Knitting Pattern ‘Corrugated Stockinette’

unikatissima Knitting Pattern Corrugated Stockinette

Recently I knitted something in brioche knitting and thought that it should look good if I’d alternate knit stitches and brioche stitches.
I find that it looks really good ;-))
Because it reminds me of corrugated cardboard I called it ‘Corrugated Stockinette’.

Although I’ve never seen this pattern in internet I’m sure that I’m not the first to devise (discover?!) it ;-)

And that’s what you do:
Knitted in rows:
Cast on an odd number of stitches
1. row: purl across (wrong side)
2. row: * 1 k, 1 dk *, repeat from * to *, end with 1 k
repeat rows 1-2 until reached the desired height

dk (‘deep knit’) means not to knit the stitch of the current row but the stitch of the previous row (enter needle into knit stitch of row below as if to knit, knit), the stitch of the current row disappears.

The fabric curls, it must therefore be blocked.

Knitted in rounds:
Additionally you can knit it easily in rounds, too:
cast on an even number of stitches, mark begin of the round
1. round: knit across
2. round: * 1 k, 1 dk *, repeat from * to *
repeat rows 1-2 until reached the desired height

 

unikatissima Knitting Pattern Corrugated Stockinette
Of course you can knit scarves from this pattern, but also double scarves by knitting in rounds and simply sewing the openings on top and bottom.
I think that the pattern would look fine as well for bags (in rounds, but only sew the bottom ;-)), for wristwarmers (in rounds, but don’t sew anything ;-))), for hats, cardigans, sweaters and actually everything else ;-))

Have much fun with it!


Links:
Entries with the tag ‘Brioche knitting’

Brioche Pattern Knitting

unikatissima Brioche Pattern Knitting

Recently I busied myself with something very special: brioche pattern knitting.
And now you can try it, too :)))

You can see on the picture a scarf that I knitted with the instruction further below.

 

unikatissima Brioche Pattern Knitting As you can clearly see the pattern is ‘normal’ on one side and inverted on the other.
Because it is brioche knitting nothing curls and the fabric is wonderfully soft.

 

I find brioche pattern knitting fun, even interesting and amazingly fast (but perhaps I only became a much faster knitter with more practice ;-)))

By the way I used one of my random squares as template ;-)


Links:
Brioche Pattern Knitting – Pattern Jade (unikatissima’s brioche pattern jade) (English) – PDF file(~ 620 KB)

Here at unikatissima:
Random Squares Pattern Generator

I have still more brioche knitting patterns in unikatissima’s shop, partly free, partly for purchase.
You may find there something that you like, too :)

You can find my designs now at ravelry

Endless Embroidery

unikatissima Endless Embroidery

Ok, I must admit that the picture doesn’t look like endless embroidery, but it is: I designed the pattern (see links below) so that you can repeat it endlessly.
Besides the others embroideries I told about I like this so much because you can fill shapes with.
What shapes?
Well, you can sew a simple purse and completely embroider the flap. Or the lid of a round box (the item on the picture was meant to cover a lid). Or a pillow. Or along the neckline of a t-shirt. Or a linen tote.
It doesn’t matter what it is, (at the latest:)) after embroidering it it will be a very special item.

 

unikatissima Endless Embroidery Although I liked the item on the photo on top I wanted to see how it looks if I decrease the colour contrast of fabric and embroidery.
Hm, I like both ;-)

 

unikatissima Endless Embroidery Here I’m at work: in the foreground you can see my magazine embroidery hoop: it’s still fully functional ;-)
On the left top you see the iron-on copy of the pattern: I bought such an iron-on transfer pencil to trace the pattern and then iron it on the fabric. I even found a tutorial for this.
Because I’m not a good embroiderer and didn’t really trust the washability of the pencil I simply ironed the pattern on the wrong side of the fabric and embroidered it this way – it worked fine. I only had to turn my work often.
And because I made it on impulse I embroidered with sewing thread. It must look much better with embroidery floss.
By the way, the thick dots are French knots, it was fun to embroider them into the little squares.

 

In the file with the pattern (see links below) you will find the pattern as endless version (simply place side by side in both directions) as well as edging and border.
Now you can embroider all sorts of things to your liking from top to bottom or only partially ;-)

It’s as always: Simply try it out! ;-)

I wish you a lot of fun with it,
Susann


Links:
unikatissima’s endless pattern bulawajo: PDF file (ca. 384 KB)

Google search result for ‘Iron-on Transfer Pencil’
Google search result for ‘Bügelmusterstift’

Iron-on Transfer Pencil Tutorial
via: Iron On Transfer Pencil tutorial

French knots (English)
French knots (German)

Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ’embroidery’
Magazine Embroidery Hoop

Random Knitting Chart Generator

babyzcostumeshop Random Knitting Chart Generator

As said before I looked recently for pattern generators and found also the random knitting chart generator.
I find this idea so great, somewhen I must knit this pattern ;-)

For the lace pattern on the picture I checked knit, purl, knit two together and yarn over, I didn’t check mirrored.

