What is Sequence Knitting?

[@shelleybuckingham733]

I'm a crochet girl,I change things up by doing this all the time, I sometimes use four balls of wool and go for texture as much as possible. I've gotten into spinning my own yarn as I like something totally unique. Great video 👍

[@jacqknits]

Thanks for sharing!! Love a lot of texture too and I’m sure with your own spun yarn it ja absolutely gorgeous.

[@mariannewestrope3888]

I'm crocheting a tea towel right now and am doing this. It is 43 stitches wide and I'm doing two single crochets and the one double crochet. When I get to the end of the row and turn my work, I continue on with the count (serpentine). I love the way it is turning out.

[@jacqknits]

I love that you are using this method with crochet. I’m sure you’re getting very unique results. I’ll have to try this.

[@bhuvijain]

Very interesting and creates very different textures. I sometimes like doing a pattern for several projects but get bored with the same look although they're gifts for different people. This opens up endless possibilities! Thanks for widening the knitting world. God bless

[@jacqknits]

Oh wonderful. Have fun trying out new possibilities. How lucky your friends are for getting your handmade gifts!!

[@Ritercrazy]

Excellent explanation.

[@patdent]

I amazed that this is being treated as a 'technique'. It's just the simplest type of texture using k and p. I suppose the problem with modern knitters is that they have no clue about (a) knitting flat and (b) pearl stitches. I was fortunate to learn all about this because I knitted flat as a child and so I discovered that this is what happens when you make a mistake!

[@jacqknits]

I suppose ‘technique’ may not be the right term. It’s just a simple way to create new textures and patterns.

[@more5347]

basically, it's just knitting in a set pattern. would be a disaster if you tried this with any lace or cable pattern.

[@more5347]

@@jacqknits none of them are new. it's just new knitters discovering things they never experienced before.

[@jacqknits]

@more5347 As I mentioned in the video, there’s actually nothing new to sequence knitting. What I found interesting and wanted to share about this book is the systematic exploration of the many possibilities that exist.

[@shelleyn.8503]

Very interesting, I’ve never heard of this technique before. Thanks for sharing!

[@jacqknits]

I found so interesting as well. I've been having fun playing around with the endless possibilities.

[@smitty2000]

Excellent!!🎉 I must try this ~ great for throws & blankets.

[@jacqknits]

Yes. You can make beautiful textured throws and blankets with this method. Have fun.

[@emilycreager2269]

So, I hate swatching just to have swatches sitting around or needing to be unraveled. That's what dishcloths are for! This might be fun to play with in my dishcloth knitting.

[@jacqknits]

Absolutely! Make good use of those swatches. I do the same!!

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

Thank you! Love the concept.

[@jacqknits]

You're welcome! It's really fun to experiment with.

[@jsschnc]

I really enjoyed this video. I was looking for different knitting ideas and boom, there you were there. Thanks Jacq!

[@jacqknits]

You’re welcome! So glad I could help you with your idea search.

[@sa.de.sm.5864]

I am so amazed by this method. You have got me hooked on this. It is so pretty and it looks very complicated. I' ll try this right away. Thank you so much for introducing this.

[@jacqknits]

Have fun! I played with this for weeks and found some fun stitch patterns

[@annemann7790]

This was SUPER interesting! I prefer crochet to knitting, but it's always nice to take a turn with knitting. It's always good to recommend a book that shows a different method, thanks for your recommendation. And really appreciate the time and effort you made to make and post this video. Anyone who is watching this video and commenting, please only post positive and kind and thankful posts. And if the person making this video makes a few $$s from a source they are recommending, be GLAD for them, the time they've taken to make the video and post it, will never add up to the few dollars they make for a recommendation. If you cannot post a kind and encouraging and thankful post, it's best to just go on to someone or something else.

[@jacqknits]

Thank you for your kind and encouraging words! I appreciate you.

[@marilyncookson7397]

I found this fascinating! I often have a knitting pattern which I like but think it is very plain and adopting one of these ideas would create something unique to me. I'll definitely give it a go. Thank you for a very clear explanation.

