Hmm, without looking at the pattern Im not 100% sure. April 6, 2021 @ Im knitting in the round, the pattern shows large areas with no stitch indicated. 12:57 pm. 3:08 pm, Assuming row 1 is a RS and row 2 is a WS, yep, Candice 10:47 am. Kaye Sharp Hartwell 9 Exciting free knitting pattern for mens raglan sweater. Thank you for the clear explanation and examples on how to read a chart. Each horizontal row of a knitting chart corresponds to a row of knitting. Hi, thank you so much for this explanation, but Im missing 1 symbol: a white square with a black dot inside. Im very sure Ive got my markers in the right place and i am reading right to left but somehow the number of stitches doesnt seem to match up. Hi sorry, i dont really know. www.warmupamerica.org| alexaludeman Hi Jo Ann Its definitely 12, try following the written instructions. If you prefer to learn from a video tutorial, click here to watch all steps described below in a video. January 21, 2017 @ Also, following that logic, I got close to the end of my row where it indicated I would have 7 more knit stitches to do, but I only had two more stitches on my needle. Im loving this whole Strange Brew project and plan to make many. I read it from right to left. The text pattern instructions will let you know how many rows / inches to work following the chart. knit the yarnover with the following stitch to avoid a hole at the turn. Have you checked the chart key and any chart notes or notes in the written pattern about this? Michelle Draycott February 4, 2018 @ Hello, I think I might be the only person in the world that is having a problem with the lace pattern in Love Notes. Hi Joy set-up means that round is setting you up for future rounds, usually with a marker placement or establishing a stitch pattern. For the last 2 sttches in rnd : place the second to last stitch on a cable needle and hold kn front , p1, sm,k1,k1 from cable eedle;cintknue rnd as chart row 4, starting at stitch 3 Although I was hunting for knitting, most of what I found were charts for crochet. February 19, 2018 @ I tried a couple of rows but it doesnt work out correctly. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cthulhu-mittens-2 alexaludeman Ildiko Does this mean I YO,K1 8 times. This is one chart that becomes lop-sided when I follow it. But its odd that the row numbers are all on the one side. Rosina Alaimo, Sarah 10:17 am, Can you be more specific about your question? Dictionary of Knitting Symbols and Abbreviations E-Book. To read a written knitting pattern, you'd read it the same way you'd read a book. My confusion comes from not seeing how many knit stitches there are before I begin the lace chart. Im starting the Urban Hiker cardigan, its my first time following a chart, and Im confused. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Paula To make a C2R, slip 1 stitch onto your cable needle purlwise and move it behind your knitting. 1:24 pm, Im knitting the Interlaken sweater by Fiona Ellis, this us my first time using a chart , the chart starts with 5 sets on the left side before a rep and 6 on the right side there are inc every 8 rows. 4:25 am, My pattern say p2(2:3:4 2:2) p2tog (2(2:3:2:3;3) p2tog) 8 (8;6;8;8;8) times p2(2:3:4:2:2), Alexa Ludeman It is a mosaic knitting chart. Wilhelmien 5:00 pm. Useful charts I have found for translating Russian knitting chart symbols into English. info@craftyarncouncil.com. I think I just need to knit it and watch it pan out :), Susie Faulhaber October 17, 2014 @ Learn how your comment data is processed. This helps in translating the stitch in my head. So, if Im reading the chart correctly, I would start at row 1 with knit 3 and proceed to the end and for row 2, I would start 25 puled stitches. 6:10 pm, Mary R Thank you very much for your help. August 1, 2018 @ 7:08 am. Sep 15, 2018 - Explore Colleen Uchiyama's board "Amazing russian knitting patterns" on Pinterest. cables and texture, colourwork, lace knitting charts. 10:59 am. I am knitting a dinosaur blanket for my new grandson. Thanks for setting up this page its really helpful! The pattern says (Right Front Bodice) K4, work chart A to marker, K4. I am a little confused for the gusset as round 1 and round 2 give an instruction and says to work chart; then I have to work round 1 and 2 while working the chart, 4 times..so am I repeating to work row 1 and 2 of the chart or continue working the other rows (3-6) until I have worked a total of 8 rows? Hi! Row before has 16 stitches. 