Swatches swatches lots and lots of swatches
So that book? The one I was flashing about the other day? Yeah, one of the things in is is a mini stitch dictionary. As I was working out the stitches I used in the patterns, I did lots of swatching. And while I did eventually have to pick one version of the stitches for each pattern, the other versions were too good to throw away.
So I did the only reasonable thing and decided I’d include a few of them in the book as a mini stitch dictionary. Totally reasonable, right? Let’s pretend it is!
I’ve never done anything quite like this before, and it was both fun (yay, I get to show off something other than just the variation of the stitch I settled on for the pattern) and a tiny bit weird (what do you mean I’m done after I knit the swatch…the swatch is just the beginning). But it was fun to play with, and I hope it’s something folks will like.
Book will be out mid August, I’ll have all the details soon. I’m working out something fun to do for the preorder folks, and I have to make sure I have that pinned down before I officially share the plan, but it’s totally coming!
I love this! Frequently I’m intrigued by the swatches you show that don’t make it into a pattern. This way I get to find out how you did it. This is a lovely and super helpful way of showing your work, as they used to say in math class. Thank you!
Ps I can’t wait!
Please tell me the lovely purple swatch is in the book! I’m already planning a cowl with it!