A Stitch a Day (8th to 11th September)

In the chart for these pattern below you see the usual numbers of rows given for the pattern at the bottom. If you look at the pattern second from top you might recognise that it is a vertical enlargement of the pattern at the bottom. It indeed appears when each of the two pairs of rows from the bottom fabric are knitted twice in the same colour.

As there will come up some patterns where pairs of rows are just repeated. I’ve introduced the R, which means: repeat this pair of rows once, using the same colour. This makes smaller charts that are easier to follow. Just understand that the R stands for 4 rows, twice the pair of rows for which stitches are given in the chart.

A Stitch a Day (19th to 21st June)

A further new fabric - shown in three colour variations here:

A Stitch a Day (20th to 25th March)

More work done in the garden.

So I load the patterns for the missed days up here in one post.

Now, these are in some ways different to the patterns that we had here before. I was trying to find patterns that are suitable for knitting machines, because these can't do the 4 elements in one row. They need special devices for garter stitch and ribbing, as they normally only knit, and don't purl. I learned that with these special devices slip stitches are not possible. So only a subset of the possible patterns of my technique is possible, that is the one consisting of only knit and slip stitches.

Therefore the right part of the charts below, which is normally for knitting in the round, should be possible to work for knitting machines.

These fabrics also curl. I wondered how I manage to scan the swatches. I found out it works if I let their edges curl "around" a piece of card board. It's not perfect though, that's why I hope you don't mind if some appear at an angle here. It wasn't possible to scan the other side, but that's not really necessary, as these fabrics do have a right and wrong side, I'd say. The wrong side looks a bit like in fair isle or mosaic knitting.

They are similar to mosaic knitting, but not the same. You do not, like in mosaic knitting, always have two corresponding rows.

As always, different colour sequences of rows yield different patterns for the same structure, and that is how the patterns below emerged.

I forgot to mention another difference to the usual patterns. Here one should cast on loosely. The bottom edge tends to curl upwards. A loose cast on diminishes this.

20th March

21st March

22nd March

23rd March

24th March

25th March

A Stitch a Day (9th March)

I'm going to fill in vertical patterns for the last three days soon. With today's pattern I'm finishing this series.

But I'm also uploading a picture that shows this pattern knitted with needles of different sizes and the effect of this. If you find a pattern too tight when doing the first swatch, use a needle one size larger, and vice versa.

The smallest swatch in the picture was knitted with 4 mm needles, the larger one with 5 mm, and the largest with 8 mm, which still makes a usable, very light and elastic fabric.

A Stitch a Day (6th March)

Here is a further simple vertical pattern:

A Stitch a Day (5th March)

This fabric has rather deep ribs.

A Stitch a Day (4th March)

Today's chart makes a light, flat, elastic fabric.

A Stitch a Day (3rd March)

Here is another slightly ribbed fabric:

A Stitch a Day (2nd March)

Whilst this is a more complex pattern, I feel it still can be included in the list of patterns with vertical direction:

A Stitch a Day (28th February)

This is another three-colour version of the current fabric:

A Stitch a Day (27th February)

This is yesterday's fabric in three colours.

A Stitch a Day (26th February)

Unfortunately the scans don't always show the texture of the dark parts. In this case the dark blue vertical stripes look like stocking stitch and stand out. Some ribbing in this fabric again.

A Stitch a Day (25th February)

This chart makes a more flat fabric again, albeit slight ribs are still noticeable:

A Stitch a Day (24th February)

Rather different sides in this fabric: