Table of Contents
Introduction 6
Getting Started 8
Following the Charts in This Book 12
How the Swatches in This Book Were Made 14
1 Knits & Purls
Stockinette Stitch 18
Garter Stitch 18
Arrows 18
Zigzags 20
Banded Squares 21
Stacked Books 22
Ribs and Ridges 24
Stacked Boxes 25
8-Point Stars 26
Diagonals and Crosses 29
Lizard Lattice 30
Seed Stitch Squares 31
Cross Motif 33
Centipede Stitch 34
Stripe Pillars 35
Intertwined Texture 36
Small Basket Stitch 37
Enlarged Basket Stitch 38
Escalator Pattern 40
Banded Insertion 42
Block Quilting 43
Welted Leaf 44
Mosaic Stitch 46
Basket Stitch Pillow 49
2 Ribs
Chained Eyelet Columns 52
Ribs and Frogs 53
Bramble Ribs 54
Charlie Brown Twisted Ribs 57
Bobble in a Basket 59
Prosperity Ribs 60
Wrapped Columns 61
Twists and Chains 63
Chained Ribs 63
Oblique Rib Left 64
Oblique Rib Right 64
Ridged Rib 65
Lacy Chevron Rib 65
Supple Rib 66
Rib Checks 67
Linked Ribs 68
3-Stitch Twisted Rib 71
Granite Rib 71
Chain Stitch Rib 72
Square Rib 73
Single Lace Rib 74
Little Chevron Rib 74
Broad Spiral Rib 76
Grand Chevron Rib 77
3-Stitch Twisted Rib Slouch Cap 79
3 Fancy & Twisted
Blooming Ginger 82
Katsura Twists 84
Herringbone Twist 85
Wrapped Waves 86
Spiders 88
Flames 93
Dots and Dashes 95
Mock Left Cable and Twist 96
Mock Right Cable and Twist 97
Mini Cables and Tassels 99
Banded Wraps 101
Bobble Checkerboard 102
Bubble Clusters 103
Crowns 104
Butterfly Checkerboard 106
Flower Bud Texture 107
Left Parallelograms 108
Right Parallelograms 109
Peanuts 110
Crossed Blanket Stitch 111
4-Point Star Texture 112
Tatami Weave Floats 114
Raised Parallelograms 115
Flight of the Gulls 116
Trellis Pattern 118
Little Tents 119
Syncopated Waves 120
Lace and Seed Stitch 122
Elongated Openwork 123
Pussy Willows 124
Hammocks 125
Waves and Garter Ridges 126
Shingle Stitch 128
Ancient Blocks 129
Crossed Blanket Stitch Mittens 131
4 Cables
Dragon and Cables 136
Mock Cable and Claws 137
Twists and Eyelets 139
Water Gourd Cables 141
4-Column Snake Cables 142
Jeweled Cables 144
Knots and Twisted Columns 145
Braided Diamond Cables 146
Nautical Twists 150
Stacked Horned Owls 153
Pitchforks 154
Open Crossed Columns 155
Forked Diamonds 156
Seeded 5-Stitch Cross 158
4-Stitch Cross Texture 159
Eyelets and Cables 160
Twists and Cables 162
Crossed Checkerboard 163
Long and Short Cables 164
Mini Honeycomb 165
Open Wishbone Cables 166
Goblets 170
Open and Closed Twists 172
Trees 173
Beetle Cable 175
Diamond and Garter Cable 176
Open Medallion Cable 177
Framed Moss and Bobble Cables 178
Tiny Chains 179
Chain Mail 180
Winding Rhombus 181
Stacked Seed Hearts 182
9-Stitch Braids 186
5-Stitch Serpents 187
Tipsy Cables 188
Roman Cable 189
Snakes in the Sand 190
Ornamental Cable 191
Slipped Zigzag Cable 192
Cross-Stitch Cable 193
Snow Tracks 194
Sideways Cable Pulli 197
5 Lace
Zigzag and Garter Lace 202
Waving Wheat 203
Overlapping Spearheads 204
Candelabra 206
Gothic Seeded Arches 208
Wheat Sheaves 210
Peacock Feathers 212
Little Berries 213
Halved Hourglasses 214
Cherry Blossoms 216
Lily of the Valley 217
Figs 219
Arrow Bands 220
Rising Suns 221
Field of Flowers 222
Sparkling Diamonds 224
Eyelet Grid 225
Acorns and Eyelets 226
Wheat Bales 228
Ants on a Log 229
Sails 230
Ribbons 232
Mesh 234
Mini Arches 234
Leaf Panes 236
Nestled Leaves 237
Serpentine Waves 238
Arches 239
Dominoes 240
Little Shells 241
Lacy Right Diagonals 242
Lacy Left Diagonals 243
Lacy Streamers 244
Right-Leaning Lace 246
Left-Leaning Lace 248
Open Acorns 250
Undulating Texture 251
Ladders and Eyelets 253
Climbing Garter Vine 254
Hanging Berries 255
Arrowheads and Diamonds 256
Climbing Diamonds 259
Waves and Welts 260
Welted Herringbone 261
Little Berries Bulky Scarf 263
From-Scratch Projects 265
Special Techniques 278
Symbol Key 279
Abbreviations 280
Stitch Multiple Index 282
Index 284
Acknowledgments 286
About the Author 287