"They're all gorgeous! Thank you so much. You do such good work." --AM, Texas

Here you will find sketches--computer-generated images intended to give a rough idea of how the knots are laid out--and small photos of our numerous patterns. By flipping back and forth between them, you can see for yourself how each two-dimensional concept is realized in three-dimensional knotwork. (If you find yourself wanting more than this, our photo gallery has larger pictures of fully finished pieces.)

Since we're constantly creating new designs, this page is necessarily incomplete, though we do update it as often as we can. If you don't see exactly what you're looking for, please send email to orders@gordiandesigns.com with your questions and suggestions. We'll gladly work with you to customize one of our existing designs or create a new one that meets your needs.

If you're already familiar with our pattern sketches and how to read them, or just want to flip through the photos, follow these links: or read on for explanations and pretty pictures.

"Hello, Sailor" (color face) and "The Jewels In The Lotus" (texture face) As with any piece of fabric, each piece of knotwork has two sides. On the "color face", all the knots look the same, letting the pattern of colors show through clearly. On the "texture face", the shape of each knot is determined by how it is tied. For most of our pieces, only one face is intended to be seen. With "Hello, Sailor" (far left), the tying method results in an unpatterned texture face. With "The Jewels In The Lotus" (near left), all the knots are the same color, resulting in a uniform color face.

Some of the images here, however, show both faces. In these cases, care has been taken to integrate the colors and textures so that either side can be the front. The many variations on "Lace", shown here in single-color and multi-color (to emphasize the various patterns), serve as excellent examples of texture patterns, color patterns, and combinations: Color and texture faces of "Variations On The Theme Of Lace" As a rule, regular geometric patterns are much better suited to textural work than pictorial patterns.

"Framed" with spaces, and with beads The pattern sketches are in colors chosen to ensure that the details of the designs come through clearly on your screen. Any design here can be recreated in the colors of your choice (though color options vary depending on the material used for your piece; see our materials page for more information on that). Tell us what colors you have in mind, and we'll send you a sketch of the pattern in those colors, to make sure they match up with what you want. If your color scheme shows off the pattern better than ours does, it may even end up permanently archived here! And keep in mind that if a pattern has empty spaces in it, those are actual gaps deliberately left in the piece so that skin or backing fabric shows through. They can also be filled in with beads, as with "Framed" (right).

The photographs here are quick to load, but small and low-quality; for larger photos that better showcase the quality of our work, or to see fully finished pieces, take a look at our gallery.

This page was last updated on June 18th, 2002 by webmaster@gordiandesigns.com.