Stitchboard Admin message #2
Re: Reading a graphgan pattern
February 2, 2017 at 4:25:39 AM  (in response to cwcoup message #1)
 
Chris,

Welcome! 

Close!  Your chain doesn't actually count as a row, so you start reading from right to left, and then when you reverse you read left to right.

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Stitchboard Admin message #4
Re: Reading a graphgan pattern
February 3, 2017 at 1:24:42 AM  (in response to cwcoup message #3)
 
Chris,

This is one of the best tutorials I've found, if you're not specifically looking for a video:
http://www.dummies.com/crafts/crocheting/how-to-carry-yarn-in-crochet/

I like the illustrations because they make the steps very clear!

It's not hard to strand in this manner and will give the piece a much more polished appearance when it's finished than if you cut the yarn and work the ends in later.  Sure, it's a bit more trouble, but worth it, IMO.  Though double crochet is shown in the illustrations, single crochet is the same thing, just with a shorter stitch, and you should be able to strand exactly the same way. 

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Stitchboard Admin message #6
Re: Reading a graphgan pattern
February 4, 2017 at 4:56:50 AM  (in response to cwcoup message #5)
 
Chris,

You're so welcome and glad to be of help!    I think stranding is the easiest way of all to carry colors, especially with something reversible. 

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