As of today, I shall have been working on knitting sample swatches for the stitch pattern catalog for about 7 months. I have completed swatches for 573 of the 1656 patterns that I have documented. That puts me at 34.6% of the patterns having swatch pictures to illustrate them. However, as my husband enjoys pointing out, I am my own worst enemy on this. I keep adding new patterns almost faster than I knit new swatches. I have been averaging between 2-3 swatches per day. Even if I added no more patterns, just to work through the ones I have now would take more than a year. I am sure that I have source material for about 2000-3000 more patterns. This could all go on for years. Someday, I will be in the nursing home with oatmeat drying on my chin wondering how many more patterns I have to do and what row am I on.
Comment from Jennifer, Amite, Louisiana (2/2/2007 11:18 pm)
Hello, I have just discovered your website and I absolutely love it. Although I haven’t explored everything yet, it is the first place I will refer to when I have a question or need an interesting pattern. I see that you don’t have pictures for all of the stitch patterns. Are you working on them yourself or would you like help. I will gladly work some and send you pictures if you would like. It would make the whole site complete! Let me know and keep up the great work!
Response from 1knittingfool:
From the webmaster:I would gladly accept contributed pictures. I cannot pay for them. I may not be able to use each one; I will have to evaluate each. My current database structure and web page coding allows no more than two pictures for each stitch. I can enter a caption under each picture to give credit to the contributor. If you have some pictures in .jpg , .gif or .bmp formats, you may send them to webmaster@knittingfool.comI have been working most of them myself; it has been a personal challenge. However since I think I can expect the collection to grow to about 4000 entries, it is a bit daunting. The advantage of working them myself is that I can correct errors. I find not only errors in my typing but also errors in the original texts. If you choose to work some of these patterns, I strongly suggest that you have the original book available to help control errors.Also because I can sort the entries in my database, I am able to find patterns that are different in name only. Someone who does not have the database would have a harder time finding these similarities.Thank you!
Comment from Beverly, Alberta, Canada (2/23/2007 3:23 pm)
I would be very interested in some edging patterns. Have you any plans on transcribing those in the future? I love all the work you have thus far completed.
Response from 1knittingfool:
Edgings are on my radar but I don’t have a schedule. I have a lot of source material for edgings. I will take your request into consideration.
Comment from Desire, Bloemfontein, South Africa (5/29/2007 5:19 am)
I have been surfing a LONG time for knitting patterns, and now you have given me millions that I can design. Thankx and keep up this excellent site.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Twin Trees
I have been looking for a written pattern of Twin Trees. It is a cable motif or panel of two trees intertwining and it has large roots . Quite pretty. I’ve seen it on a sweater but am unable to find a written pattern. Do you have anything like that? I love this site and have gotten so many ideas from your patterns. You’re work on this site is phenomenal. Thanks for your efforts!
Response from 1knittingfool:
There are a couple patterns in Barbara Walker’s Charted Knitting Designs that match your description of intertwined trees.
Response from 1knittingfool:
There are a couple patterns in Barbara Walker’s Charted Knitting Designs that match your description of intertwined trees.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Stitch'n'Bitch Calendar
A few days ago I was surprised when I went to check my standings on the Google Ad Sense page. It said $14.44. I said. “What!?!” You see, during the summer months my revenue from the Google ads had cooled off to less than $2.00 per day. This is OK because it costs about $1.00 per day to rent the space on the HostMySite ISP. So a few dollars in and a few dollars out, it all works fine. But $14.44??? What happened? Then I checked my web traffic statistics; they had all doubled!
It took a little while, but now I know that the Stitch’n Bitch calendar featured Knittingfool.com on June 20. I have the Stitch’n Bitch calendar, but I treat it as a book rather than a calendar; a book that I had not yet read. As a result, I was not aware of June 20th being anything special to me. Thanks Stitch’n Bitch — let’s do this again next year!
It took a little while, but now I know that the Stitch’n Bitch calendar featured Knittingfool.com on June 20. I have the Stitch’n Bitch calendar, but I treat it as a book rather than a calendar; a book that I had not yet read. As a result, I was not aware of June 20th being anything special to me. Thanks Stitch’n Bitch — let’s do this again next year!
Friday, June 1, 2007
Knitting Array
A stitch pattern is a two dimensional array. The first dimension is the list of stitches in the row. The second dimension is the list of rows making up the pattern. It should be possible to mathematically describe a stitch pattern. And it should be possible to mathmatically compare stitch patterns for degrees of similarity
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Adapting Sweater Patterns for Children
From Stephani G, Marion, Massachusetts, USA (2/28/2007 5:18 pm)
Thank you for being here. I needed a pattern for an ordinary sweater made with ordinary knitting worsted and there you were! No gimmicks, no trendy patterns, just good basic instructions with the appropriate options. Thanks so much.