[@jacqknits]

Yes. You’ll have fun exploring the many variety of stitches.

[@epicnamepwns1242]

As a crocheter, I am both puzzled that this is not a common thing in knitting and fascinated with the textures produced

[@jacqknits]

It is such a simple concept but it does produce such unique designs. Very fun to experiment with.

[@patdent]

As a knitter, I too am puzzled. I thought this was called texture, which is a common thing.

[@stonytina5177]

@patdent Sometimes people pretend they invented something, while it was already there all the time.

[@jlb10411]

Thank you for the video--it very clearly explained to me how this works. I can't help but wonder, though, how you would fix a dropped stitch--say if discovering it 4 or 5 rows later. I think you would have to rip out to the mistake. In other knitting I can take care of it with a crochet hook.

[@jacqknits]

You do have to be a bit careful to not get off by a stitch or two otherwise your whole pattern shift will be off. But it’s surprising how you get in your head quickly what your stitch pattern looks like it and you spot your mistake early on.

[@shadowdancer909]

As long as you know which stitches are supposed to be knit or purl, you should be able to fix it with a crochet hook like normal. It takes a little longer because you have to flip the crochet hook around each time you change the stitch type, but it’s doable.

[@gramawatson]

I tried this several ways--by mapping it out on an Excel spreadsheet. I was able to do yo, k2tog, but I aded a knit 1 between the two of them. It also means you will have a row that you will add a yo (or add a stitch) to the end of it. This will give you an extra stitch for a row or two, but set you up so that when you are ending with a k2tog you have the two stitches you need. Without that, I don't know if you can apply the two methods to a lacy pattern.

[@jacqknits]

This is perfect. Glad you played around a bit with this. I will have to give it a try again with some different stitches. At least with the one row method. Thanks for sharing.

[@ali.ht5676]

Thanks for sharing this with us ma'am

[@jacqknits]

You’re very welcome!

[@mhadaime]

Loved this video, thank you- Do you have Ravelry? I really love what you are wearing ;-)

[@jacqknits]

I do have my patterns on Ravelry under 'Jackie Henderson'. This sweater though is not handmade, store bought I'm afraid.

[@bcase5328]

As she probably said in the book, you aren't limited to only adding one stitch. You could add more. I like prime numbers. But, I would keep that prime number below the count of the repeating sequence stitches.

[@jacqknits]

Yes, the possibilities are really endless!

[@donnasullivan9192]

This is very interesting, thank you. I’d like to play and see how it affects a long print yarn.

[@jacqknits]

That would be beautiful I think and would be fun to experiment with different patterns and yarn.

[@donnasullivan9192]

@ Yes, I have an extensive stash to play with. I have too many wips to add another but swatching will be fun!

[@Momma_J]

Hi, I’m new to your channel and have just become a new subscriber. I was curious to know what yarn you’re using. It is absolutely beautiful. Sheen is what got my attention. Thank you for the technique. I’ve been knitting for about five years now. Can’t wait to try this.

[@jacqknits]

I’m afraid I used a bunch of yarn scraps to knit up these swatches. If you let me know which swatch caught your eye I can see if I remember which yarn I used for that 😕

[@evaannavonbehne8605]

WOW!

[@redredwine1277]

Genius 🎉

[@AgelessLady]

I’m knitting using the Horseshoe stitch and wondering if the sequence method would work with open stitch patterns. And can the sequence pattern work knitting a hat in the round and having to work the decreases at the crown.

[@jacqknits]

I did try a one row method with a lacey pattern with yarn overs etc. It produced an interesting pattern. I'm not sure it will work with a serpentine method because you would not want to end your row with needing to do a yarn over, or have one stitch left and need to do a k2tog. And from what I can gather from her book it looks like the hat examples she shows seems to switch to just a stockinette stitch when it comes to the decreases for the crown. I did work up a hat using this method and I just did the last round with k2tog to decrease the number of stitches and then just cinched up the top of the hat to close it. So did not do any pattern decreases. Great questions.

[@hastenbeck1]

How does this translate to whole garments? We can't just knit scarves and shawls.

