A collection of six adventurous knitting patterns featuring stacked decreases and increases.

 

The technique is used in industrial machine knitting to create dramatic chevrons and distortions in knitted fabric, notably by Missoni in Italy. American designer Xandy Peters introduced the technique to hand knitting. I have developed varitions of the techniques. Three of the patterns in this collection have both stacked increases & decreases; the other three have stacked decreases paired with different types of increases.

 

Click on the thumbnails below to view the individual pattern pages:

 

 

 

 

Ernst Ludwig

Inspired by the wild colors of German

Expressionist paintings, notably the

work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luxor

A vibrant and creative scarf or

shawl pattern inspired by

Egyptian decorative arts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caribbean

A hand crafted scarf, shawl or wrap

pattern inspired by Caribbean colors

and brightly painted houses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hula

A whirl of colors in a small light scarf;

stacked decreases twist intarsia

diagonals into little waves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Egyptian Crescent

A dramatic crescent inspired by ancient Egyptian artefacts and visits to museums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aquarelle

A fusion of lace, stranded knitting

and stacked decreases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The eBook offers a 51% discount on the full price of the individual patterns.

 

$19.75

 

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