The stitch featured today, it's kind of famous. If you're a Breaking Bad fan, it's possible you've seen an afghan made using this stitch on the famous TV series. The Harlequin stitch, beautifully explained by Sarah London on her blog, it’s a pretty groovy stitch worked in rows. It's also a great textured stitch where you can use all your scrap yarn to give it a nice colourwork.
Now, at first glance, to me, it seems it’s worked in rows, I think we can all agree on that one. As for the colours, I’m seeing, black, lemon, biscuit, rust, black, tangerine, tomato, off-white, olive, repeat. Now for the stitch pattern, it goes by many names, in certain circles it’s known as the Harlequin stitch, the Star Shell, the Wheel stitch and also the Catherine Wheel. Whew!
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Is this aka Kathryn’s Wheel?
Where is the pattern??
click on the article and where it is highlighted in blue letters saying Harlequin S$#%&!@*ch you need to click and it takes you to the pattern. It also gives the other names for it which include the Wheel s$#%&!@*ch, Catherine Wheel, and Star Shell
Thank you @[100000104601183:2048:Teri]!
This is beautiful.
Que linda!! Me gusta el puntos gracias por compartir
I have made 3 fulll sized afghans in this pattern and they are beautiful. Patttern is easy to follow.
So yes, great 🙂
This is awesome @[1007345137:2048:Carolyn S. Marlow]
@[12606985:2048:Kayce Kozma Bragg]
This is similar to the star s$#%&!@*ch which I had a hard time with
I did an afghan with this s$#%&!@*ch, it works beautifully and the afghan turned out really good
Beautiful
Beautiful colors like the pattern
So pretty
love this s$#%&!@*ch, and it comes out so pretty and it’s really wasy
Beautiful
I made an afghan from a kit just like this in the late 60’s!!
So pretty
Somewhat reminds me of the old FIESTA STITCH..
Haven’t looked at the instructions but the picture is simular.
Very very pretty. .
Loving the colors
Made a few its nice and warm!
Isabella Rodriguez This is what I was talking about!
I have an afghan of this stitch. My mother made one for all 7 of us kids. in the 80’s. I still have mine, bring it out every winter.
Still working on mine..(:
I’ve been looking for this stitch for a long time. When I was in high school, many years ago, my mother made me a pullover vest in 3 shades of brown using this stitch. I loved that vest so much!
Is “Australian terminology” like US or English?
I have used this stitch pattern to make 3 full-size bed
afghans and they are beautiful.
Nadia Brenelli