A Year of Stitches week 4

Due to illness in my family,  I've fallen behind. I hope no one else has been sick.

Knit stitch

A texture stitch is this week's choice.  This is an Estonian thing and adds a lot of interest to both the laces of that country and the knitting of those items.

Nupp (pronounced like soup)

Incorporate these into a stockinette based fabric.

When you reach the place you want to add a nupp, knit the stitch but keep the stitch on the needle,  yo, knit the stitch again, keep it on the needle,  yo, knit the stitch again,  keep it on the needle,  yo, knit the stitch again and drop it.  Continue working across the row.   On the next row, purl to the location of the nupp.  Insert the needle into all 7 loops of the nupp and purl it. This could be challenging. If it's too much, try doing a few loops at a time.  Continue working across the row.  

Crochet week 4

Little pockets

Last week we did a mesh of ch 2 dc to form a square mesh.

Let's start with the ch for the mesh and work the first row.

R2:  ch3, * 2dc in ch 2 sp,  2dc around the post of next dc, dc in dc. Rep from the * to the end. End with dc in top of ch 3.