A Year of Stitches week 8

Playing catch up still. 

Let's start with the knit stitch for week 8.

Week 4 we worked nupps.  This week is knit popcorn.  Popcorn stitches are between nupps and bobbles.  They are usually worked on stockinette fabric.

So cast on 20 stitches. Work a few rows of stockinette. On a knit row, knit 5 sts, in the next st, kfbfbf, drop this st off the left needle.  Now pull the 2nd st of the popcorn over the first, pull the 3rd st of the popcorn over the first,  pull the 4th st of the popcorn over the first.  Knit 10 sts and in the next st, kfbfbf, drop this st off the left needle.   Work the stitches off in the same way. Knit to the end. Knit a few more rows of stockinette fabric. 

Look at the popcorn. If they aren't sufficiently 3d, pull and push them into shape.  If you notice any gapping between the popcorn and the fabric,  try work the offensive spot tighter. 

Crochet week 5

Little clamshells

This is a stitch i came up with when I was working on the little pockets stitch from week 4.  It is again based on square mesh a dc high and 2 ch wide. It would work with ch 3 wide and tr high. 

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

Ch 21.
R1:  dc in 8th ch from hook,  *sk 2, ch 2, dc in next st. Rep from the * to the end.
R2 ch 3, * 2 dc in ch 2 sp, dc in dc, 2 dc around the dc post of prev row.  Rep from the * to the end. End dc in top of ch 3.
R3: ch 5, sk 2 dc, * dc in dc,  sk 4 dc.  Rep from the * to the end,  ending with dc in the top of ch 3.

Rep R2 and R3 for desired length ending with R2.