January 14th, 2010

The second in my series of knit samplers I made in spring 2009. This sampler is also 9 inches square and is stockinette stitch bordered by garter stitch. I accidentally added a stitch in the stockinette section at one point and corrected it with a decrease. It’s visible if you know where to look (unfortunately, [...]

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January 3rd, 2010

Last spring, I began learning new knit stitch patterns and created a series of stitch samplers as 9 inch squares. This sampler is a simple series of alternating wide and narrow horizontal rows. The wide rows are stockinette stitch and the narrow rows are garter stitch. I used Red Heart Super Saver worsted weight yarn [...]

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October 16th, 2009

I knit this country blue baby blanket for a close friend who wanted to avoid baby blue for her baby boy. I didn’t use a pattern, just counted stitches and measured every once in a while. Overall size is about 36″ by 24″. The border is garter stitch and the inside is stockinette. A very [...]

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