glossary and sample pictures of knit stitches

jan 23 1145am

been busy the past month scanning in very important documets and all the photos i have collected over 50 years. im done with my photos and want to borrow some of moms then i'll be done with that.

but in the meantime i've been taking pics of the sample work of various stitches. not sure how to send them to 'castingoff' so will post them here and hope Nicole will grab them to post at her site.


this is ribbing, known as k1p1.


co 20 sts
row 1: k1, p1 repeat across
row 2: k1, p1, repeat across
repeat the last 2 rows til desired length




stockinette stitch



co 20 sts
row 1: k all stitches
row 2: p all stitches
repeat rows 1-2 til desired length

garter stitch

co 20 sts

row 1: k every stitch

row 2: k every stitch

repeat rows 1-2 til desired length

american moss stitch:

co 20 sts

row 1, 2: k1 p1 rep to end

row 3, 4: p1, k1 rep to end

rep rows 1-4 til desired length

twisted stitch ribbing

co 20 sts

row 1, k1 tbl, p1, rep to end

rep row 1 til desired length

cable stitch

co 21 sts

row 1: p1, k4, rep across, end with p1

row 2: k1, p4, rep across, end with k1

row 3: p1, take 2 and hold in front, k2, k2 from holder, rep to end, p1

row 4: same as row 2

rep these 4 rows til desired length

blackberry stitch

co 20 multiple of 4 st

row 1: right side: p across

row 2: p3 tog, k1p1k1 in next st, rep to end

row 3: p

row 4: k1p1k1 in next st, p3tog, rep to end

rep row 1-4 til desired length

books i read in december

dec books:
vision in white by nora roberts
knit the season (with patterns and recipes) friday night knitting club series 3 kate jacobs
the gold coast: john sutter series by nelson demille (500+ pages
wildfire (500+)that old cape magic by richard russo
breath of scandal by sandra brown
the crush
fat tuesday
CHARADE
the master fiddler by janet dailey
a rogue of my own by johanna lindsey
full house: full series by janet evanovich and charlotte hughes
full scoop: full series
total control a nascar novel by pamela britton

chairty, hospital, knit

various striped hats and booties. the booties have a braided cable running up the center. so easy to make that i don't even need a pattern anymore-ive made so many of them.

jaunt around town

wheels on fire fabric to make tony a cover for his computer chair. cuz of the amount i got it was $25, think i need to do a few more surveys to pay greg back LOL

also cuz of the after xmas sales i did get some baby yarn, denim blue to mke a marvel sweater for myself. the light yellow is great for the spring and summer but this blue will fit in the following seasons. thinking size needles will take 5 months to finish.

went looking for Wii things but most stores were out so ordered online for a good deal, buy one, get one at half price. nobody was out today, stores were deserted.

forgot to replace my headphones that broke just the other night so ill be using the laptop to finish listening to books on tape from the net.