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August/September 2008
Honeycomb Stitch
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This is a stitch that imparts amazing texture to your knitted piece, it really doesn't even appear to be knitted and it is simple to do. My scarf laid flat, but the only down side is that it isn't as reversible as some stitch patterns are. The back side of it looks basically like garter stitch (see photo below). I think that it would be very nice used in a pattern for a top, sweater or jacket. Try experimenting with it! I am giving the pattern I wrote for the scarf but you could use the basic stitch in many other ways.
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Reverse side of Honeycomb scarf. |
Honey Comb Scarf
Sample knit from Hand Maiden Silk Maiden: 275 m 100g on 4 mm needles
Abbreviations:
Yo yarn over see note below
Sl slip one see note below
K knit
K2tog knit 2 together
Rep repeat
NOTE: yo’s (yarn over’s) are done as if to purl, ie take yarn from back of work, up & over the rt hand needle then down between the 2 needles and to the back of the rt needle again.
Stitches are slipped as if to purl
Cast on an even # of stitches (for the scarf knit in Silk Maiden 30 sts were used, giving a finished width of 5 inches.)
Set up Rows:
(wrong side) row 1: *k1, yo, sl 1; rep from *
row 2: k1, * sl the yo st, k2; rep from *, end sl yo st, k1
Pattern:
Row 1: *yo, sl 1, k2tog (the yo st and next st); rep from *
Row 2: *k2, sl the yo st; rep from *
Row 3: k2og (the yo st and the next st). yo, sl1; rep from *
Row 4: k1 *sl the yo st, k2; rep from *, end sl yo st, k1.
Repeat these 4 rows until yarn is used up.
Cast off on the right side, knitting together the k1 and yo of last row as one stitch.
--Heather Tunnah
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