Remember how I said I was going to update my patterns to include stitch maps? Yeah, that project fell by the wayside. (Too many projects! Too little time!)
Today, though, I present to you a two-fer: two sock patterns updated to use stitch maps in addition to traditional charts and written instructions. First up, Corrine:
Corrine
And Yachats:
Yachats
Both are anklets. (I have become unreasonably fond of anklets lately. Or is it really unreasonable? Anklets stay in place! You never have to tug up on drooping legs!) But they differ in their use of stitch maps. Corrine has just one simple stitch map:
Clematis, from A Compendium of Knitted Stitch Patterns by Shelagh Hollingworth
This makes the Corrine pattern an easy introduction to stitch maps.
Yachats has a couple beefier stitch maps, including one of my favorites, Rivulets:
Rivulets, a variation on Vine Stripe by Barbara Walker
With Rivulets (and the Little Waves pattern on the cuff), Yachats makes fabulous use of stitch maps. It’s a pattern you can sink your teeth into. No, wait, I have a better metaphor: It’s a pattern that lets you give stitch maps a serious test drive, see how they compare to traditional charts, and wonder how you ever used to knit lace without them.
Yeah, okay, so I’m a little passionate about stitch maps. You’re not surprised, are you? 🙂
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