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Giveaway: Knit Stitch Dictionary

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Congratulations to Carol.

I am a little obsessed with knitting stitch dictionaries. They’re so fun to look through and play with, wondering what kind of pattern you might make with that stitch, and sometimes actually doing it.

This week’s giveaway is a new collection, Knit Stitch Dictionary by Debbie Tomkies. It includes 250 stitches using basic knit and purl, twisted and traveling stitches, eyelets and lace, bobbles, tucks, pleats, wrapped and dropped stitches, slip stitches, chevrons, colorwork, cables and more. Each pattern is shown in a large swatch with both written and charted instructions, so it’s a great book for learning chart reading, too, if that’s a skill you need help with.

It’s a great book with a variety of options that isn’t too overwhelming, and a fun way to practice different techniques on a small scale of jazz up basic knitting projects.

If you’d like a chance to win a copy of this book, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday June 7. I’d love to know if you have a favorite knitting stitch, or how you use stitch patterns when you knit. (I’m pretty partial to Moss Stitch right now.)

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

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Comments

  1. I love books like this. I must have this for my collection. It would be greatly appreciated and used. Love your give a ways
    Robin

  2. I really like cables, but I’ve really been into lacy patterns lately with lots of eyelets. I’m just discovering stitch dictionaries and I’m already addicted!

  3. My current favorite is knitting cables. I’d love to try new stitches, so I have my fingers crossed.

  6. I enjoy experimenting with different stitches but do not really have a favourite. Thank you for the giveaway chance.

  9. I tend to love lace knitting in summer and cables in winter. This is a great book for both!

  10. I’m into knitting lace patterns at the moment. It looks like a very useful book to have 🙂

  11. I love browsing stitches…its fascinating the way people can manipulate simple ideas into beautiful complex items.

  12. I love, love stitch books, I have a stitch by day calendar that is fantastic, so innovative. Right now I am loving the embossed leaf lace stitch in a shawl pattern I am knitting, so beautiful. peace and love to all knitters…..

  13. Thank you for this opportunity!! I recently changed to knitting from crochet because I started getting stiff and achy fingers while crocheting, so I am trying to learn new knitting stitches. I don’t have a favorite yet, but really want to learn the cable stitch. A reference like this would be wonderful—one-stop shopping while I’m learning new stitches.

  14. I would love to expand my knitting knowledge. I, sadly, don’t know many so I guess I would say I like knit stitch (I know, shame on me for not really knowing more than knit and purl).

  15. I like to learn and experiment with different cable stitches, my favorite!
    Thanks, Kim Reid

  16. I love the Eiffel Tower stitch. When I was first starting out, I saw it in British stitch dictionary. I made a mess of it then and of course now, I haven’t a clue what book it was in. Searching is half the fun.

  17. Thank you for the opportunity to win. I’m just starting to venture out of the “basics”. This would be a phenomenal book to have to help me try new patterns.

  20. I am just learning so no favorites yet. I am just trying to acquire more experience and knowledge.

  22. I like and use the moss stitch and seed stitch very regularly. I would love to be able to expand on my knowledge of stitches

  23. Just finished an eye of partridge heel flap and love the texture it creates. I’ve only ever seen this texture used for heels, but I think it might make fantastic fingerless mitts.

  24. Knitting stitch pattern books are my favorite. Right now I’m only making rectangles and squares with knit and purl stitches. I felt bold when I did one with a skip stitch. My current one is a chevron pattern that looked was, but it turns out it isn’t error forgiving. Oh well. I’m still having fun with it. That’s for this giveaway. Right up my knitting alley.

  25. I like to work with cables, but seed/rice/moss is another favorite of mine. I would love to learn more ideas. Thanks for the chance to win!

  26. I love playing with different stitches. My favorite is seed, second is moss, but good old garter gets a lot done. I’d love to learn. The book would be great. Thanks for the chance!

  27. Well as if said before I love stitch collections it’s a great way to discover techniques I’ve never tried or even heard of. I love using them for sampler afghans and baby blankets

  28. My favourite stitch pattern is “Feather and Fan”. I use to stitch patterns to replace plain stockinette stitch in baby jackets and socks!

  29. I’ve got a cable stitch pattern book, and have been looking to get a regular stitch book- a couple of months ago I made up some cable swatches and framed them and think I would like to make some of other stitches, too.

    I also love moss stitch!

    thanks for the giveaway!

  30. As a beginner these knitting stitch options are endless and looks like fun.Thanks for the amazing giveaway. 🙂

  33. I would love to win this book, although I’m pretty new to it I really seem to have a knack for it and am always looking for good tips, thank you!! ??

  39. I would really like to make my own patterns and this book looks like the one to help me.

  40. I’ve really taken a shine to entrelac, but I like to mix it up a bit by adding cables or small lace or texture patterns to each square. Having 250 options right at my fingertips – WOW! Thanks for the giveaway from KittenWhiplash on Rav.

  41. I really like cable and entrelac stitches, but I’m afraid to try them.
    Maybe this dictionary would help me to overcome that attitude.

Have you read?

Mosaic Knit Shawl Patterns

I have a special fondness for mosaic knitting as a step up from knitting stripes. It’s still pretty easy to do and makes really pretty effects in a knitting project. If you’ve never tried it (or even if you have) these mosaic knit shawls are a fun way to show off the technique.

Add some bands of mosaic colorwork along with stripes to a triangular shawl to give it a more dramatic look. The Malibu pattern from Isabell Kraemer uses sport weight yarn and can be worked in two or three colors (three is shown here). It’s worked from the top down and you can find the pattern on Ravelry.

Cheryl Faust’s Dark Matter Shawl is another top down triangle, but this one has an allover mosaic pattern with color changes. It can be worked in fingering or sport weight yarn and it’s easy to adjust the size to work with different yarn weights if you want. Check it out on Ravelry.

Chevronopolis is a shifting chevron shawl designed by Maxim Cyr that uses two colors of sport weight yarn. One of them is multicolored so it adds another layer of complexity without making the knitting any harder. This one is also on Ravelry.

Another fun graphic shawl design (and also on Ravelry) is the Pendants pattern from Justyna Lorkowska. This one uses fingering weight yarn with one solid and one gradient with long color changes to make the diamond motifs different colors.

Mix and match mosaic patterns with the Trail Mix Shawl from Industrial Whimsy on Etsy. There are 10 different patterns that you can mix and match or repeat however you like. The design can be worked in two colors or up to 20 colors using mini skeins of sock yarn.

Of course mosaic can be combined with stripes and with other techniques such as lace. The Callisto pattern from Strickwetter uses mosaic designs, stripes and lace in three colors of sock weight yarn. This reminds me of a shawl I knit as a gift a long time ago and I wish I’d made one for myself!

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