Posted 11 Jul 2014 by JC
As requested, Stitch-Maps.com now handles increases that turn a single stitch into 6, 7, 8, or 9 stitches:
1-to-6 inc
1-to-7 inc
1-to-8 inc
1-to-9 inc
No surprise here: it also handles decreases that reduce 6, 7, 8, or 9 stitches back down to a single stitch:
K6tog on RS, p6tog on WS
K7tog on RS, p7tog on WS
K8tog on RS, p8tog on WS
K9tog on RS, p9tog on WS
P6tog on RS, k6tog on WS
P7tog on RS, k7tog on WS
P8tog on RS, k8tog on WS
P9tog on RS, k9tog on WS
With these increases and decreases, you can now map stitch patterns containing larger nupps.
As with the 4- and 5-stitch increases and decreases, the key defines how to work these stitches. For example, the 1-to-7 increase is defined as “(k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1) in next st.” But if you’d like to work them in some other way, that’s totally up to you! Another option might be “(k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1) in next st.” If an alternate definition works better for your stitch pattern, you’re welcome to add a note to your pattern’s “Description.”
But wait, there’s more! Stitch-Maps.com now handles the following “cluster” stitches:
Sl1-k1-yo-psso
Sl1-k1-yo-k1-psso
P2so-yo-k1 on RS
P3so-k1-yo-k1 on RS
Yo-k2-pyo on RS
Yo-p2-pyo on RS
These cluster stitches are often found in Japanese stitch dictionaries, such as Knitting Patterns Book 250 by Hitomi Shida. Here are a couple simple examples:
Smocking uses cluster stitches to turn plain “k1, p1” rib into a lovely fabric that looks like smocking.
Stacked Vs combines cluster stitches with little lace “V”s. I particularly like the way a cluster’s yarn over sits right at the base of each V.
What stitch patterns will you map, with these new symbols?
Posted 23 Jun 2014 by JC
As promised, Stitch-Maps.com now supports multiply-wrapped stitches:
K1 wrapping yarn twice on RS, p1 wrapping yarn twice on WS; drop extra wrap on next row
K1 wrapping yarn 3 times on RS, p1 wrapping yarn 3 times on WS; drop extra wraps on next row
P1 wrapping yarn twice on RS, k1 wrapping yarn twice on WS; drop extra wrap on next row
P1 wrapping yarn 3 times on RS, k1 wrapping yarn 3 times on WS; drop extra wraps on next row
Yo wrapping yarn twice on RS and on WS; drop extra wrap on next row
Yo wrapping yarn 3 times on RS and on WS; drop extra wraps on next row
With these new additions, keeping tabs on all the stitches that the site recognizes is no small task! To make life a little easier, the Contribute and Edit pages now feature a series of convenience buttons, grouped into tabs and emblazoned with symbols:
Hover over button, and a tooltip giving that symbol’s abbreviation appears. Better yet: click on a button, and its abbreviation gets inserted into the ”Written instructions” text input area. Hopefully, this’ll make contributing and editing stitch patterns somewhat less onerous.
Enjoy!
Posted 19 Jun 2014 by JC
Heads up! Stitch-Maps.com is now slightly more flexible in the knitspeak it accepts.
For example, when faced with sl1, k2tog, psso Stitch-Maps.com used to complain We don’t know what “psso” means and insist on sl1-k2tog-psso instead. Now it handles sl1, k2tog, psso, k1-f&b, yfwd, and other “aliases” for its standard abbreviations. It also recognizes other bits of phrasing, like Row 1 (right side) and repeat from * to last 3 stitches, over which it used to stumble before.
Really, this shouldn’t have a tremendous effect on anyone, other than making it a touch easier to enter stitch pattern instructions. Actually, if you do run into any hiccups – say, you receive a weird error message, or the site doesn’t accept phrasing that you think it should – please let me know!
The good news? The changes that permit this additional flexibility will make it easier for me to add support for new stitches, such as k1 wrapping yarn twice and (gasp!) 2/2 RC. Stay tuned!
Posted 7 May 2014 by JC
Stitch-Maps.com now groks “bigger” increases that go from one stitch to four or five, and corresponding decreases:
1-to-4 inc on RS
1-to-5 inc on RS
1-to-4 inc on WS
1-to-5 inc on WS
K4tog on RS, p4tog on WS
K5tog on RS, p5tog on WS
P4tog on RS, k4tog on WS
P5tog on RS, k5tog on WS
The abbreviations list defines “1-to-4 inc” as “(k1, p1, k1, p1) in next st” and “1-to-5 inc” as “(k1, yo, k1, yo, k1) in next st.” But you can certainly work these increases some other way, if that’s your preference. Got a strong preference, for a pattern you’re adding to the collection? Make a note in the pattern’s Description.
Ditto the decreases: if knitting five stitches together isn’t your cup of tea and you’d rather accomplish the decrease by passing four stitches individually over the fifth, go right ahead. How did EZ put it? “Be the boss of your knitting.”
No matter how you slice ’em, these bigger increases and decreases let you map nupps:
By the way, these new stitches came with some changes to the way Stitch-Maps.com draws its stitch maps. For the most part, I’m hoping these changes prove to be for the better. But if you notice any funkiness in the stitch maps that the site draws, please let me know!
Enjoy!
Posted 21 Apr 2014 by JC
Can you believe it? A handful of people found all thirty-two eggs! Several others found more than twenty. That’s a lot of dedicated egg-hunting!
Chosen at random from the top finishers, the winner is kfrisa. Congrats! And thanks to everyone for playing.
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