After working more complicated patterns for a while, I decided to make a simple dish cloth. The colors are so pretty though, it’s now on track to be a baby blanket. #knitsky #garterstitch

This is a picture of a knitted patch which reads “ICE OUT” in dark gold letters over a yellow background. In the background there is the WIP blanket project from the other photo.

This is a picture of a blanket in progress. There are 100 stitches attached to a 15mm knitting needle. Pink and purple yarn is the in progress yarn. A rainbow of colors are seen in the blanket, including pink, yellow, light green, light blue, and purple.

day 1142: so I’ve circled back to the same pink from the start of this blanket, after thinking purple would be the last color.

I love changing my creative plans 💜🩷

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this is a picture of a knitted project, which is in progress. Blue yarn is bunched up on the needle. It flows into a light green, and both are overlaid on the pink and yellow which are also in the in-progress blanket. The blanket is a garter stitch, with two medium weight strings of yarn used together. There are 100 stitches in each row. The needles are wooden and are 15mm in gauge.

day 1138: making progress on this blanket! I was able to really get into the blue section today 🩵

sending love your way, friend 🫂

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I just lost at yarn chicken on a simple shawl I’m working on, which means a lot of unraveling and reworking tomorrow 🤦‍♀️

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Got a few rows done on my #westknitsmkal2025 today but I’m not showing that. You get this lovely garter stitch snap 🧶
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Week 78 of #showmryourknits is #garterstitch! This storm is a good day to work up a project in it and binge watch something.
Here’s another of #westknits Purlbreak shawl I made.

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My Samen shawl laid out on a wooden deck floor. The shawl is a very long, shallow asymmetrical triangle. The shorter half, farthest from the camera, consists of six thick garter stripes in three blended colors, a reddish tan, a pale blue flecked with brown, and a deep maroon. The stripes bend between the two (unequal) halves of the shawl, and on the closer, longer half, there is a wedge of stockinette lace with a simple eyelet grid in between each pair of garter stripes. Each of these regions is a different color combination made by remixing the fingering wool and mohair lace colors. From the center to the outermost chevron, the wedges are pale blue with chestnut flecks, deep chocolate brown, tan with chestnut flecks, tan with dark brown flecks, and pale blue with maroon flecks. I didn’t quite have enough aubergine wool and maroon mohair, so the outer chevron is a couple of rows thinner than the others, and the bind off is aubergine wool with chestnut mohair.

My Samen shawl next to my 20-pound cockapoo, for scale. Kiko is happy that I haven’t wrapped her up in the shawl—yet. Maybe after I block it. The original pattern, by Stephen West, only has six color combinations, with the lace wedges alternating between three color blends. Back when I bought all the yarn, I had vague thoughts of mixing this up, and when I saw how low the contrast was between the aubergine and maroon garter stitch stripe and the aubergine and brown lace wedge, I was certain I wanted to remix the other wedges. As in the original pattern, each wedge uses the wool color from one adjacent garter stripe and the mohair from the other. Counting the thin edge of aubergine and chestnut at the bind off, the shawl has all nine color combinations of wool and mohair.

My Samen-dedicated haul of yarn from Stephen and Penelope, to which I made a pilgrimage while passing through Amsterdam. There are two skeins of each of the six colors. In the top row, Glowhair, a mohair-silk blend, in corduroy (the one I’ve been calling maroon), chestnut, and truffle. In the bottom row, Bicycle (100% merino wool), in aubergine, biscuit, and cirrus. The fabric from holding these together is SO plush, and knitting with them was a tactile delight.

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My not-yet-blocked silly-huge Samen shawl, knit with yarn from Amsterdam. Three colors of wool fingering held together with three colors of mohair in giant #garterstitch chevrons with interspersed lace wedges.

🧶 #knitsky #westknitsarethebestknits

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This week’s #ShowMeYourKnits is #GarterStitch.
I’m not a huge fan of garter stitch, but a comment from another user reminded me that Emotional Support Chickens count. I made a whole flock of them (and Junior ones) for Christmas presents. ESCs made from chunky yarn fit in pet carriers.

Really loving seeing all the fabulous #ShowMeYourKnits, as ever (is #GarterStitch week). 😍

I really haven’t got anything to show as am not a huge fan of garter stitch (for my *own garments*, is a me-thing 🤪); perhaps I’ll have something to show for next time though, if I find the right pattern 🤔🧶🫶🏻

The front/back panels of this #sweater are knitted in #garterstitch, from the centre out like a 10stitch blanket. Saddle shoulders, sleeves, underarm sections, waistband, collar all in 2x2 ribbing. All #handspun local #wool.