By the way I learned about this through the Ravelry group ‘Random Pattern Generators’, they found my generators also great ;-))


Links:
Random Knitting Chart Generator (Random Knitting Chart)
via: Ravelry group ‘Random Pattern Generators’

Here at unikatissima:
Kumihimo Pattern Planner

Maze Pattern Generator
Pattern Generator (Cellular Automaton)
Random Squares Pattern Generator
With this comes the entry ‘What Can You Do With Filet Crochet/Cross Stitch Embroidery Charts?’
crochet medaillon

Quick & Easy Bead Loom

unikatissima Quick Easy Bead Loom

 

Recently I wanted to bead loom two patterns of my random squares pattern generator and needed a bead loom for this.

 

unikatissima Quick Easy Bead Loom I’ve completely forgotten about the tutorial that I presented for my other bead bracelet (well, the entries pile up :)) and simply wound my thread around a cardboard fruit dish and just started.
The advantage is that I have plenty of thread to weave in after cutting the threads on the back of the dish.
And if you don’t have a cardboard fruit dish I’m sure that you can use a box of chocolates, too ;-)
I didn’t need to make little notches with my cardboard fruit dish because it was rough enough, but with a box of chocolates I think it would be better, just as described in the tutorial.

 

unikatissima Quick Easy Bead Loom

 

And that’s it.
I haven’t woven in all threads and have no closure yet – I can’t decide.
It’s done with the random squares pattern 1 further below.

 

unikatissima Quick Easy Bead Loom And here I began another one that I make with the random squares pattern 2 further below.

 


Random Squares Pattern 1
9 squares width
unikatissima Random Square Generator unikatissima Random Square Generator unikatissima Quick Easy Bead Loom

 

unikatissima Random Square Generator unikatissima Random Square Generator

 

unikatissima Random Square Generator

 

unikatissima Random Square Generator

 


Random Squares Pattern 2
9 squares width
unikatissima Random Square Generator unikatissima Random Square Generator unikatissima Quick Easy Bead Loom

 

unikatissima Random Square Generator unikatissima Random Square Generator

 

unikatissima Random Square Generator

 

unikatissima Random Square Generator

 


Links:
Here at unikatissima:
Random Squares Pattern Generator
Loom Woven Bead Bracelet

Here again the linklist of Loom Woven Bead Bracelet:
Make your own bead loom (with explaining pictures)

Tutorial on Bead Loom Weaving
Another tutorial on Bead Loom Weaving
Another tutorial on Bead Loom Weaving

Two very good pictures (in English text): select in the left sidebar ‘Woven Beadwork’ and scroll down
Two very good pictures (in German text): select in the left sidebar ‘Gewebtes’ and scroll down

Tips to bead weaving (German) at Perlenhobby.de: click on ‘Tipps + Tricks’ in the sidebar left and select there ‘Tipps zum Perlenweben’

Filet Crochet in Rounds

unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds

Filet crochet in rounds? What for?
Well, I find that it looks simply better with symmetrical patterns like those of the random squares pattern generator :)
It can that you don’t see any difference from far away, but from close I find it more beautiful if the stripes pattern made from the double crochets radiates from the center.

 

unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds
And that’s how the same pattern looks if filet crocheted the normal way.
The other one is much more beautiful, isn’t it?
;-)

 

Actually it’s another form of crochet medaillons, that you simply join.

 


That’s how it works:

The start:

unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds You can have a filled or empty middle square

 

unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds …that you crochet the normal way:
You crochet the empty middle square from 4 ch for the ‘bottom’, 3 ch for the right side, 2 ch for the ‘lid’ and 1 dc for the left side (that are 9 chains and one double crochet in the first chain) and
 
you crochet the filled middle square from 4 ch for the ‘bottom’, 3 ch for the right side, 3 dc for the ‘filling’ (these are 7 chains and three double crochets in the first three chains).

 

unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds Or you can have four filled or empty middle squares.

 

unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds You can crochet the empty middle squares the normal way, too (7 ch for the bottom of two squares, 3 ch for the right side, 2 ch for the ‘lid’, 1 dc for the side, 2 ch for the ‘lid’ of the left square and 1 dc for the left side), then turn and add two more squares on top.
 
 
 
You should begin the filled middle squares in the center: 4 ch for the bottom of the 1st square, 3 ch for the side of the 1st square, 3 dc for the filling and the other side of the 1st square, then 3 ch for the side of the 2nd square, 3 dc for the filling and the other side of the 2nd square in the last dc of the 1st square, continue this way until you have crocheted all four squares.

 

The rest:

unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds Here you see using the example of an empty middle square from the top how to continue: you crochet 3 ch for the side of the 2nd square(!) of the 2nd round, 3 dc to fill and finish the 2nd square. For the empty corner square you crochet ‘around the corner’: simply 5 ch and a filled square again by crocheting 4 dc. Continue this way until you join the round with a slip stitch at the end.

