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Pin of the Week: Drop Stitch Primer

April 10, 2013 by Sarah White

drop stitch knittingI think this may be the first time my pin of the week from my Knitting Pinterest board is actually something I pinned in the last week, but I’ve had lace knitting on the brain lately, and working with drop stitches is an even easier way to get an open, lace-like look, without the effort of keeping track of yarn overs and decreases.

Daria at Diary of a Creative Fanatic has a great roundup of resources and patterns using drop stitches, which you should check out if you’ve never used drop stitches in your knitting before, and even if you have. She covers a few basic ways to make drop stitches (including one of my favorites, seafoam stitch) and links to lots of free patterns using the technique.

I think I may just have to add that drop stitch tunic from Vogue Knitting to my to-knit list really soon. Too cute!

Have you ever used drop stitches? I’d love to hear what you think of them.

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Comments

  1. Marijo Hinton says

    April 11, 2013 at 6:43 am

    I think your picture and explanation of the stitches and very clear and concise. Thank you for the information. I may work up the courage to try them now.

  2. Marijo Hinton says

    April 11, 2013 at 6:44 am

    Sorry, I proofed my comment after sending it. Oops, I’m sorry.

  3. Daria McGuire says

    April 11, 2013 at 11:28 am

    Thank you so much for the shoutout to my site “Diary of a Creative Fanatic.com”.
    I appreciate the support and will be posting more knitting stitch primers in the future as well as crochet.

  4. Sarah White says

    April 11, 2013 at 12:52 pm

    You’re very welcome! Thanks for the great resource.

Have you read?

Knit a Sweet Hood Covered with Flowers

I happen to live in the Northern Hemisphere, but I know we have a lot of Southern Hemisphere friends, too, who are heading into the cooler months as we are warming up. Whichever one of the seasons you’re in, you might want to  stitch up this sweet little hood.

This pattern by saskie&co is called snug hood and it uses two colors of yarn to make a close-fitting pixie style hood (almost a balaclava but it doesn’t cover your face, though there is a neck covering portion to keep you a little warmer). You can use the fingering weight wool and mohair held together that are called for in the pattern, or use a single strand of DK weight yarn.

The neck portion and the edging around the face are worked in ribbing in a single color, while the body of the hat includes an allover colorwork flower pattern. The project is worked both flat and in the round and there is colorwork that is knit flat, which means you’ll have to purl in colorwork (which some people don’t like; also, you can’t see what you’re doing as well on the back of the work).

The pattern comes in one size and the colorwork is charted. Testers noted this is a quick and easy project and a great way to learn some new skills (chart reading, working stranded colorwork flat) if you’ve never tried those things before. They noted the hood is cute, comfortable and warm, and a few said it didn’t take as much yarn as the pattern suggests, so bear that in mind if you’re trying to use stash.

Speaking of the pattern notes, check out all the cute color variations in the projects on Ravelry. From pink and red to blue and white to gray and cream, there are lots of great options to think about.

You can buy this pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: saskie&co]

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