Purl-Twist Fabric

Yarn:  Worsted Weight Acrylic
Wraps Per Inch: 9 wpi
Needles: US 6 – 4mm
Gauge:  18 stitch = 4″ 24 rows = 4″
Pattern: Purl Twist Stitch
Stitch Count Repeat:  Even number of stitches
Page: 125
Difficult Techniques: I did not find the twist technic difficult once I understood the instructions.

Comments:  I really enjoyed this pattern and I love the “woven” look it creates. 

Knit by: Stefanie Culley 
ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/people/StefanieCulley
blog: http://stefculley.blogspot.com/

Self-Reinforcing One-Row Buttonhole WTP Sampler

Self-Reinforcing One-Row Buttonhole WTP Sampler by natalief on flickr

Yarn: Patons 100% Cotton 4ply (fingering)

Needles: 2.25 mm
Pattern: Self-Reinforcing One-Row Buttonhole
Stitch Count Repeat:  I used 25 sts; a 5 st garter stitch border each side and a 5 st buttonhole in the middle of the centre 15 sts. The book does not say.
Book: A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 354

Comments, if any: The centre 15 sts were, from bottom to top, on:
- garter stitch.
- stocking stitch (stockinette) buttonhole knit on the RS (right/knit/facing side).
- stocking stitch (stockinette) buttonhole knit on the WS (wrong/purl/reverse side).
- seed stitch.

My preferred/favourite buttonhole is the one on stocking stitch kit on the purl/wrong side with seed stitch second and the garter stitch third. I dislike the pouty lips look of the buttonhole knit on the right/knit side of the stocking stitch (stockinette) sample.

Knit by: natalieford on Ravelry = Natalie Ford Knits (natalieford.com) = natalief on flickr

Diagonal Wave

Diagonal Wave

Yarn: Some worsted weight dishcloth yarn from my stash
Needles: 3.5 mm
Pattern: Diagonal Wave
Stitch Count Repeat:  Multiple of 6 sts plus 3.
Book: A Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 275
Comments, if any: A beautiful reversible stitch pattern that would make a great scarf and that I am in the process of trying out as an in-the-round stitch pattern modification for a neck warmer.

Knit by: natalieford on Ravelry = Natalie Ford Knits (natalieford.com) = natalief on flickr

Moss Diamond and Lozenge Pattern

Moss Diamond and Lozenge Pattern

Yarn: Patons Australia Smoothie DK
Needles: 3.5 mm
Pattern: Moss Diamond and Lozenge Pattern
Stitch Count Repeat:  Multiple of 12 sts.
Book: A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 17
Comments, if any: A beautiful reversible stitch pattern that would make a great baby blanket.

Knit by: natalieford on Ravelry = Natalie Ford Knits (natalieford.com) = natalief on flickr

Feather Pattern and Expanded Feather Pattern

Feather Pattern and Expanded Feather Pattern by natalief on flickr

Yarn: Patons UK 100% Cotton 4 Ply, lilac
Needles: 3.5 mm
Pattern: Feather Pattern and Expanded Feather Pattern
Stitch Count Repeat:  Multiple of 7 sts pus 1 & Multiple of 12 sts plus 1.
Book: A Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 194

Knit by: natalieford on Ravelry = Natalie Ford Knits (natalieford.com) = natalief on flickr

Antique Diamond Pattern

Antique Diamond Pattern by natalief on flickr

Yarn: Patons UK 100% Cotton, 4 ply, lilac
Needles: 3.5 mm
Pattern: Antique Diamond Pattern
Stitch Count Repeat:  Multiple of 10 sts plus 1.
Book: A Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 235

Knit by: natalieford on Ravelry = Natalie Ford Knits (natalieford.com) = natalief on flickr

Crazy Maypole

Yarn: Marriner 3-ply
Needles: 2.5mm (US 1 1/2)
Gauge: 13 stitches to the inch
Pattern: Crazy Maypole
Stitch Count Repeat:  Multiples of 18
Book: A Secondary Treasury of Knitting Patterns
Page: 195-6
Difficult Techniques, if any: Keeping an even tension for the bobbles can take a few attempts, if these are your first introduction to the genre!

Knit by: tangwystyl