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Swatch Project

I believe it is important to swatch for fun as well as for gauge. Over the years I’ve knit, crocheted, and woven many different swatches. This project will attempt to organize them in a way that may be useful for others and hopefully inspire more swatching. Please be patient while I build the tools for this endeavor.

Recent Swatches

  • Slipped Crocheted Ribbing (in progress)

    Slipped Crocheted Ribbing (in progress)

  • Motif Crochet — Hexagon

    Motif Crochet — Hexagon

  • Silk Day Dream — garter stitch drape

    Silk Day Dream — garter stitch drape

  • twisted stitches and wrapped eyelets

    twisted stitches and wrapped eyelets

  • Shaping – Octagon with Slit

    Shaping – Octagon with Slit

  • Nebula — Single Crochet

    Nebula — Single Crochet

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Notebook (blog post) Entries

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Swatch Thoughts: Focused vs Sampler

There are as many ways to swatch as there are to create. Two of the most common methods are sampler and single swatches. A sampler can combine multiple techniques, materials, or tools in one. A single swatch, by contrast, decides on the variables and keeps them consistent throughout. Is one swatch better than the other?…

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Swatching to answer: Why?

A friend who primarily knits with her hand spun, emailed me with a question the other day. She was trying to crochet with her yarn, but the plies would untwist as she worked. Did I have an idea what was wrong? She’d heard something that s and z twist mattered for crochet. Could she use…

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Array of stitch dictionaries, swatch, swatch worksheet arranged on a desk, and the tail of a sleeping black cat peeking out from behind a window curtian

Swatch Library Project Update & Stitch Dictionary Review

Today as I work on new swatches and tidy up my notes, I am refining how I organize my information. I have a stack of stitch dictionaries and a large mug of tea to help me prepare for future swatches. This post covers two topics. It includes an update to the Swatch Library Project and…

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