Hi All My 'ten-pennorth' (Old Yorkshire Saying) is that when you are 'reading the chart' you have to imagine which way the yarn moves on each row.... right to left on odd rows, and left to right on even rows, just as Clay has stated. Now the way I always remember it is that you always have to imagine the knitting with the smooth side facing you, now it's easy to work out which way the yarn moves.... Get my drift??
Sue in East Yorkshire On 18 Dec 2011, at 21:20, Clay Blackwell wrote: > > > I would strongly encourage her to learn to work from graphs, as they > are so much easier to follow (in my experience), and therefore you > work faster. I have a couple of pointers... > > 1. You work the chart from the bottom up. Row 1 is the first row > you knit in the pattern, and it's read (and worked) from right to > left. > > 2. Just like other graphs, the symbols used for particular stitches > may be different from one designer to another, so it's very > important to study the chart that is always provided to identify > what each symbol means. > > 3. Since she is working a shawl, she would work the second row > reading the graph from left to right... although she is still > working right to left. I know this sounds confusing, but with a > little practice, she'll get used to it. And, in a shawl, it is > entirely possible that the pattern is the same from either > direction, so she could check that to be sure. - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