12:30 pm. I do not understand how many yoke repeats there are. Yes! 9:38 am, How do you read and keep track of a double knitting chart where there are no symbols, only black and white squares? As you can see from this illustration, the structure of the lace pattern shows up much more clearly when the wrong-side rows (which arent conveying much information) are removed. August 18, 2015 @ Hi Margaret Im sorry, I dont totally understand the question? So when you see a square that corresponds to CC1, you will knit one stitch with contrast colour #1. Directional decreases are made the opposite way that a right handed would make the. Next one if count this one block has 17 stitches. No cabling in the even rounds!!! Definitely helped immensely :) now off I go in doing that edge, rsi in wrists be damned! Just skip over them, Cynthia Baldwin November 6, 2014 @ Also there is knitting, yo, ssks, k2togs before the 1st & after the last raglan stitches (which is the front). December 23, 2014 @ Hi Tess it looks like the lace pattern is symmetrical so you can work it the same way on both halves of the shawl. Im working on Arcadia poncho; have done the 14 down-but Im stuck (mentally) regarding establishing the chart. Lizzy 9:27 am. You might want to swatch it though, to make sure its coming out the way you want. alexaludeman Does that help? 6:59 am, Hahahaha Id not count on standardization where designers are concerned, Susan White Beth alexaludeman November 10, 2021 @ ko-Ikonen shoppen. Your email address will not be published. Hi Becky I usually use a locking stitch marker, but if possible, place it in the stockinette somewhere rather than in the cable itself, just makes things a little easier. 8:39 am, Im knitting lace hat in the round using a chart. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Im assuming yes because youre never going in 2 opposite directions Thanks in advance! Beautifuldreamer for B: work k2tog, except on last repeat of each time chart is worked work k1 (just before centreline and at end of row). (Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters . Original symbol instructions in Russian. I worked the right side starting with the Right cable chart. 1:51 pm, Hi it IS possible but it might take a little trial and error, susan sprachman 2:51 pm. February 7, 2022 @ Can you help? A kfb is special because it uses a stitch to make one, you want to use a method that just makes 1 (try this method here: https://blog.tincanknits.com/2013/10/03/m1/ ), Glenda Giles alexaludeman June 6, 2017 @ The charts are followed as the instructions above indicate. Nancy Ellis April 11, 2019 @ 2:38 pm. January 22, 2017 @ Thank you! Im sorry, I dont really know, usually charts are right to left on the RS and left to right on the WS. first row is knit, the second has the beginnings of two purled columns on the RS of the fabric: k5, p2, k13, p2, k5. Hi Holly you are always working the next row of the chart, the chart is always read right to left. Could you please explain how the increases are inserted? WOW!!!! Typically this means there are not stitches here, just skip to the next square that has a stitch / instruction, and work that. June 10, 2014 @ Perhaps they just numbered on the left for convenience but its against all convention that Ive read for charts. August 28, 2016 @ January 16, 2017 @ Thank you. In your example of the Gothic lace, why dont the edge stitches look like they are decreasing if you are knitting two together (k2tog) on each row? January 30, 2017 @ The text is in Russian but the illustrations are helpful in deciphering certain symbols! alexaludeman marnen 10:50 am. February 8, 2015 @ 2:51 pm. Where are the extra 4 stitches coming from. Hi Also, what does it mean when a square says gray, no stitch? Nicole Why are there blocks missing on the rows prior to rows with increases? First off, thank you for such a detailed and wonderful illustration of how to read charts. 