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Oh, #garterstitch 🤔 what have I got?
Bonnets? shawls?
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Closeup of a woman’s forearms covered in hand knit purple fingerless gloves. A multicolored wall of street art is visible out of focus in the background.

Closeup of a woman’s forearms and hands, partially covered by hand knit purple fingerless gauntlet gloves. A wall of multicolored street art in the background.

Closeup of a woman’s forearms and hands partially covered by gray fingerless gauntlet gloves. Green grass in the background.

Another addition to #garterstitch week at #showmeyourknits - two of Cat Bordhi’s (may she rest in peace) #fingerlessmitts - the Zen Garden (purple) and Mountain Gauntlets. I get hot hands but cold wrists and used to work in a cold office - these got/get lots of wear.

When I started knitting I felt like #garterstitch was low-key embarrassing—a bumpy, lumpy, stretchy mess I was only doing because I couldn’t do anything else. As is so often the case, time and experience proved me wrong.

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A garter stitch panel accented by a slipped stitch faux seam, in a variegated gray and rainbow acrylic wool blend yarn. Work in progress on a relaxed body sweater.

Late to the #showmeyourknits #garterstitch party but I'm working on a really wild Weekender Sweater in rainbow yarn that features mostly garter. I was cautiously optimistic but am falling more and more in love with the color story!

Close up of my left hand holding a knitting project on a pointy metal needle. The fabric is alternating stripes of grey and red with a geometric mosaic motif along one edge. It is vastly satisfying and simple to knit. There is a brick fireplace in the background with colorful twinkly lights on it and a shelf with pictures and a plant on it, too.

So much garter stitch this year!
Here’s a WIP I just picked up after a long break. This is Melissa Leapman’s ‘Honky Tonk’ shawl- featuring garter stripes and garter mosaic stitch borders. Nearly finished Chart B! #ShowUsYourKnits #GarterStitch

A baby giving side-eye in a purple pram, covered up with a multicolored hand knit blanket.

A purple, pink, green, and teal hand knit blanket in a pattern of squares, draped over a white chair.

Another for #garterstitch week at #showmeyourknits - a little blanket I made while waiting for my son to arrive. Knit from leftovers mostly, my own design.

A handknit chicken done primarily in garter stitch. The body of the chicken is brown with maroon stripes. Accents on the head include yellow and red, and a plastic googly eye. Pattern is Emotional Support Chicken by Annette Corsino.

A black & white tuxedo cat named Dorcas (HRH Dorcas Delilah Pye of PippiPants), laying on a handmade quilt with a multi-colored triangle pattern. The head of a handknit emotional support chicken is shown on the right side and Dorcas is expertly pretending it does not exist. Good girl!

How could I forget my Emotional Support Chicken? And the Cat. Always show the cat when the universe provides the opportunity. #showmeyourknits #garterstitch #knitting #knitsky #handmade #emotionalsupportchicken #DorcasIsTheBestCatEverAndRulesTheWorld #HRHDorcasDelilahPyeOfPippiPants

Jasmine Long (at the time a student at the college where I teach) wearing a boxy garter stitch cardigan with bright mosaic color work on the lower body and sleeves. The pattern is called Seven Peaks. The main color is a light/medium blue, and the color work sections consist of seven strips of two-color decorative patterns in pairs of the main color, orange, yellow, and magenta. The colored bands on the body run from mid-chest to hem, and the coordinating thinner bands on the sleeves start a couple of inches below the elbows and extend to the cuffs. The textured button band has eight pearly white buttons, one in each two-color band and one just above them.

Another image of Jasmine Long in the Seven Peaks Cardigan. Here, she is buttoning the top button (or more likely miming that) to better show the designs on the sleeves. From the top to the bottom of the sweater, the colored bands on the body and the sleeves are blue and orange, orange and yellow, yellow and magenta, magenta and orange, orange and yellow, yellow and magenta, and magenta and blue. In each set of bands, each of the seven designs represents a different one of the seven possible frieze groups, which are the different types of symmetry that patterns that repeat in a single direction (horizontally here) can present.

