I found this stitch in a vintage knitting leaflet. It’s mainly PURL. The pattern was a whole sweater made of it! Gah! To be fair, though, the sweater was flat, so some rows were knit. I did some tweaking to make it work in the round and after a few days (hand cramps slowed me down, down, down), I have a hat!
Does anyone know of any modern name for this stitch? It looks similar to smocking, but there isn’t any wrapping. You basically slip stitches for 3 rows, then after working 3 additional rows, you make a knit at the center of the slipped stitches and then pass the loose loops over. It’s super easy!
yarn: Madelinetosh Tosh DK in ‘candlewick’
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I don’t knit so I have no clue…however, this is beautiful. I love the color and the design!
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Drop stitch honeycomb!
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Lisa
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April 23rd, 2012 at 1:11 pm
Thank you! It definitely is some sort of honeycomb pattern. This one utilizes a 6-stitch repeat. I’ll get the pattern together for folks to try it out. I liked knitting with the DK weight yarn!
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gorgeous! i love this!
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It’s so pretty. I will email a link of your post to my Auntie. She is a master knitter (literally) and might just know the name for this.
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Gosh! Love it! Will the pattern be available in your shop?
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Lisa
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April 23rd, 2012 at 6:53 pm
I’ll type up the pattern and put it up for free soon!
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Is it a twist stitch latice?
I have Barbara Walker’s treasury and that looks pretty close.
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Lisa
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April 23rd, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Thanks for the info! There are no twisted stitches. There are slipped stitches, though. It’s most similar to the drop-stitch honeycomb mentioned above.
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The stitch looks like one called ‘diamond brocade’ in a giant book of stitches I have, though it’s not a perfect match.
Beautiful hat, and the colour of the yarn suits the pattern very well :) And I only recently found your blog and thought it was great, so hello!
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Lisa
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April 23rd, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Hello! Thank you for coming back. :)
I think it’s most similar to the drop-stitch honeycomb, but it’s more of a slip-stitch honeycomb.
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I don’t know anything about it, but it looks gorgeous. Especially as a hat! As a sweater, it would be kind of – too much for me… And the COLOR… :)
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I love your new hat! I am lusting after anything mustard at the moment as it is the perfect autumn colour – it goes with navy, olive green, chocolate brown… Nice job! Sam xox
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Regardless of what the pattern is, it’s beautiful!
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i don’t know what it is, but i love it! <3
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