 

unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds For filled corner squares you always(!) crochet it to be the first of the side by crocheting 3 ch as for the empty square but then you crochet the following two dc in the last dc of the previous square.

 

unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds Here you can see again how a filet crochet square worked in rounds with one middle square is constructed (I turned the numbers so that you also can see the work direction of the actual square).
You can see at squares 2 und 10 that you begin a round always in the same column.

 

unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds And here you can see how a filet crochet square worked in rounds with four middle squares is constructed (here again I turned the numbers so that you also can see the work direction of the actual square).
You can see at squares 5 und 17 that you begin a round always in the same column.

 

The used pattern:

That’s the pattern I used for the swatches, I let it generate with the Random Squares Pattern Generator.
Of course ;-)
(To save the pictures click them with the right mouse button and select ‘Save image as…’ or similar)

The pattern:
unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds Pattern unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds Pattern

 

The quarter pattern:
unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds Pattern unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds Pattern

 

The border:
unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds Pattern

 

The repeated pattern:
unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds Pattern

 

And perhaps the whole as a summer shawl, straight or triangular:
unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds unikatissima Filet Crochet in Rounds

 

Well, the whole thing is ‘cheated’ from photos of my swatches, especially ‘cheated’ because a single square is crocheted from cotton thread and has only a side length of about 10 cm. As per Pythagoras Calculator the triangular shawl was about 70 cm at the longest side and therefore rather a kerchief ;-))

 


Links:
Here at unikatissima:
Random Squares Pattern Generator
Clothes From Crocheted Medaillons
Entries containing the word ‘medaillon’
Online Pythagoras Calculator

Instructions for filet crochet:
Filethäkel-Anleitung (CROCHET TUTORIAL) (English)
Filethäkeln-Grundanleitung (German)

At both tutorials there are instructions for increasing and decreasing, too, which you can use e.g. for the triangular half squares of the triangular shawl on the photo.

Knitted Lace from Charts

unikatissima Knitted Lace
(Click for an overall picture)

 

I’ve begun to knit a summer lace shawl for myself – and because astonishingly I don’t find it boring there’s a little chance that I will finish it ;-)
But the chance is little and so I present it already ;-))

What I like best is that the base is a black-and-white chart that I designed myself (PDF file below at the links) and that most people would connect with filet crochet or cross stitch :)
It reads soo much easier ;-)

Please click the photo at the top to marvel at the still unfinished shawl: I’m working it up from the narrow side, the orange thread at the side marks the point where the pattern from my chart ends.
I want to knit the pattern three or four times.

 

unikatissima Knitted Lace
The lace patterns tends to slant, the item therefore has to be blocked very carefully.
But of course not until finished ;-)

 


How-to:
The chart only shows the rows on the right side.
I worked the filled squares from the chart with two knit stitches,
for the empty squares I knitted two stitches together and made a yarn over.
The rows on the wrong side are purled, even the yarn overs.

Note: The last yarn over has to be maintained, therefore you need edge stitches, i.e. add a stitch on both sides of the row.
The edge stitch will be slipped if it is first of the row and knitted if it is last.

And that’s all there is to it ;-)


Other methods: Eehm, after I’ve written all this I found the article about filet knitting while surfing, where she presents and compares different methods to make the pattern with the holes.
So if you don’t like mine try this one ;-)

 


Another pattern:
Before beginning something big as a shawl needless to say that I played around and tried another self-designed chart (PDF file below at the links).

 

unikatissima Knitted Lace That is the pattern (if you want to work it you can download the PDF file (see links below)).

 

unikatissima Knitted Lace
Here I worked the filled squares of the chart as two knit stitches and the empty ones as two stitches knitted together and a yarn over (= the hole ;-)).

 

unikatissima Knitted Lace
And here I worked it the other way around to see what I like better: I worked the filled squares of the chart as two stitches knitted together and a yarn over and the empty ones as two knit stitches.

 

But of course you can do a lot of different things from these charts, you can e.g. really filet crochet or cross stitch, but also bead weave, colour knit etc.
Best if you look again at my former blog entry concerning this topic ;-)


Links:
unikatissima diagram ‘flourishes’ (PDF, ~210 KB) (the chart for the lace shawl)
unikatissima diagram ‘skopje’ (PDF, ~60 KB)

Filet Knitting

Here at unikatissima:
What Can You Do With Filet Crochet/Cross Stitch Embroidery Charts?

Venetian Crochet Motif

flickr papahotch Venetian Crochet

I find this Venetian crochet motif most beautiful and I’m impressed if someone makes from single motifs a whole top.

I also found an instruction and even an instruction for a round lace collar.
Sigh.


Links:
Top from Venetian Crochet Motif

Instruction for Venetian Crochet Motif (Crocheting Venetian Lace Motif Help Photos)
Instruction for Round Lace Collar (Venetian Crochet – 1915 Collar and Lace Edging)

Here at unikatissima:
Clothes From Crocheted Medaillons