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Table of Contents

Guide

THE ULTIMATE

ALLAROUND

STITCH DICTIONARY

WENDY BERNARD

ABRAMS, NEW YORK

More Than 300 Stitch Patterns

to Knit Every Way

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

THE ULTIMATE ALL-AROUND STITCH DICTIONARY

LIKE MANY OTHERS, I learned to knit when I was

young. My grandmother taught me the basics,

and not too long after, I put the needles down.

When I became a stay-at-home mom more than

thirty years later, I found myself knitting again

and began to write an online blog (called Knit and

Tonic ) where I ruminated about what I was knitting.

Soon, I realized that I didnt really like to follow

patterns closely, and I found myself changing them

here and there so they suited me. For example, I

didnt enjoy knitting flat and seaming up later. I

also have a longer torso and arms, and most of my

sweaters were turning out boxy, and I knew that

there must be a way to adjust them on the fly.

I talked about all this on my blog and with

my knitting friends and found encouragement

to begin designing knit patterns on my own.

I decided that knitting top down and in the round

made sense to me and was the most flexible

format for my needsand off I went, except

that working everything in Stockinette (knitting

every round was easy enough to figure out) was

pretty boring after a while. There is only so much

knitting without purling a knitter can do.

So, I scoured existing stitch pattern books, thinking

that someone must have had struggled to find

existing patterns for in-the-round knitting, but

other than Elizabeth Zimmermann and Barbara

G. Walkers extensive works discussing the

subjects of knitting in the round and knitting

top-down respectively, I was at a loss. Books with

sock patterns were helpful to a point, because

they often had stitch patterns that were already

in the round, but besides that, I found no help.

Eventually, I figured out how to convert some of

my favorite stitch patterns to add to my design

work, but it was slow going and took a lot of trial

and error.

At the time, I had three books behind me: Custom

Knits , Custom Knits 2 , and Custom Knits Accessories

(all with Abrams)with patterns almost exclusively

top down and in the round, so I reached out to my

editor to offer up an idea. I told her that I would

like to write a book of stitch patterns that presented

more than one version: Not only would I offer a

conventional stitch pattern (flat, bottom up), but

I would also have a version that could be knit in

the round, bottom up, but also top down, flat, and

in the round; and if the pattern was directional, I

would offer a version that was upside down, so that

a knitter could work a directional pattern from the

top down and the motif would present itself right-

side up. Phew. That was a lot! Good news was, my

editor was happy with the idea, and I was given the

go-ahead.

So, I swatched. And I swatched. And I swatched.

And today, eight years later, Im still swatching.

The stitch patterns from the first two books, Up,

Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary and The Knitting

All Around Stitch Dictionary , are all here for you,

compiled into one Ultimate Stitch Dictionary . Ive

also added thirty new stitch patterns to knit in all

directions. If you knit patterns flat and bottom

up, you can use this book to your hearts content.

If you knit in the round, this book is for you, too.

Same with top-down flat, top-down in the round,

you name it. The only thing you wont find here is

sideways. (Whoops. Maybe I need to take a look at

that... )

Happy Knitting!

THE ULTIMATE ALL-AROUND STITCH DICTIONARY

How to Use the Stitch Patterns

Each stitch pattern in this book will be labeled

so you will know which version to knit. For every

pattern, there is a flat, in-the-round, bottom-

up, and top-down iteration. In some cases, the

top-down and bottom-up versions are the same,

because the pattern isnt directional.

When selecting stitch patterns, note that each one

has information relating to the multiple of stitches

that is required. If you take a look at Herringbone

Lace Rib on , you will see that if you are

knitting a flat object, in order for the stitch pattern

to work in your project the number of stitches you

have on your needles must be a multiple of 7, plus

1 additional stitch. The additional stitch is needed

so that the stitch pattern is centered correctly.

Now, if you look at the in-the-round version of the

same pattern, youll see that all is required is a

multiple of 7 stitches, with no additional stitch.

If you are knitting an existing pattern from your

favorite designer and want to swap out a stitch

pattern, thats great! Just know that in order to

do so, you have two choices: Either find a stitch

pattern in this book with the number of stitches

that will accommodate the multiple required, or

get creative and add or subtract a stitch or two in

the pattern so that you can comfortably follow the

swapped-in pattern. These adjustments can be knit

on the fly, and no one will notice. How? Simply

and slyly increase or decrease a few stitches as

requiredbe sure to make note of it if you will

have to do it again elsewhereand knit your

swapped-in pattern. Keep in mind that if you are

adding or subtracting enough stitches to affect the

fit, you should do some simple math to see if the

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