How to knit this spike stitch?

Hey so i found this instruction for this stitch on a knitting machine. since i do not have one but absolutely love the pattern, i am looking for instructions on how to hand knit it instead.

Found it on alessandrina.com

I would be very thankful for any clues and help :slight_smile:

regards,

Magda

It may be a stitch pattern for machines that doesn’t have an easy crossover to hand knitting.
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Can you help back translate from machine to hand knitting for this stitch?

You might try this hand knitting chart from the same designer

I didn’t read it all and the stitch looks a bit different, but perhaps a further search of her posts may reveal something.

It reminds me of a sweater roxanne richardson made, her project to make vintage patterns, it was just knit and purl zig zags but the resulting fabric was very three dimensional, not flat at all, quite beautiful.

Depending how attached you are to the exact pattern, you might be interested in hand knit patterns available for similar spiked fabric such as this one

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I found something similar, I think in Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible by Hitomi Shida. Not exactly that configuration but the sections were that kind of shape. I have two Japanese stitch books so I’ll see if I can find them and check.

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Wow, that really does look like romanesco! Fascinating stitch pattern. I’d be tempted to do a swatch, but not for Ā£10.00.

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Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention!:slight_smile: just purchased it and canā€˜t wait to start knitting :heart_eyes:

Do you know if thereā€˜s a video instruction out there somewhere? I am still struggling understanding written instructions since this is my first time experimenting with a pattern other than left & right :sweat_smile:

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Happy to be able to help. Sometimes people want the exact thing they are asking for, sometimes a similar item is just the ticket. Glad it turned out to be something you wanted. There is a spikey hat pattern available on ravelry too.

I don’t know of a video tutorial (some designers have their tutorial only available to people who pay for the pattern so there may be something in the pattern about it although there is no mention of it on ravelry) but reading the notes it seems not all that hard if you are comfortable with magic loop.

The designer has given their email address if you need to question something (on the ravelry oage, jot it down on thepattern if its not printed there), and you can always type out a line or two of the pattern here to get help.

Looking forward to seeing it progress!

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Knitting is great for always having new things to learn! I would DEFINITELY be making a practice swatch! Not necessarily in the yarn you want to use for the sweater, but something easy to work with, in a large enough size that you can see what the stitches are doing. Maybe a worsted or Aran weight. Or even make a scarf using the stitch pattern!

Once you have the stitch down, you should make a gauge swatch in the correct yarn, to be certain the sweater will fit.

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Where did you find a similar hat pattern? I might be willing to tackle this stich in a smaller item, just out of curiosity.

Not the same designer.

It’s possible it’s made in a similar way to cat ear hats but with more ā€œearsā€. I don’t know, I don’t do hats.

Yes, this is a much simpler method of getting those spike shapes. Shown clearly in this project photo:

The Romanesco sweater has a much more interesting fabric, in my opinion:

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