dimpsey: n, the time in the evening just before dusk

Hey math nerds. Don’t you love that triangle whose side lengths are in a 1:2:√3 ratio? Haven’t you wanted to knit one?

Based on a machine-knit jacket stitch pattern. The sock itself is extremely simple, and the stitch design going up the middle of the foot is sort of like a more open seed stitch, with yarn overs appearing to criss-cross behind.

If you look at any waffle-print undershirt or pair of long johns, you’ll find this stitch. I was dismayed that the stitch was not replicated in hand knitting, or at least was not readily accessible to me. That may have something to do with it being double brioche knitting, a not-so-common stitch. So I wrote it up, and made a cowl of it.

A quick and easy hat! Eight vertical lines of brioche knit stitches run up to meet at the top, with reverse stockinette in between.

This is a wonderfully thick and warm scarf, knit up in two-color brioche. It uses is a combination of plain brioche ribbing, crossed brioche stitches, and double knitting. Because of how it is knit, the design requires a circular needle.

Not a traditional Celtic design, but inspired by them. Hence the name, Celt-ish. If you’re even vaguely familiar with brioche ribbing and know how to handle a cable needle, this will be a breeze for you. Knits up surprisingly fast, and when done in the suggested yarn is incredibly warm and squishy.

There’s nothing about the hat’s shape that makes it hexagonal. It’s just that when I stretch syncopated brioche stitch a little, I think it makes a bunch of little hexagons, and decided that was as good a name as any.

If you’re looking to knit something new, this might be it! Utilizing the “continuous star stitch” technique, the ridges that swirl up the arm and over the back of the hand will literally stand out and give the gloves a fantastic three-dimensionality. The added bulk of the ridges more than make up for the eyelets in terms of warmth, and your han...

This li’l guy is a project that is both very fast and very cute. Perfect for a last-minute gift or to use up that small ball of yarn that’s just wasting space in your stash.

In addition to the yarn, you’ll need stuffing material and something for the eye(s) or any other facial characteristics you want to add. Felt, buttons, embroidery floss, that sort of thing.