I forgot; use a ruler to mark each row when you knit stranded. or even a highlighter for each row as you go along.
Gunvor On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 22:52, Mijauww <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Norwegian patterns tend to be short on written and heavy on charts. > Traditional knitting is almost always stranded and then must be charted. > The UK patterns even post charts for stranded (and tedious written too). > > The tricks to using charts are: color block different segments and write > in the chart the number of stitches if you have more than 3-4 plain > stitches of knitting at a time. If I could have remembered my own advice, I > would have spent a lot less time frogging parts of the latest covid stress > relief shawl...๐ > > I never had the patience to finish the Eleonora stockings. I have tried a > few times, I do the cuffs and then I am bored ๐ If I feel up to torturing > myself again, I will try another round. And this time Iยจll knit both > parallel to keep tension fairly even. > > Btw, if anybody would like to hook up on Ravelry, my id is Mijauw: > https://www.ravelry.com/people/Mijauw > > Gunvor > > > On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 16:21, Wicked Frau <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am knitting some socks but really am just trying to get better so I can >> eventually knit these: >> https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/eleonora-di-toledo-stockings >> and these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Islamic_sock.jpg >> >> You started out with charts and are now moving to written? Maybe I should >> have tried that! I went the opposite way, but I always translate my >> patterns into an excel spreadsheet so I can tick off the rows. Otherwise >> I'd be completely lost. >> >> I MISS THIS GROUP! >> >> >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
