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!
Drop stitch honeycomb!
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!
gorgeous! i love this!
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.
Gosh! Love it! Will the pattern be available in your shop?
I’ll type up the pattern and put it up for free soon!
Is it a twist stitch latice?
I have Barbara Walker’s treasury and that looks pretty close.
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.
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!
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.
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… :)
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
Regardless of what the pattern is, it’s beautiful!
i don’t know what it is, but i love it! <3
Do you have the pattern for this hat??!?! I love it!
Hi Lisa! LOVE this stitch pattern but can’t find instructions on the web! Please could you direct me or send instructions for the pattern repeat?
Thanks