12:32 pm. 1:48 pm, alexaludeman 1:08 pm. If you do go wandering through Russian hobby sites, please be sure you have robust, up-to-date virus protection, and avoid downloading material of any type. August 1, 2016 @ Im very much looking forward to your reply as I would love to get started on this blanket pretty soon. Do I start with K3, and then the entire row 1 (including the remaining yo), then repeat the pattern repeats until I reach the end of the row, where I will knit the remaining yo and then the K3? 3:58 pm. Diane, alexaludeman Hello there! 10:34 am. If a chart of 20 stitches asks that I purl 2 stitches together, twice, on the return row (row 2), do I have 18 stitches and adjust the chart accordingly? Alexa Ludeman So does that mean the blank boxes are skipped and I just move to the next symbol to work on the next stitch on my needle? Roll on the day when there is a standard, and global, set of notations! Please explain .. on one row there is a yo followed on the next row by a black solid box. 12:43 pm. Or you could print the zoomed-in screenshot. Dec 15, 2018 - Explore Mikki Smith's board "Russian knitting terms translated", followed by 193 people on Pinterest. 12:06 pm. November 4, 2020 @ For next time: if you use the photo and do an image search, you can often find the same pattern on a different site/in a different language. So youll be working RS Rows: k3, work chart once, knit centreline st, work chart a second time, k3. July 29, 2017 @ 9:45 am. 9:49 am. alexaludeman On the next round. October 19, 2020 @ Mindy Loucks Japanese charts typically use a blank cell for whatever the most common stitch is on that particular chart (usually knit or purl), presumably in order to avoid visual clutter. Alexa Ludeman I understand that youre supposed to repeat those stitcheslike 5 times for the Gothic Cowl8 times for another pattern I have. I dont understand how to keep the ten stitch pattern correct when I need twelve stitches to complete all the increases and decreases. :) thank you so so much! and I cantouch find a reference for it in the legend or in the book. I am working with a circular needle in the round and the pattern starts off with non knitting space how do you work that? HI, I have a chart where the bottom row is labeled number 1 on the left rather than the right. I would assume left to right, reversing the symbols, but I cant be 100% sure. row 1: k3, p2,M,k2,p2, k1, /,p1, k2,p2,k2, p2, k2, p2, V V V. The chart tells me that an empty box should be kniited on the RS; and purled on the ws Following are the standardized knit symbols that have been adopted by members of the Craft Yarn Council and are considered to be the clearest and easiest to render and to read. June 3, 2019 @ Possibly there are 6 charted rows but a relief row (like a knit round) in between? You dont seem to have written word meanings from russian to English.Is there anywhere I can find this. School of knitting symbols for sk2p aka double decrease. May 14, 2016 @ 3:36 pm. February 14, 2018 @ The chart I have is numbered from the top down and left to right rather than starting at the bottom right. Size 2: 250-300m. work rows 3-18 to form pattern), and you would continue working the chart as set. For instance my very simple chart includes wrong rows but some dont (but hey some do). 5:15 am. 7:24 am. 1:53 pm. Knitting School with Explanation of German Chart Symbols; Habu Textiles. July 10, 2018 @ alexaludeman I had no problem with the increases in set-up row. June 6, 2019 @ alexaludeman On the back you would work left, center, right. August 3, 2021 @ 10:52 am. The pattern is Drops Enchanted evening dress . 3:55 pm, I am knitting the rosebud shawl and I dont know what to do on the first row of chart b where it says A and then B. 6:04 pm, If the legend shows a square as K on RS. It means you are going to make 1 stitch in that colour. 11:56 am. Do you mean the extra stitch to go after knitting into stitch A (so its between a and b) or after knitting into stitch B? Any edge stitches? December 15, 2016 @ 1:12 pm. Thanks. my chart looks like this: then an arrow pointing rt and another pointing left in the same square the l l. Can you help? Website 20092023Craft Yarn Council. 