Thursday, July 12, 2012

Shell Stitches 00001 and 10000

I've been debating how to do this series: do I go strictly numerically, counting in binary, or pair the inverse of the stitches in a single post?  Well, I worked it out, and there are 20 unique stitches when stitches with inverses only count as 1.  So for today's installment, 00001 will be shown with 10000 and would count as 1 of the 20 unique stitches, even though they are a little different. 


These two stitches greatly resemble each other.  For both of them, squarish holes are outlined by two single stranded edges and two double stranded edges.  This make an interesting fabric and would be good for lacy scarves.  The biggest difference is what the edges are like.  00001 has more filled in edges because there is a (dc, ch 1, dc) at each end instead of simply a (ch 2, dc) in 10000.  If doing a large project this doesn't make much difference, but for scarves or other short chain projects, it actually matters a bit.  I prefer the both the look of  and the ease of 00001 over 10000 .  It felt much more natural to have to reach forward with a dc than to reach back with a dc.  That's essentially what you have to do in 10000.  It was doable, it just felt a bit odd, whereas 00001 felt natural.  


Stitch 00001:
Chain a multiple of 6 + 5
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, (sk 2, dc, ch 4, sk 2, sc) across, (dc, ch 1, dc) in last ch
Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc, (dc in sc, ch 4, sc in ch 4 sp) across, (dc, ch 1, dc) in last sc

Repeat row 2 for pattern

Stitch 10000:
Chain a multiple of 6 + 5
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, (ch 4, sk 2, dc, sk 2, sc) across, (ch 2, dc) in last ch
Row 2: ch 1, turn, sc, (ch 4, dc in sc, sc in ch 4 sp) across, (ch 2, dc) in last sc

Repeat row 2 for pattern

1 comment:

  1. So Cool! I love this! I'm going to enjoy seeing the others to come!

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