Thanks so much. Thanks, alexaludeman 11:44 am. Do you have any suggestions for translating the Russian symbols? July 22, 2014 @ 4. 5:27 am. September 25, 2015 @ Thank you. Hi Also, what does it mean when a square says gray, no stitch? Hi Natalie you got it! Do I start back at row 1 ? January 15, 2016 @ What does knit back mean? February 10, 2020 @ 8:56 am. symbols 1. I see the letter M on some of the charts checked the abbreviations but cant find out what it means? Illustrated explanation of Russian knitting symbols. Includes more complex stitch patterns, using a combination of stitches. January 12, 2016 @ 3:31 pm. Thank you in advance. ~ Em, Linda Your clue of treating each square with a symbol on the chart as an action vs. A stitch made me realize I was doing a yo then a knit for each yo symbol. Regarding Kasbah Hat, Chart 2 indicates knit sts as emply outlined cells. It is in Russian, but if you slow down the video you can see step-by-step how this is done. Mary Poland You have it right but it is to the last 6 sts, yo, k2tog, k4. Hi Roberta No stitch just means you can skip right over that box in the chart. The needle gets a little heavier, changing the tension on the stitches. 8:57 pm. As this isnt one of our patterns, I cant help specifically. April 25, 2019 @ So 2 sts into 11, I have one left over before the repeat. May 11, 2020 @ I hope Im making sense :(, Emily Wessel 1:20 am. 5:19 am. Hi Kristin when working from a chart in the round you want to always start at the right side. So for the next round you are knitting to 1 stitch before the k2tog of the last charted round (or 2 stitches before that if you are working round 19). September 22, 2019 @ 9:41 am, Hi Agnes Im sorry, without knowing the pattern I dont really know what the designer intends, Marian July 30, 2019 @ But row 85, the bold chart lines moves one st to the left, but the arrow is pointing left. Charts are usually read from bottom to top. So excited! The instructions for even rounds say work as established- knit the knits purl the purls does that mean to do the cableing sections also in the even rows? July 7, 2020 @ http://tashaknits.blogspot.com/2014/01/janury-estonian-lace-shawl-pattern.html. 8:13 am. Can someone look up the leaf edging in Barbara Walker's "A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns", Maybe p357? Its very confusing when the key doesnt give clear instructions for ws rows. Carrollton, TX 75007 8:29 am. June 17, 2016 @ Below are two versions of cable symbols and definitions commonly used in the industry. Yes! October 21, 2020 @ July 14, 2020 @ Russian symbols with illustrations for bobbles. November 21, 2014 @ Thanks! Downloadable Project and Yarn Weight Symbols, Downloadable Skill and Yarn Weight Symbols, Submitting a Project Idea Where to Start, Designer Guidelines: Once You've Received the Go Ahead, Make 1 (M1) knitwise on RS, make 1 (M1) purlwise on WS, Make 1 (M1) purlwise on RS, make 1 (M1) knitwise on WS, Sl 1 purlwise wyb on RS, sl 1 purlwise wyf on WS, Sl 1 purlwise wyf on RS, sl 1 purlwise wyb on WS, 1/1 RC (RT) - sl 1 st onto cn, hold in back, k1, k1 from cn OR k2tog but do not drop sts from left needle, k1, drop both sts from left needle, 1/1 LC (LT) - sl 1 st onto cn, hold in front, k1, k1 from cn OR with right needle behind left needle, knit 2nd st tbl, knit firrst st, drop both sts from left needle, 1/1 RPC - sl 1 st onto cn, hold in back, k1, p1 from cn, 1/1 LPC - sl 1 st onto cn, hold in front, p1, k1 from cn, 2/1 RC - sl 1 st onto cn, hold in back, k2, k1 from cn, 2/1 LC - sl 2 sts onto cn, hold in front, k1, k2 from cn, 2/1 RPC - sl 1 st onto cn, hold in back, k2, p1 from cn, 2/1 LPC - sl 2 sts onto cn, hold in front, p1, k2 from cn, 2/2 RC - sl 2 sts onto cn, hold in back, k2, k2 from cn, 2/2 LC - sl 2 sts onto cn, hold in front, k2, k2 from cn, 2/2 RPC - sl 2 sts onto cn, hold in back, k2, p2 from cn, 2/2 LPC - sl 2 sts onto cn, hold in front, p2, k2 from cn, 2/1/2 RPC - sl 2 sts onto first cn and hold in back, sl 1 st onto 2nd cn and hold in back, k2, p1 from 2nd cn, k2 from first cn, 2/1/2 LPC - sl 2 sts onto first cn and hold in front, sl 1 st onto 2nd cn and hold in back, k2, p1 from 2nd cn, k2 from first cn, 2-st RC (RT) - Sl 1 st to cn and hold to back, k1, k1 from cn OR k2tog but do not drop sts from left needle, k1, drop both sts from left needle, 2-st LC (LT) - Sl 1 st to cn and hold to front, k1, k1 from cn OR with right needle behind left needle, knit 2nd st tbl, knit first st, drop both sts from left needle, 2-st RPC - Sl 1 st to cn and hold to back, k1, p1 from cn, 2-st LPC - Sl 1 st to cn and hold to front, p1, k1 from cn, 3-st RC - Sl 1 st to cn and hold to back, k2, k1 from cn, 3-st LC - Sl 2 sts to cn and hold to front, k1, k2 from cn, 3-st RPC - Sl 1 st to cn, hold to back, k2, p1 from