Litterbox Creation

After using granite stitch and broken seed stitches in general combos in the past patterns, this time in Broken Stone Seed Leaf , we use the two stitch patterns in making up the common leaf motif.  I am pretty satisfy with the revival as it gives a different look than the normal stockinette background. In this piece, we keep the slanting line with the use of decreases and increases.  I love the look of the broken seed stitches in the leaf.  It echoes the horizontal line with the background granite stitches.  The purl bumps from the broken seed stitch is not as bold as the p2tog's from the granite stitches and make them both standout on its own. Difficulty level for this one:  furballs claimed they can do it with a flicker of their tails. Enjoy the pattern and please donate generously to you local Cats / Animals Shelters when using the pattern in part or in whole.  Furballs and I thanks you in advance. In our next blo...

Furballs say napping is good lol  The original name for this dishcloth was "Furballs' A for Apple", but of course, the lazy furballs at home objected.  After much discussion involving meowing back and forth and some human / cat fight mainly tummy rubbing and love bites, we finally settled with Furballs' A for Asleep . I designed this dishcloth to try out using granite stitch as edge border and to discover its characteristics.  This idea came as I knitted up the 8" x 8" sample for Furballs & the Granite Stone . Look at the right border edge of the dishcloth below - it looks like a vertical edge border to me. Now, I have to confess this kind of knit and purl picture dishcloth is not cupcake for me.  Baking real cupcake seems easier lol  It took me days to make up the "A" to my liking (please note that I did not say satisfaction lol) that fitted into the general size of a dishcloth.  Maybe it is time to learn to use those softwa...

I came across the granite stitch a few month back on YouTube.   It is a four (4) row repeat knit pattern that is easy to execute and a no brainer to remember.   Even when your furballs meow and distract you, I do not think you will be lost in this simple pattern.  This pattern is also a fast knit as it is made of three (3) rows of stockinette and one (1) row of garter, so the height is building up as expected and see "result" quick.  It is a good stitch pattern to consider for your travelling project. The granite stitch is a very interesting stitch pattern that has not shown up much in knitting design (or maybe it has but the designer(s) did not mention it).   I had used it in at least one of my design (not yet published, pattern still need improvement when I have time to go back to it again).  When looking from afar, it really resembles crochet stitches.   Though it has no yarn twisting (as in crochet) to give it the strength, the decrea...