Duplicate stitch has a magic trick built into it: it looks like intricate colorwork, but you’re not carrying a second strand or reading a colorwork chart as you go. You knit the whole square first in Burnished Gold in simple stockinette, then come back afterward and stitch your initial on top in Purple Hyacinth, tracing your needle and yarn over the existing stitches. The result reads as precise, planned lettering, even though the knitting itself never gets more complicated than knit and purl.

This pattern comes with the full duplicate-stitch alphabet, all 26 letters charted and ready to go, so it’s a Knotions monogram square for any initial you want, right from the start. No waiting for your letter’s turn.

We’ve charted the entire alphabet, so you can choose any initial you want!