cn, 3-st LPC - Sl 2 sts to cn, hold to front, p1, k2 from cn, 4-st RC - Sl 2 sts to cn and hold to back, k2, k2 from cn, 4-st LC - Sl 2 sts to cn and hold to front, k2, k2 from cn, 4-st RPC - Sl 2 sts to cn and hold to back, k2, p2 from cn, 4-st LPC - Sl 2 sts to cn and hold to front, p2, k2 from cn, 5-st RPC - Sl 2 sts to cn, hold to back, sl 1 st to second cn, hold to back, k2, p1 from 2nd cn, k2 from first cn, 5-st LPC - Sl 2 sts to cn, hold to front, sl 1 st to second cn, hold to back, k2, p1 from back cn, k2 from front cn. Once I get through the repeat, and I have the final edge stitches left, do I stop the repeat and move forward to the edge stitches? So, for example, in the chart above under What are the heavy lines?, there is an 8-stitch repeat, but one is a SSK and one is a K2tog, so it seems to me that you would need 10 stitches to complete the row. Jen 12:00 pm. I remembered some that employed ornamental floats, so I wanted to find them again. This is one chart that becomes lop-sided when I follow it. 2:39 pm. Teresa, alexaludeman sevtap salahi Thanks for listening. June 9, 2015 @ Due to the overwhelming presence of malware on Russian websites these days, I do not visit sites hosted there anymore, and am not disposed to assisting the IP thieves by making aftermarket lists of the symbols used. You can, of course, choose to work any symbol in an alternate manner, to suit your knitting style or your personal preferences. on bag of 1st row and at the end. May 9, 2016 @ Commonly, stitch and row repeats are indicated by heavy lines (or boxes) in the chart. Hello we havent published any double knitting patterns yet, nor am I familiar with the technique. I am knitting a faire isle yoke on a top-down sweater (Iunn However, each designer may have a different format and set of symbols. 12:04 am. March 23, 2017 @ Free Pebble Knitting Stitch. If the pattern is to be worked in the round, then you will read every round from right to left. 9:40 pm. June 17, 2020 @ August 8, 2017 @ Hi Gloria just do nothing. Thank you. I dont understand how they are suppose to go together. I dont understand why. Any suggestions would be welcome. How do I work these 11 st? Pam 10:09 am. 2:59 pm. First off, thank you for such a detailed and wonderful illustration of how to read charts. January 28, 2019 @ I am a beginner knitter and hope you can help me My pattern (from Classic Elite) calls for purl on right side and knit on wrong side then continue knitting in a repetitive pattern. I think I understand the logic behind the chart. Every knit pattern is followed the exact same way by a righty or a lefty. 2:27 am, Hello this is a bit of a complex question, could you send us an email (thats our best method for pattern support) at tincanknits@gmail.com and well answer you that way? I dont understand the increase instructions however. It means you are going to make 1 stitch in that colour. January 19, 2018 @ As a senior, Ive found these to be so easy on the eyes, and the cost is probably was under $1.00 per copy, if memory serves. So knit 1st set stitches then comes REPEAT SECTION. The faux cable Chart A combines the symbols for passing a stitch over (stretched out over 3 squares in the chart) with the symbols for knit, yarn over, and knit. 6:59 am, Hahahaha Id not count on standardization where designers are concerned, Susan White August 24, 2020 @ April 20, 2017 @ I'm a native Russian speaker but haven't worked with Russian patterns. Good luck! January 5, 2017 @ Hi Judith it sounds like those are maybe non-stitches? Here are some of the most basic Russian symbols you will find. alexaludeman Alexa Ludeman Thank you! I have worked through many issues before even getting going, and, from the conversations on Ravelry, expect many more. Im really confused about this one. I am working in the round and am ready to start the color work. 12:08 pm. 2. Thank you in advance for your help! I thank you for your tutorial here on charts . 3:43 pm, joy Also would the repeat switch as well. November 15, 2018 @ Yet the pattern calls for a round needle. alexaludeman It could be that the chart is worked in rounds at some point in the pattern and rows at other points. February 22, 2015 @ 1:08 pm. There is room for 3 repeats of the pattern (the section between the vertical lines) before the centreline stitch. If the chart shows BOTH right side and wrong side rows, you will work the RS rows from RIGHT to LEFT, and the WS rows from LEFT to RIGHT. 5:00 pm. As with anything in knitting, these instructions are not set in stone. 