It seems that since this month has begun I have been trying to play catchup, every single day. I cannot believe it is Sunday and I am JUST getting around to posting not one, but two weeks worth of my great-grandmother’s stitch patterns. Well better late than never I suppose.
So, friends and neighbors, with no further adieu I present the stitch patterns for weeks 18 and 19!
** Week 18 – The Tulle Stitch **
The Tulle Stitch
- Needles: Size 5 US (3.75mm)
- Yarn: Bernat 100% Cotton in Blue
- Stitches: Multiple of 2 + 1 Stitch -or- ×2+1 ( I also alway do at least 1 stitch garter on either edge)
kythkek – Row 1: *K1, yarn forward, K1*. Repeat till last stitch, K1 (Okay. So “yth” for you non-veteran readers means “yarn towards heart” in my great-grandmothers scrawl. As for the “e” that popped up – after a little investigating it meant “end”).
pand p3-1 – Row 2: P1, *P3, slip 1st stitch of these 3 over other 2stitches*; repeat to end. ( I am going to beg mercy at giving up after 4 frogs trying to figure this out. I turned to a stitch pattern book from the library – which is also where I found the name of the stitch. I mean, come on! Who could figure out what “p3-1” meant!)
k1an kythk – Row 3: K1, *K1, yarn forward, K1*; repeat to end. (I had already decoded this before turing to the stitch book – thank you very much ;))
p3-1ep – Row 4: *P3, slip 1st stitch over second 2 stitches*; repeat to last stitch, P1 (Again, the book reaffirmed what I (might) have figured out – but it was still nice to know that I would be giving you a readable pattern).
So for fun (more my fun than yours I suppose) here are the unedited photos….
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- Full Frontal
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- Full Section
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- Up Close and Blurry
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- Up Close
and here are the fun, edited ones…..
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ONWARD!
** Stitch Pattern Week 19 – Horizontal Weaving / The Wave **
The Wave Stitch (or Horizontal Weaving).
The real pattern is called horizontal weaving (thank you LYS!) but under her notations it was called the wave. She actually made a baby blanked out of this pattern – it was adorable!
- Needles: Size 5US (3.75mm)
- Yarn: Bernat 100% Cotton in Blue
- Stitches: Multiples of 3’s + 1 stitch -or- ×3+1st.
k – Row 1: Knit all stitches (*JUMPING* *CLAPPING* *GIGGLING*! It is like Christmas morning to find a pattern that has a no-brainer row).
kskip2pythk – Row 2: K1 *Slip 2 stitches purl wise (with yarn in back), K1*; Repeat to the end of row (Okay, this was a head scratcher to be sure. If you are “skipping” then you must be slipping…right? RIGHT! Moving right alone to “yarn towards heart” and your home free!).
Again…unedited….
and the far sharper (both literally and figuratively) edited ones….
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Since I took the photos with my Canon instead of just my iPod I thought it might be fun to see the difference in the unedited vs. the edited photos. It gives me a little more perspective on what I can accomplish with a little bit of touching up. It also lets me play with filters – which is always fun!
Hope you’ve enjoyed this weeks installment and I wonder, friends and neighbors, which pattern do you like better?
I like both these stitches. Particularly the first. Lovely clear stitch pattern.
Thank you! 🙂
The first is my favorite as well, I don’t know how functional the waves would really be….
Thank you so much, lovely stitches, now I want to try them all ! The waves could be lovely for a winter scarf !
The good thing about that stitch is that the back looks ribbed – so it’s pretty on both sides! I should have taken a pic of the other side but it was pinned down 🙂
Perfect for a scarf then, wonderful !
*CLAPPING!* 😉
Beautiful stitch patterns! Thanks for decoding them. You’re so smart and you made them sound easy!
They’re wonderfully easy and really very pretty. I always hope that somehow my GG knows they are being put to good use!
Q – LOVE the Tulle! I’ve been “playing” with my Canon too. Your pics are fun to see. What effect did you use on the bottom wave stitch?
That was Vintique and Flickr. You load from your device and edit from there!
So in the wave you alternate those two rows, right? Because I can’t imagine being able to slip two stitches all the way up the work. . . I think that makes sense.
Yup, just a 2 row repeat. Nice and easy – just the way I like it! 😉
I love the top one. I’ve started a summer t-shirt in that pattern once but unfortunately gave up. Slipping all those stitches was sending me crazy!
It is a little tedious, especially on a tight gauge – thus the dishcloth 😉
Yup, playing a round of summer “catch up” here too… My inbox overflows and now 10 days late I’m just getting ’round to reading this post, yeesh!!! Hmmm… will need to give that waves stitch a try so I can see the ribbed back 🙂 ❤