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I finally got a video done on chart reading. It has taken so long and it is not the most “hollywood” production, but I hope it gets the idea across on how to read a knitting chart.
If you are interested you can see the video on the Knitwith.us website. This is the first of several that I hope to do. Enjoy and leave me a comment, please be gentle…HAHA…
In this video you will, hopefully, learn how to read an Every Other Row (EOR) knitting chart. To get the most out of the video you will need to download the PDF file, below, and follow along with the instructions on the video. We hope you enjoy this first in a series of chart reading videos and, as always, please leave us a comment or suggestion if you have one. Thanks, DK
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Category : Fiber Arts, Patterns
Why are “no stitches” charted? The answer to this, basically, is that if you are reading from a chart and you are also “reading” your knitting as you go, you want things to line up properly. Ok, so why doesn’t the chart reduce in size from the outside like my knitting does? The answer is that your knitting is not really decreasing from the outside edges. But, rather, it is reducing from where there is a decrease without a corresponding increase. Let me try to demonstrate. Below are two sample charts.
The first is a chart drawn without the “no stitches” charted.