3:23 pm, Hi Nancy sorry about that, there is an error in the Marshland chart, the second M1 should be one stitch over so there is a knit between the m1s, Nancy February 8, 2018 @ 4:03 pm, I am trying to convert a cross stitch, to a knit pattern and convert DMC THREAD TO YARN TO KNIT A WOLF ON THE BACK OF A SWEATER. Its hard to say without seeing the actual chart. Thanks you, Emily Wessel Once you understand the meaning of each of the symbols, you can proceed to knitting the chart. Thanks for any help you can give me. June 27, 2018 @ Janet Marquardt Horizontally there are 11 boxes and vertically 18 and only on the 17th row the 10th and the 11th stitch together are a right cross (2 stitches). January 28, 2015 @ Yep, on the RS you would work right side chart, then the middle chart, then the left chart. How should I interpret the empty parts of the pattern? likewise I couldn't find the translation of the russian knitting symbols.I hope the russian sites make on thier site a translation.. like what the portugese site have. alexaludeman Well, I meant if you are a left-handed person (you write using left hand) and knitting in opposite direction to right-handed person (I know that even left-handed person can knit the same way as the right-handed person, but thats not what Ive learnt). first row is knit, the second has the beginnings of two purled columns on the RS of the fabric: k5, p2, k13, p2, k5. A triangle leaning to the left and a triangle leaning to the right, a circle for a yarn over a blank square for knit , A filled in diamond in the centre of the square , a single- which I believe is a purl and a double= which I dont know what it is. 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. A careful reading of the chart key is crucial in this case, because often chart symbols are worked in one way on the right side of the work, and in another way on the wrong side of the work (for example, knit on the right side, purl on the wrong side). Hello! May 12, 2022 | Knitting Kingdom | | 9:45 am. Or is the k2tog combining those two stitches on the chart? 2:01 pm. What do you do When the directions say to cast on 48 stitches and the chart only shows 47 stitches? alexaludeman 10:33 am. alexaludeman Sometimes lefties throw with their left like I do (Im right handed but do some things with my left). 12:18 pm. October 18, 2017 @ As I find more of these charts I will keep adding them to this post! Eg, if there are 17 knit sts the number 17 will be in there. ~Em, Jodi Chrisman Three dot chevron colorwork knitting pattern; Thanks for any help you cangive me. ), Gracias, encontr lo que buscaba y muy completo, Dear Knitting-Bee, please can you help me with 2 Russian knitting symbols that I cannot find anywhere? Hello! Nope, you would have to reverse it. That info should be in the written pattern or chart notes, Cheryl H Thanks. Most of the patterns on this website (freeknitstitches.com) seem to omit the even rows, but I can find no instructions on the site about what they intend them to be. Hi Nancy I would assume they are no stitch boxes but it is hard to tell without seeing the actual pattern. Lexique de Tricot Anglais/Franais; Need More Fiber. March 26, 2018 @ October 22, 2020 @ Hi Lana yep. 1:54 pm, Hi Heidi you arent missing anything! 9:19 am. May 7, 2016 @ 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. 5:00 pm, This chart so clear. February 8, 2016 @ What a helpful site. Thank you! alexaludeman Hello, how are you? I would appreciate your help to explain this chart immensely. 9:41 pm. Craft Yarn Council 2:43 pm. I would say probably, that is what it would usually indicate. New free knitting patterns for ladies shawls! Has been deleted. alexaludeman Kate Scott April 11, 2021 @ I dont know how to do the pattern repeats. Am knitting first lace, a sweater, and it is in the round. Therefore I do not know if I am working all the rows right to left or some left to right. STEP 2. March 22, 2016 @ Etc OR does it mean to knit the knits purl the purls without doing the in front and behind cables? If you are still unsure you may want to contact the designer. Work all the way across the 3 charts but work chart 2 8 times across. Im knitting a vest pattern with a right side cable chart and a left side cable chart, pattern is by Bristol Ivy, and the name is Delius. I am trying to figure out a chart from a Rowan pattern and am mystified by the lack of information and totally confused by the apparent plethora of definitions for the same symbols. The chart may have a row repeat to work from (eg. December 26, 2014 @ The pattern originates in Germany and I dont know if the European charts may be different?? As the chart increases the repeats will increase, so it starts with 6, then increases to 8, then 10. Or does the k2tog symbol mean it applies to the empty square on the chart as well? 9:23 pm. I read a chart from left to right. October 30, 2019 @ February 9, 2017 @ 11:56 am. uses traditional Orenburg lace base patterns. 