[@jacqknits]

From what I gather from Cecilia's book is that this is best used for simple shapes. There is however a whole section in the book about shaping with decreases, increases etc. for triangle shapes etc. The book also shows the knitting charts for tons of sequence samples so you may be able to use the knitting chart to maintain the pattern throughout a more complex garment but I have not tried that.

[@shadowdancer909]

You’d probably be better off using the chart if you’re doing increases and decreases, but if you have a good picture in your head of the pattern the sequence is supposed to produce, I would think it would be possible to adapt it. With a lot of patterns, I know what stitch is supposed to be made based on the stitches in the previous rows and knit the pattern based on that rather than counting from the edges. This makes it easier to increase and decrease at the edges without messing up the pattern. If you’re going to be doing shaping in the middle of the pattern, you’d probably want to knit a sample flat and then plan out how you want the shaping to go.

[@dorisenderle5857]

How does this translate to circular knitting? Doesn’t that throw off the stitch count? I can’t see this done in a sweater.

[@jacqknits]

For circular knitting you’d follow the 3rd method I explained in the video called the swirl method. You add your extra stitch(es) to your cast on number and just knit your sequence pattern continually. It creates a swirl pattern in the round.

[@dorisenderle5857]

@ I got that part, but when you do a top down sweater would it work? I will have to try it. Thank you for your video and work to educate us.

[@jacqknits]

@@dorisenderle5857you can do some shaping with this technique and the book has a section on that but it may not be the best technique for a sweater with lots of increases and decreases. Works best for basic items like scarves or shawls or hats.

[@dorisenderle5857]

@ ok, thank you for replying and clarifying. Best to you and for your dedication to the knitting community.

[@Momma_J]

Hi, I’m new to your channel and have just become a new subscriber. I was curious to know what yarn you’re using. It is absolutely beautiful. Sheen is what got my attention. Thank you for the technique. I’ve been knitting for about five years now. Can’t wait to try this.

[@melaniemorton9539]

Instead of “serpentine” you can use “boustrophedon” which comes from Greek. The root words are “ox” and “to turn,” meaning “as the ox turns.” In other words, this describes how a field is plowed. At the end of each row, turn and go in the opposite direction. Specifically, the term is used to describe a style of writing (such as Ancient Greek) that was written this way. Most languages write (or are read) from left to right. (Hebrew is written right to left.) Knitting charts can be boustrophedon or Left-to-Right (LTR). I haven’t come across a knitting chart meant to be read Right-to-Left (RTL). Boustrophedon is a colorful term which is more fun than serpentine.

[@jacqknits]

I’m so glad you shared that interesting word! I like it! My dad would love this since he was a Greek language professor before he retired. I will have to share this word with him. Thanks. 😊

[@denisedejose718]

I don’t understand what you mean by “adding 2 stitches “ to the pattern?

[@jacqknits]

If you are working with a stitch sequence of 5 stitches as would be for a k3,p2 sequence, you would cast on a multiple of 5 stitches (5 or 10 or 15 or 20 etc). But then you would add two more to your stitch count and instead cast on 7 or 12 or 17 or 22 etc.

[@RobbieMcT97]

Math made visible. Waves

[@MazHem]

Generative art :D

[@patriciazander2072]

Funny how this makes knitting look like crochet.

[@jacqknits]

Yea you’re right some of the patterns do.

[@meatdog]

This would have been better if you had shoen exampkes. Many of us are visual learners. So this was lost on me.

[@jacqknits]

I do show sample swatches the second half of the video. I will have soon some additional videos that show me doing the knitting using this approach which may help understand it a bit more.

[@jackiecamacho9764]

Whaaaaat 😮

[@jackiecamacho9764]

Is this video mainly for the purpose of promoting this book

[@jacqknits]

@@jackiecamacho9764not at all. I have no affiliation with the author of this book at all. I did put a link to purchase book from Amazon in my description. As an Amazon Associate I do earn a small percent from qualifying purchases. I just thought this was a fun knitting method and wanted to share with others who may enjoy.