10:56 pm. I suspect the wavy line is a cable, the blank squares are knit and the squares with lines in them are purls, Tracy Kim How can you work first sl st of the rnd worked twice when there is a marker between the sl st and a stitch right after the marker? September 1, 2017 @ Hi Carol You have it right there, the k4 before the chart and after the chart are the edge sts. Hi Maggie You should be able to get in full repeats before the edge sts. Knitting increases serve a very practical function: to shape the fabric by adding new stitches. alexaludeman October 6, 2019 @ No typo, I think. March 1, 2021 @ Charts are hideous things requiring a whole lot of time spent writing them out first. I ended up with 5 stitches at the end of the 1st pattern row that didnt fit into the motif repeat, nor were they part the 3 stitch garter edge. June 27, 2018 @ alexaludeman It is a work in process. There are 42 stitches across and 60 rows. For the first time, I have come across a chart where all of the row numbersboth even and oddare listed on both sides of the chart. Id check the pattern abbreviations or the chart key / notes. Theres also a selvedge edge st to incorporate. Lori Thanks you, Emily Wessel February 12, 2020 @ That is not a hard and fast rule, its just an option. Emily Wessel Hello. Thank you. But Im not sure how to do that. The shaded grey means do nothing with that stitch. They are usually inserted to clarify the motif, or because there are decreases etc. Tess It would depend if it was a symmetrical lace pattern. So my question is how many stitches am I suppose to have when I complete this stitch. dbalasko alexaludeman Is it possible that the lace chart is decreasing in the triangles in a non-obvious way? 10:53 am, If you are working back and forth it sounds like the 21 sts is a the end of the row on the RS so it would be at the beginning of the row on the WS, Pat France No matter whether you use Continental or English knitting style, you will have to remember to work stitches differently. Knitting Machine. after your k3, youll work the chart row. And Im sure many many people are enjoying your instruction. knit 1 stitch, slip this stitch from right needle to left needle, pass second stitch on left needle over first stitch and off left needle; return stitch to right needle; single right-leaning decrease. Hello how are you? These 2 lace stitches are a combo with a 5-st. garter stitch border with buttonholes. Edith I would probably create a symbol and then explain it in the chart key. I would like to know how many times do I have to repeat the chart.Thanks. Maybe if the slash crossed 2 boxes I could better understand. My question is on the pattern I am working it is in both written and chart and on the chart Ive come to Work even in pattern as established until piece measures 18 in . 1:36 pm, Hi Cynthia Im not sure what pattern yo uare looking at? But then it doesnt mention anything about wrong side or the even rows. When I teach left handers to knit I usually have them knit the same way, just holding the yarn in their left hand (knitting is a 2 handed process, like playing the piano), that way patterns and charts etc. October 18, 2017 @ 12:19 pm. Is there a technic that I do not know. Alexa Ludeman 1:39 am. Hi Kate The step ins represent the number of sts that actually exist at that point, so you can just keep following the chart exactly as before, stitch by stitch. Anne Long Each row has a filled in color for the pattern (dishcloth will look embossed when finished as so many do). My question is when you are knitting on the wrong side, do you read the pattern left to right OR right to left since the number is on the right? The text is in Russian but the illustrations are helpful in deciphering certain symbols! I collected translation sheets from patterns and compiled them into a big matrix. 6:11 am, I have not knit Norwegian mitten patterns before, so Im not sure, sorry! Are the left side numbers always the wrong side? September 25, 2021 @ 3:30 am. 9:35 am. Do you just skip those because you havent increased yet? I can follow charts fairly well, but I am a little confused with this piece of the pattern. The pattern does not seem to me that all wrong side rows are purled. Thank you in advance. 4:08 pm. I would bet that it's a make one right. Kate Scott October 12, 2014 @ How do I do this. Thank Youyour site is just amazing. Magpie I am knitting a cardigan and am a on a row in the chart that calls for pearling two together. 4:27 pm. 6:52 pm, Hi, I am hoping you can help me. August 10, 2020 @ It calls for 130 stitches but the number on the chart does not equal 130. First time stranded knitter and I think Ive bitten off more than I can chew!!! The chart I am about to start (first timer) has a shaded box which states No stitch. 