Hello Mary and everyone To add to the good advice so far - especially the row-reading, I use replaceable arrow 'stickies' to mark the row I'm on, or the stitch block if I'm interrupted during a row. It is also a good idea to get used to reading one's knitting against the graph to eliminate that feeling of flying blind.
Some use a 'lifeline,' a spare thread worked along with the knitting yarn into the row temporarily, and do this every once in a while, then if a mistake is found, one need only work back to the row with the lifeline (there are good videos at YouTube that show this, better than I can explain). If the graph just seems to be a mess of symbols, use coloured felt pens to mark at least some of the symbols until used to reading them. If all else fails, the chart can be re-written in longhand to suit the knitter although this can be time-consuming. (I really like following knitting charts!) Hope this might be of help. On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 12:40 PM, mary carey <[email protected]> wrote: > > knitting a shawl. She asked me questions I could not answer about knitting > from a graph. Have worked from a graph on lots of occasions for crochet a > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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