11:12 am. HI, I have a chart where the bottom row is labeled number 1 on the left rather than the right. I think I had it perfect up till that point. The rounds may be numbered or it may be in the chart notes. I may have to undo 70+ rows depending on the answer. pjd Thanks, Alexa Ludeman st (s): stitch (es) tog: together. 3:10 am, Hi Laura thanks for pointing that out! Thanks so much in advance. Each chart will have its own key with instructions on how to work each symbol, Jessica Henderson 9:43 pm, What does it mean Cont to dec every row until 13 more dec each side and AT SAME TIME after 7more dec rows, alexaludeman Meagan Thank God I found this blog. 11:33 pm. In order of appearance top to bottom: (+)Edge stitch (not further specified) Knit Purl The circle is a yarn over Ssk K2tog I'm pretty sure this is a k3tog Big bullet points are garter stitch M1 (it specifies for a purl stitch, I don't remember which direction that is) Grey blocks don't mean anything (spacers) And small dot means bind off those stitches. 12:21 pm. By the time you master this method, you will probably make a little swatch in garter stitch like the one shown in the photo below. Alexa Ludeman November 8, 2016 @ As I find more of these charts I will keep adding them to this post! is the "slip one at beginning of row" type edge stitch, I think. For your second (and all following) repeats of chart B start with row 1: 4:51 pm. Wyn Elliott The chart I have is numbered from the top down and left to right rather than starting at the bottom right. October 30, 2019 @ Without seeing it Im kind of unhelpful, sorry! Slip these? 2:20 pm. alexaludeman Id say that if only a single chart is given, then flipping the chart to make the opposite hand (ie. 1:27 pm. August 31, 2016 @ Ive bought your marshland sweater pattern and am having a bit of a time figuring out how to go about the yoke. A.1 is the name of the diagram, and. alexaludeman 12:28 pm. February 6, 2017 @ January 7, 2021 @ August 16, 2015 @ 12:27 pm. 5:47 pm, Stunning patterns. 4:13 am, If you want to convert a usually knitted flat chart to an in the round chart what do you do with the wrong side rows of the chart when you are in the round, do you ignore the shown wrong side rows or knit them starting from the opposite direction. Hi Judy If the pattern calls for multiples of 16 + 47 it seems like there will be 47 edge sts, so you would want to stop working the 16 st repeat 47 sts before the end of the row, then work the edge sts. 9:10 am. March 2, 2015 @ Knit the stitch that was slipped in the previous row together wth its yarn over. Emily Wessel 9:49 am. I have knit numerous Leisure Arts raglans and never had any problems. I can cable, but this is a little confusing. or Do I work row one until the end of the pattern repeat, do as many pattern repeats, and then only at the end will I work the yo, and then end with the K3? 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? If I do this then the dishcloth will be huge. alexaludeman The pattern does not seem to me that all wrong side rows are purled. The Orenburg region of . December 19, 2021 @ 10:42 am. 11:16 am. 12:45 pm. Im making a Christmas stocking, using a chart and the directions say All of the sts that are purled on the RS are marked as pattern sts on the chart. One partner is 8 stitches. February 19, 2018 @ The YOs make an extra stitch, but the k2tog and ssk should take one each away, so why am I ending up with 14 stitches? Debbie Plamondon If you want to try it all out in a hat Id say go with our free Clayoquot toque pattern, or the new Fleet hat, or maybe the Banff hat? September 23, 2014 @ Row 4 dots Starts row one of chart with three sts then the repeat begins. Today. Hi Sue it is hard for me to say what is going wrong without looking at the pattern (the Top Down Raglan Summer Lace Cardigan isnt one of ours), have you tried contacting the designer? August 9, 2020 @ December 15, 2016 @ 5:11 am. February 19, 2015 @ April 30, 2015 @ I am currently following a pattern that has two charts. When it says maker on the chart. November 2, 2021 @ Hi Pat Im sorry, thats not one of our patterns and I havent knit it so I cant really say how the chart works. She seems to have a number of different translations on her site. Each row has a filled in color for the pattern (dishcloth will look embossed when finished as so many do). One chart has a check mark roughly in the middle. In fact we made our own colour charts to knit a pattern on the back of mittens at primary school, boys included and then knitted them. knitting each round in the opposite direction) makes sense in principle. If you normally use the English knitting style, you will need to learn to work with the yarn in your left hand. http://www.columbia.edu/~kmp30/uzory.html, The author of these two pages can be now found at her blog:
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