7:55 am, Love this resource. The pattern calls to cast on 215 sts. 1.As you hold the tip of the needle with your right fingers, take the working yarn with your left middle, ring and little fingers so that there is a bit of space between the fingers and the needle. It has a red line around the very first box which it days the symbol means repeat. March 6, 2019 @ 9:33 pm. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. March 29, 2016 @ 9:52 am, Hi Velma It would depend on the stitch pattern you are working, Velma P. Smith Most likely, you will also notice one of the unusual traits of the Eastern knitting garter stitch created using this knitting style is made of twisted stitches. 12:05 pm. Do I now read the chart from l to r instead of r to l in order to make the thumb gusset for the left hand mitten? The light went on!!! row 1: (rs) sl 3 pwise wyb, [p2, k2] 5 times. But thank you anyway. Emma alexaludeman November 16, 2020 @ ANY HELP, alexaludeman 8:50 pm, Hi Cheryl if you are working back and forth I would think you would start with Chart B, Gloria Currie I am new at knitting and doing a baby blanket. I DID NOT INCLUDE BORDER STITCHES AND I PUT 2 SPACES BETWEEN EACH LETTER 6:18 am. 7:16 pm. I wouldnt write it out I would simply knit following the chart. I didnt realize it was all charted and while I am an avid knitter, I have never actually worked off a chart before. Once as first sl st and once as last st of the end.) It could be that the chart is worked in rounds at some point in the pattern and rows at other points. Do you have any suggestions for translating the Russian symbols? As I am left handed, should I read the RS rows left to right instead or do you think it will matter? September 12, 2018 @ May 6, 2016 @ 10:31 am. Decrease for the crown of the head on a 12 stitch decrease. alexaludeman You might want to try contacting Kate directly to ask, she is lovely, Velma P. Smith table linens, including doilies and runners, but also napkins and cloths Not getting much help from MM. June 17, 2020 @ Any suggestions for a good tutorial on knitting mittens using a chart. It would be odd for a chart to end with a yo (but not impossible). First row. Im really confused. The biggest hurdle that new knitters have to overcome when learning to read a knitting pattern is learning the abbreviations. August 2, 2017 @ Please help! September 24, 2019 @ May 1, 2015 @ October 21, 2020 @ Perhaps Ive been misinformed formed? ): http://vyazat-prosto.ru/kajma-listja-spicami-shema-opisanie-videourok-2-varianta/. April 26, 2016 @ Thats another can of worms not to be done today. Thank you, alexaludeman 11:10 pm. I am having difficulty understanding how to complete the repeat with a different starting point. The problem is the chart does not have any black lines to indicate the repeat pattern. January 3, 2015 @ alexaludeman Is it possibly that the number of sts changes? 3:42 pm. Many Russian sites are rife with malware. I dont have enough cast on to make them. 7:00 pm. This will explain which symbols represent which kind of stitches. 12:26 pm. Thank you for being so helpful with your explanations! July 30, 2019 @ September 9, 2016 @ Includes more complex stitch patterns, using a combination of stitches. 6:49 pm. Stitch charts in knit patterns are being used more and more as an addition to or in place of words to describe a pattern stitch. What am I missing? The info should be in the chart notes. I was worried because this particular post is so old but looks like the comments are still alive an well. Charts are usually read from bottom to top. Yet the pattern calls for a round needle. 10:34 am. 4:52 am. Each row increases stitches. Free Pebble Knitting Stitch. December 9, 2020 @ Laura Maxwell December 9, 2017 @ 8:50 am, Hi Glenda Ive not seen this kind of convention before, but it sounds like the chart repeat is the section from stitches 20 through 70. Thank you so much for the quick response! alexaludeman November 10, 2021 @ Is the side of the work specified or are there any chart notes? CO 96 stitches for the 8 pattern repeat x 12 (leaving out the borders on either side from your scarf). You could try typing each of them in there but since they're knitting terms it may or may not give you useable answers. Thanks much!!