Jasmine Long in a side view in the Seven Peaks Cardigan, smiling, with her left hand in her hair and her right arm hanging down. Both Jasmine and the photographer, Justin Forman, were very gracious with their time and their willingness to experiment with different poses and camera angles. This version of the cardigan was designed for a math fashion show, and so I kept it simple, but the version I made for myself has pockets! Working those in without disrupting the color patterns was a fun challenge. Assuming I ever manage to publish a pattern, I’ll definitely include the pocket option.

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Some year, I will finish tweaking/writing the pattern for this #garterstitch mosaic cardigan featuring the seven frieze groups and have it test knit. 😬😳

Photos by Justin Foreman, modeled by Jasmine Long.

🧶 #knitsky #mathknitting

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#showmeyourknits is #garterstitch edition

This is Flow Sweater by Minimi Knit Design that I test knit for them. Fun, airy and quick pattern to knit up!

Here is my #garterstitch offering. One of my many 10-stitch blankets. This was for my oldest granddaughter's high school graduation.

A close up photo of a knitting project on the needles, specifically Melissa Leapman’s ‘Honky Tonk’ shawl- featuring garter stripes and garter mosaic stitch borders in dark red and dark grey. The yarn is Madrona from Hikoo Yarns. Mosaic knitting mimics tiled designs and is inherently geometric, suited to bold, repeating graphic designs.

Knitting helps me not lose my mind: so much garter stitch this year!
Here’s a WIP I just picked up after a long break. This is Melissa Leapman’s ‘Honky Tonk’ shawl- featuring garter stripes and garter mosaic stitch borders. Nearly finished Chart B! #ShowUsYourKnits #GarterStitch

#showmeyourknits #garterstitch A toddler back buttoned jumper. (Pre blocking as you can see. An all in one knit done vertically.

Blue & white striped, felted garter square bag. Pattern by Ishi-Knit "Garter Stripe Square Bag"

For #GarterStitch week on #ShowMeYourKnits, a felted bag I made a few years ago. Pattern is Garter Stripe Square Bag by Ishi-Knit. Squares attached as you go along so there is minimal sewing. Lined with some matching fabric, with a couple of pockets inside, and I found braided leather handles. 🧶

A handknitted shawl with petals of different coloured leaves, each outlined in brown that make up the whole. Draped over a grey sofa.

#ShowMeYourKnits #GarterStitch a beautiful shawl that made me think of stained glass windows. Knit as a single piece.

Tiny baby feet, one in a hand knit green and gray bootee and the other out beside its bootee. Yellow, gray and cream handmade trousers at the top, and a white cotton blanket in the background.

A super cute baby girl star fishing on a white cotton blanket, wearing a green and gray hand knit sweater, gray, yellow and cream handmade trousers, with the tips of her gray bootees poking out the bottom of her trouser legs.

A baby on her tummy on a white cotton blanket, wearing a green and gray hand knit sweater, yellow, cream, and gray handmade trousers, and one hand knit green and gray bootee.

For #garterstitch week at #showmeyourknits a bootie I’ve made so many times - Saartje’s Bootee’s - here on my baby girl’s tiny foot, with the Garter Stitch Jacket with Vent.

A blue child’s jumper lies on a cream painted table. The jumper is knit from vintage 1970s, blue variegated yarn which makes a random pattern of several shades of blue and white. The ribbing at the waist, cuffs and neckline are all a darker blue as is a stocking stitch detail across the shoulder

I had to rack my brain for #showmeyourknits #garterstitch week! It took me while to think of something, then I realised I had a jumper I made this year that qualified. 1980s #vintagepattern for a child’s jumper made from 70s #vintageyarn with a stocking stitch shoulder saddle #skyknits 🧶

Its a new week for #ShowMeYourKnits 🧶 and @livrunsfast.bsky.social wants to see #garterstitch. I do have a blanket, but that is my only piece. #Knitting 🧶 🧦 #knitsky

Novelty knit from homespun wool. The front (and back) are done in #GarterStitch. All undyed wool from local sheep of the Galway and Blue Texel breeds.

#ShowMeYourKnits #KnittersOfBluesky #Knitting #Wool
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekZforZoology - All sheep were unharmed and delighted with their haircut!

I just added this super cute top to my list today. Love the back pleat & garter is always elegant. Simply Me Blouse
by NORgardknitters on Ravelry here: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... 🧶
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