Open-Source Alphabet

Knitting a person's initial onto a knitting project is a great way to personalize what might otherwise be some pretty plain knitting. You can add a monogram to a Stockinette Stitch afghan block, a sweater, even a felted bag.

I spent some time this week coming up with an alphabet for knitting, block capital letters that can be either knit into a fabric (work in Reverse Stockinette Stitch on a field of Stockinette) or stitched on after the fact using duplicate stitch.

The size and shape of these letters should work out to about six inches square when used with a medium-weight yarn, but of course your size may vary depending on gauge. You can also use these easy shapes as the basis for your own charts, should you want a bigger or smaller letter.

And because I haven't had a chance to actually knit all of these, I'd love it if you'd let me know how they turn out in real life or if you have any suggestions on how they might be improved. Clicking on a link on the page linked above will take you to a .jpg of the knitting chart, which you can then print out (it will come out darker than it looks on screen). Enjoy!