manage this. I thought that is too messy and not worth to do it every time.

other side

0 - 1 - 2

3 - 4 - 5
6 - 7 - 8

Chart (click picture to enlarge):