Using Stitch Dictionaries As Design Aids // Casual Friday 2-43

Buy me a coffee on Ko-fi! https://www.ko-fi.com/roxannerichardson In this week's podcast, I deliver part 5 of my Knitting Library Tour, and show you the stitch dictionaries and other knitting books I turn to most often when knitting textured patterns; I show examples of my designs where I have used or adapted patterns from stitch dictionaries; and I answer a question about how easy (or not) it is to reverse a sweater pattern knit bottom up and knit it top down, instead. To jump to a specific point in the video, click on the adjacent, time-stamped link: Introduction: 0:00 Stitch dictionaries I use most often: 1:28 Knitting pattern books that can be used as stitch dictionaries: 15:26 Ways I have used stitch dictionaries in my own designs: 21:59 Design decisions and a question about reversing the direction a sweater is knit: 29:15 My Designs on Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/roxanne-richardson Books mentioned in this podcast Barbara G. Walker's Treasuries A Treasury of Knitting patterns (first): https://amzn.to/2r380rb A 2nd Treasury of Knitting patterns: https://amzn.to/2N7blxT Charted Knitting Designs, a Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns: https://amzn.to/2JKDOb0 mentioned, but not shown Mosaic Knitting: https://amzn.to/2WBUWEN Harmony Guide to Knitting Stitches (out of print, may be available used): https://amzn.to/2WBbGfA The New Knitting Stitch Library, by Leslie Stanfield: https://amzn.to/2qbnEQU Knitting on the Edge, by Nicky Epstein: https://amzn.to/2J