Geometric texture: Stitch Sampler Generator

Compare block width without changing the panel width

This geometric-texture sampler compares two-column relief blocks with narrow alternating post columns. An eighteen-stitch double-crochet foundation supports two rows of paired front/back posts. A plain double-crochet row then separates that region from two rows of single alternating posts. The design goal is to compare the visual scale of these repeated groups using one yarn and one working width. It is a relief study, not a mosaic color chart or a shaped geometric motif.

Specify the two different interior repeats

Choose Custom zone plan and enter dc:1,post2:2,dc:1,post:2. Set width eighteen, height six and Single color. The post2 code works two front-post double crochets followed by two back-post double crochets across the interior. The post code uses one of each. Both retain an ordinary double crochet at each edge. Sixteen interior positions therefore hold four complete four-post groups or eight complete two-post groups respectively.

Prepare a consistent fabric trial

Use smooth medium-weight wool and a five-millimeter trial hook, with one yarn color throughout. Have edge markers, scissors, a tapestry needle and a ruler available. Record the real yarn composition and washing instructions before comparing its relief. The palette in the interface does not prescribe extra yarn changes for this single-color plan. Physical dimensions and consumption depend on the material trial rather than the width of a screen symbol.

Complete generated record

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1. In color 1 (#243BCE), ch 20. Starting in chain 3 from hook, work 18 dc. Count 18.
2. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 2, color 1 (#243BCE): dc in first stitch top; repeat [fpdc around each of next 2 posts, bpdc around each of next 2 posts] 4 times; dc in final stitch top. Do not also work into the tops of enclosed posts. Count 18.
3. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 2, color 1 (#243BCE): dc in first stitch top; repeat [fpdc around each of next 2 posts, bpdc around each of next 2 posts] 4 times; dc in final stitch top. Do not also work into the tops of enclosed posts. Count 18.
4. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 3, color 1 (#243BCE): work 18 dc, one in each old stitch. Count 18.
5. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 4, color 1 (#243BCE): dc in first stitch top; repeat [fpdc around each of next 1 posts, bpdc around each of next 1 posts] 8 times; dc in final stitch top. Do not also work into the tops of enclosed posts. Count 18.
6. Ch 2, turn (turning chain does not count). Zone 4, color 1 (#243BCE): dc in first stitch top; repeat [fpdc around each of next 1 posts, bpdc around each of next 1 posts] 8 times; dc in final stitch top. Do not also work into the tops of enclosed posts. Count 18.

Build the wide blocks first

Chain twenty and work eighteen double crochets from the third chain from the hook. Turning and starting chains never count as stitches. On row two, chain two and turn, work a plain double crochet into the first top, then repeat two front-post stitches and two back-post stitches four times. Each stitch encloses its own next old post. Finish with plain double crochet in the last top. Row three repeats that working sequence after turning.

Use the separator as a transition check

Row four works ordinary double crochet into every old stitch top. Count eighteen before starting the narrower repeat. Rows five and six use one front-post and one back-post stitch eight times across the sixteen interior positions, again with two ordinary edges. The separator makes it easier to see where the grouping changes; it does not merge four sources into one block stitch. Each apparent block consists of several individually completed post stitches.

Audit counts independently of appearance

The two plain rows contribute thirty-six double crochets. The four post rows add eight ordinary edge stitches and sixty-four interior post stitches. Across the sample there are forty-four ordinary double crochets, thirty-two front-post double crochets and thirty-two back-post double crochets: 108 fabric stitches. Twenty starting chains and ten later turning chains are separate. Each post row consumes eighteen old positions once and produces eighteen new tops. The block-group size changes placement order, not the overall count.

Inspect the finished reference

If a wide block ends with only one back-post stitch, recount the four-position group before starting the next. If width eighteen is changed to sixteen, the paired-post region cannot fit complete four-post interior groups; the tool rejects it rather than trimming the pattern silently. Fasten off, weave ends and wash the sample before comparing the two regions. Are the visible blocks equal physical squares? No such dimension is inferred. Is physical reversibility tested? No physical sample is claimed. Consult the chart-reading guide when comparing the distinct front and back symbols with the written sequence.