A long time ago, I encoded the word Greenland as both lace and a needlework chart as suggested by Ron, a Patreon backer. I didn’t really have a good routine in place for the needlework charts at that time, and had trouble even choosing a chart I thought was best from the possibilities. But now I’ve picked one I like a lot and came up with a layout I think shows it off well.
I don’t know that I’ll do something like this for all of my oldest needlework charts, but here’s a proper chart that has repeat borders in it, written instructions, and also an image showing how the pattern looks when it’s repeated.
I did make one small change in where the chart repeats because it was easy and I like it better.
The random number generator picked Candle from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Kate, one of my Patreon supporters.
I developed a lace stitch pattern for Candle, but I also like to provide a basic chart for any craft that’s worked on a grid: beads, cross stitch, whatever. I try to provide at least some digital art of the pattern repeated all over not as a chart. It doesn’t necessarily look like a finished object for any particular craft, but I want to give a sense of it in use. (I try to make it look like knitting when it’s got floats short enough for easy stranded knitting.)
When I was looking at my 2015 needlework chart again, I saw an easy way to modify it to make it look like tiny snowflakes. Winter is almost here, and so I thought it was a good time to share it with you.
This is one of the kind of pattern that I’m sure someone else must have come up with already, but it’s still worth sharing because I don’t remember actually seeing it before, and maybe you haven’t either.
The random number generator picked Home from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Natasha, one of my Patreon supporters. I like this one because it almost (though not quite) looks like basket work or weaving.
I developed a lace stitch pattern for Home but I also like to provide a basic chart for any craft that’s worked on a grid: beads, cross stitch, whatever. I try to provide at least some digital art of the pattern repeated all over not as a chart. It doesn’t necessarily look like a finished object for any particular craft, but I want to give a sense of it in use. (I try to make it look like knitting when it’s got floats short enough for easy stranded knitting.)
When I was going through the various possibilities for the Amber needlework chart, there was one that didn’t work out as a whole chart but that I really liked. However, the part that I liked best could be pulled out of the larger chart and made into something that was a good needlework chart. This is a variation on the chart I made for Amber motif, version 1; I like them both a lot.
When I was going through the various possibilities for the Amber needlework chart, there was one that didn’t work out as a whole chart but that I really liked. However, the part that I liked best could be pulled out of the larger chart and made into something that’s really nice on its own. Here it is! A friend remarked that it looks kind of like a ring with a jewel set in it, which does seem fitting for amber. (Even if this is no longer an encoded chart.)
The random number generator picked Amber from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Kate, one of my Patreon supporters.
I developed a lace stitch pattern for Amber, but I also like to provide a basic chart for any craft that’s worked on a grid: beads, cross stitch, whatever. I try to provide at least some digital art of the pattern repeated all over not as a chart. It doesn’t necessarily look like a finished object for any particular craft, but I want to give a sense of it in use. (I try to make it look like knitting when it’s got floats short enough for easy stranded knitting.)
A while ago, I encoded theyear 2015 as both lace and a needlework chart. I didn’t really have a good routine in place for my needlework charts at that time. I don’t know that I’ll do something like this for all of them, but here’s a new post for the 2015 needlework with a proper chart, written instructions, and also an image showing how the pattern looks when it’s repeated.
I did make one change in how the chart repeats because it was easy and I like it better.
The random number generator picked Nippy from the suggestions for this post, suggested by Antoinette, one of my Patreon supporters.
I developed a lace stitch pattern for Nippy, but I also like to provide a basic chart for any craft that’s worked on a grid: beads, cross stitch, whatever. I try to provide at least some digital art of the pattern repeated all over not as a chart. It doesn’t necessarily look like a finished object for any particular craft, but I want to give a sense of it in use. (I try to make it look like knitting when it’s got floats short enough for easy stranded knitting.)
A long time ago, I encoded the word equinox as both lace and a needlework chart. I didn’t really have a good routine in place for the needlework charts at that time. I don’t know that I’ll do something like this for all of them, but here’s a new post for the Equinox needlework with a proper chart that has repeat borders in it, written instructions, and also an image showing how the pattern looks when it’s repeated.
I did make one small change in where the chart repeats because it was easy and I like it better.
While the chart is dark on light, I made the illustration light on dark because the word equinox evokes a night sky for me (even though that’s not really what the equinox is about). I’ve included a dark on light version at the end of the post in case that’s something that matters for you.
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