Simplest patterns from the code - and how to enlarge them

(A Stitch a Day 15th to 22nd May)

In Code Patterns I had explained how to knit a gene sequence or create patterns following another code. Please go there to learn the basics of it.

Four elements make up this code, but today I show patterns you get when you use only two of them constantly.

The first three patterns were knitted according to the single chart which I show again here:

For the pattern at the bottom just always knit the sequence A - T.
For the centre pattern constantly knit A - C.
And for the top pattern knit A – G.

The same sequences of two elements were used for the following patterns, only now I used the full chart.

Here now is how you can enlarge these and the other coded patterns, and indeed any pattern where the second row is knitted as it appears. That means: where there is a stitch purled in a row, it is knitted in the corresponding back row, and vice versa; AND where a stitch is slipped with yarn in front of it in a row, it is slipped with yarn at back of it in the corresponding back row.

I took the bottom pattern in the first set of patterns above that was knitted to the single chart in the sequence A - T. I then repeated every pair of rows once. I’ve already explained this here, were I introduced the R. That elongated the pattern, as you can see on the left below.

You can try repeating a pair of rows twice or three times, to get a more elongated pattern.

To truly enlarge a pattern you do the same, but you also repeat each single stitch once, or as often as you repeat a pair of rows. In the pattern to the right I followed the A – T sequence, enlarged like this.

If you repeat a pair of rows twice, repeat each stitch twice, that means work it three times. I’ve managed to repeat each stitch and pair of rows 8 times, but I recommend to use larger needles for such enlarged patterns.

This may sound complicated, but knitting is actually easy, because you can knit several rows as they appear.

A Stitch a Day (29th to 31st May)

The wood pidgin has a nest in the elder bush above the table and chairs in our garden. We saw the pair building the nest a few weeks ago. Since then one only sees tail feathers peeping out of it, when one looks up. But at around this time of the day there's some activity, and we always meet a wood pidgin at the sheep troughs when feeding - as well as the pheasant - picking up what has fallen on the ground.

I had to correct: I had told of holly, but no. that was my German brain ("Hollunder"), it's of course the elder bush where the wood pidgin has the nest, and where they feed in autumn on the berries.

I might as well add a picture taken at nest building time. I'm not sure how sharp it will turn out, but try to find the bird anyway!

Here are three further variations for the current fabric:

A Stitch a Day (26th to 28th May)

Here are three more colour sequences for this fabric:

A Stitch a Day (23rd to 25th May)

No, it wasn't good weather that kept me from posting. We have a rather wet May indeed.

I just felt I need to give myself some free time without feeling the duty to post for a while. I also honestly was somewhat annoyed with my slow dial up connection and the time it takes to upload the pictures, not being able to look at other sites in the meantime. I'm now trying to use collages again. Lets see how they work. The pictures arrived rather quickly today at least.

I'll fill in the missing days some time in the future, but can't promise when that will be.

Here are three variations of a new fabric:

TOP CHART:

CENTRE CHART:

BOTTOM CHART:

A Stitch a Day (8th to 9th May)

These are the last two versions for the current fabric. The second pattern appears on both sides of the fabric.

A Stitch a Day (5th to 7th May)

This is still the same fabric. Here are three more versions:

A Stitch a Day (2nd to 4th May)

Here are three more colour versions for the current fabric:

A Stitch a Day (1st May)

The same fabric as yesterday here, with a new colour sequence. Again the same colour pattern emerges on both sides.