Comment from Cherrie, Anchorage, Alaska (3/30/2007 4:48 am)
Hi. I located your site a few weeks ago. What a wealth of information. I am semi-beginner and am interested in knitting the top down sweater that you have listed. I have 4 grandkids ages 4mth, 3yrs, 6yrs, and 8yrs and need to make some sweaters as they are moving from Phoenix to Minniapolis. I think I can do the sweater but since there is an addition from a reader regarding the neck being too small, can you give me inforamtion on how to adjust it to fit kids? Thanks. Cherrie
Response from 1knittingfool:
You should measure around the child’s head; multiply that number of inches by the number of stitches per inch in your gauge sample; then cast on with that number of stitches. When making the increases from the neck down to the chest, you will decrease the frequency of the increases so that you still end up with the number of stitches recommended by the pattern generator. You will also need to measure the arm lengths on each child and adjust the length of the sleeves as needed.
Thank you for being here. I needed a pattern for an ordinary sweater made with ordinary knitting worsted and there you were! No gimmicks, no trendy patterns, just good basic instructions with the appropriate options. Thanks so much.
Comment from Cherrie, Anchorage, Alaska (3/30/2007 4:48 am)
Hi. I located your site a few weeks ago. What a wealth of information. I am semi-beginner and am interested in knitting the top down sweater that you have listed. I have 4 grandkids ages 4mth, 3yrs, 6yrs, and 8yrs and need to make some sweaters as they are moving from Phoenix to Minniapolis. I think I can do the sweater but since there is an addition from a reader regarding the neck being too small, can you give me inforamtion on how to adjust it to fit kids? Thanks. Cherrie
Response from 1knittingfool:
You should measure around the child’s head; multiply that number of inches by the number of stitches per inch in your gauge sample; then cast on with that number of stitches. When making the increases from the neck down to the chest, you will decrease the frequency of the increases so that you still end up with the number of stitches recommended by the pattern generator. You will also need to measure the arm lengths on each child and adjust the length of the sleeves as needed.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Knitting Languages
From Mimi, Lancashire, England (2/20/2007 2:20 am):
Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! What a fantastic & inspiring site you have created. It has helped me so much, in a wide variety of projects. This season it was getting the right shaping for my rather gangly twin teen lads & they are just over the moon with their new Winter sweaters. I just couldn’t of done it without you & your Math genius! You are the top of my knitting bookmark list! I do have one quick query do you know what the word ‘Baumwolle’ means and its translation into English is please? Best and Warmest Wishes to you from a very happy handknit fan
Response from 1knittingfool:
‘Baumwolle’ is German for ‘cotton.’
Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou! What a fantastic & inspiring site you have created. It has helped me so much, in a wide variety of projects. This season it was getting the right shaping for my rather gangly twin teen lads & they are just over the moon with their new Winter sweaters. I just couldn’t of done it without you & your Math genius! You are the top of my knitting bookmark list! I do have one quick query do you know what the word ‘Baumwolle’ means and its translation into English is please? Best and Warmest Wishes to you from a very happy handknit fan
Response from 1knittingfool:
‘Baumwolle’ is German for ‘cotton.’
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
From Ocean Breeze, Austin, TX (1/30/2007 6:05 pm):
Haven’t done exploring your whole site yet (there is so much!!), but just wanted to let you know (you are very likely to know this) that you are an amazing writer! One of the first thing I did, I went to you Diary Page to learn a little more about the person who created this wonderful site and found not just your normal diary entry, but a collection of short stories! I enjoyed them so much that I had to print them and bring them home to share with my partner. We had a blast reading them together last night. Please update us with what’s been happening in your life in the last couple of years - or days. I see that you’ve completed your Yarn Calculator All the best to you!
Haven’t done exploring your whole site yet (there is so much!!), but just wanted to let you know (you are very likely to know this) that you are an amazing writer! One of the first thing I did, I went to you Diary Page to learn a little more about the person who created this wonderful site and found not just your normal diary entry, but a collection of short stories! I enjoyed them so much that I had to print them and bring them home to share with my partner. We had a blast reading them together last night. Please update us with what’s been happening in your life in the last couple of years - or days. I see that you’ve completed your Yarn Calculator All the best to you!
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