![]() ![]() While we’ve used shaded boxes for the motif stitches and white boxes for the background, remember that you can also use a dark background and a light motif yarn. You can create an all-over pattern or create a border. You can add one solo motif or repeat the motif. You can use the whole chart or just parts of a chart. Top right: We duplicate stitched a single snowflake onto our Turkish Bed Socks.īottom left (background): We used Fair Isle to knit a snowflake pattern into our Hot Water Bottle Cozy.īottom left (foreground): We duplicate stitched and centered a snowflake on our Basic Christmas Stockings cuff.īottom right: On our Hot Water Bottle Cozy we knit in pairs of Scotties front and back in stranded two-color knitting adding 2 more stitches between the Scotties' noses and 8 more at each side. Top center: We knit adorable hearts into our Hot Water Bottle Cozy pattern, using Rowan Kid Classic in color Nightly for the background and Cherry for the hearts. Top left: Our Seed Stitch Cozy is shown in Lamb’s Pride Worsted yarn in duplicate stitch with a button ball. We’ve used charts on many of our Churchmouse At Home and Classics patterns. ![]() The possibilities are endless! You won't look at graphic motifs the same way again. Once you understand how to use a chart, you can turn any graphic into a chart by “painting with pixels” (as Karen calls it) on graph paper. The possibilities are endless! You can even use charts for tiny cross-stitch on linen. Or you can work your chart in duplicate or cross-stitch after the fact to spiff up your own or store-bought knitted items. Knitting one into a stockinette-stitch project is a fun way to add a little pizzazz. Even newer knitters enjoy using the simple two-color charted motifs found in traditional Northern European knitting designs.
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