I am so happy to finally be publishing designs again! I got obsessed with slip stitch knitting several years ago, and have been working on a series of designs using this technique. I am seeing more and more of it everywhere, but when I initially started, I remember friends commenting they’d never seen some of the stitch patterns I was doing.

I really love slip stitch knitting because it allows you to play with color without doing stranded knitting such as Fair Isle. Carrying the floats requires you to be careful with your tension or the knitting will pucker, but slip stitch knitting doesn’t have this issue.

Slip stitch knitting is also known as mosaic knitting because it uses the same technique of working with two colors of yarn, but only knitting with one color every two rows, and slipping stitches in the alternate color to create patterns.

My new design uses garter st and a very simple slip stitch pattern to create perpendicular stripes. I used a fractal spun yarn and a semi-solid to create this scarf. You could also use handspun or gradient yarns, or even solids that have good contrast. This is a really great stashbuster project because you only need 400-600 yards each of two colors of yarn. I used a semi-solid and a fractal spun, but this would lend itself to so many different combinations! I am excited to make more different versions myself.

I feel like celebrating, as it has been so long since I published, and it’s a beautiful October day, and fall knitting season is here! I also really want to say thank you to everyone who reads this blog, supports me as a designer, and has very patiently continued to do so while I was in the middle of major life change and MIA for awhile.

As my thanks to you, I am running a promotion for all my patterns for the month of October. When you spend $15 on my patterns, get $5 off (at checkout on Ravelry) with fallknitekb. And please tag me on Instagram with #elizabethkaybooth or post in my group on Ravelry when you make one of my patterns so I can see your take on it. There is nothing more rewarding as a designer than to see other people enjoy my work and to see what colors and personal touches you bring to it!

For anyone interested, here is my Ravelry store: https://www.ravelry.com/designers/elizabeth-kay-booth

Happy fall my friends! More good things to come very soon!