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Hello! I'm new here. Stitchboard was recommended to me in a crochet goup on Facebook. I'm interested in making my own graphs similar to Jody Pyotts. Is it possible to beigin with a blank graph here. I'm needing to lay out the size & insert popcorn stitches. I'm not seeing where this is possible without a picture/image to upload. If it's not possible here, is there any recommendations without sitting down with graph paper & pencil & lots of erasing? Lol
Thank you in advance & I look forward to learning & sharing ideas...
~ Cindy
Thank you so much
NOTE - This post was corrected and updated 3/2/2016 - Thanks!
To follow up with yesterday's tutorial on reading knit charts, I have prepared two more charts for another common knit stitch pattern called the Moss Stitch.
FLAT NEEDLE KNITTING
As we learned yesterday, for flat needle knitting we start reading these charts from the bottom right hand corner, Row 1, Column 1.
Odd rows are read right to left and even rows left to right.
Looking at the legend this chart is translated as follows ...
Reading row 1 from right to left since its a right side row ...
Row 1, Column 1 - Slip stitch p-wise with yarn in front
Row 1, Column 2 - Knit
Row 1, Column 3 - Purl
Row 1, Column 4 - Knit
Row 1, Column 5 - Purl
Row 1, Column 6 - Knit
The written instructions would read like this ...
Row 1 - Sl 1 p-wise wyif, *K1, P1* rep from * to * to last stitch, K1
Continuing on to row two - reading from left to right because it is a wrong side row ,,,
Row 2, Column 6 - Slip stitch p-wise wyif
Row 2, Column 5 - Knit
Row 2, Column 4 - Purl
Row 2, Column 3 - Knit
Row 2, Column 2 - Purl
Row 1, Column 1 - Knit
The written instructions would be ...
Sl 1 p-wise wfyif, *K1, P1* rep from * to * to last stitch, K1
Row 3, a right side row is read right to left ...
Row 3, Column 1 - Slip stitch p-wise with yarn in front
Row 3, Column 2 - Purl
Row 3, Column 3 - Knit
Row 3, Column 4 - Purl
Row 3, Column 5 - Knit
Row 3, Column 6 - Knit
The written instructions would be ...
Sl 1 p-wise wfyif, *P1, K1* rep from * to * to last stitch, K1
Row 4, a wrong side row is read left to right ...
Row 4, Column 6 - Slip stitch p-wise with yarn in front
Row 4, Column 5 - Purl
Row 4, Column 4 - Knit
Row 4, Column 3 - Purl
Row 4, Column 2 - Knit
Row 4, Column 1 - Knit
The written instructions would be ...
Sl 1 p-wise wfyif, *P1, K1* rep from * to * to last stitch, K1
Putting it all together the written instructions for this stitch pattern would look something like this ...
Rows 1 and 2 -
Sl 1 p-wise wfyif, *K1, P1* rep from * to * to last stitch, K1
Rows 3 and 4 -
Sl 1 p-wise wfyif, *P1, K1* rep from * to * to last stitch, K1
Repeat Rows 1 through 4 times until you reach your desired length.
KNITTING IN THE ROUND
[INCLUDING LOOM KNITTING FLAT AND IN THE ROUND]
Remember, the difference between knitting in the round or loom knitting from needle knitting flat is that all rows are read from right to left because the work is always worked from the front side.
Because we're working in the round, there are no edge stitches unless you want to add them to a loom knit flat panel.
Row 1, Column 1 - Knit
Row 1, Column 2 - Purl
Row 1, Column 3 - Knit
Row 1, Column 4 - Purl
Row 2, Column 1 - Knit
Row 2, Column 2 - Purl
Row 2, Column 3 - Knit
Row 2, Column 4 - Purl
Row 3, Column 1 - Purl
Row 3, Column 2 - Knit
Row 3, Column 3 - Purl
Row 3, Column 4 - Knit
Row 4, Column 1 - Purl
Row 4, Column 2 - Knit
Row 4, Column 3 - Purl
Row 4, Column 4 - Knit
Row 5, Column 1 - Knit
Row 5, Column 2 - Purl
Row 5, Column 3 - Knit
Row 5, Column 4 - Purl
Row 6, Column 1 - Knit
Row 6, Column 2 - Purl
Row 6, Column 3 - Knit
Row 6, Column 4 - Purl
And finally, the written pattern would be as follows ...
Rows 1 and 2 - *K1, P1* across
Rows 3 and 4 - *P1, K1* across
Repeat rows 1 - 4 until work is complete.
I hope that these two tutorials on how to read knitting graphs have been helpful to you.
I still welcome submissions for additional simple knit stitch patterns to be charted and transcribed so we can practice together how to read knit charts.
If you have a stitch pattern you would like to see charted and transcribed, please submit it below.
Thanks!
Neave,
I hear you about that Aida cloth! It used to be that there was afghan cross stitch fabric that had a large count...I forget how large, maybe 4 stitches across (?) - just know it was much easier to see. But my guess is it's been discontinued, because I haven't seen it in forever.
If I encounter it, though, I'll let you know...that would have to be online, because there's no store locally anymore. This area is terrible for keeping any kind of craft store open...our yarn shop closed ages ago and we lost a bead store a few years after that. And then recently we lost a JoAnn Fabrics, which is a pretty solid chain of fabric and craft stores, so now it's about half an hour to the next one. Of course, the cross stitch store was also half an hour away...but that one closed, too.
Thank you...that's very generous of you!
Way back in October 2011 when we first began upgrading people to 300 stitches as a beta test, we mentioned that eventually this would become a Premier feature. (We called it "Premium" back then.)
We've been testing server loads and are now done with the extended beta test (thank you to everyone who helped!).
A few weeks ago we added a Premier feature of 500 stitches. Rather than simply doing away with the 300 option, we decided to still make it available but at a nominal subscription price of $2.99* - for an entire year!
So non-members get 100 stitches across, members get 150, Premier subscribers ($2.99/yr*) get 300, and second-level Premier subscribers (4.99/yr*) get 500.
By adding the 300 stitch count option to our Premier features, it will help defray costs as we continue to add memory, hard disk space, and eventually more servers.
As I write this, we're already working on a planned upgrade to handle the new activity that has necessitated this upgrade, and as much as we'd like to keep this particular feature free, we'd also like to keep our service as fast and working as well as possible. The only way to do that is by being responsible enough to respond to newer server loads and increased activity. Additionally, our costs have greatly increased because of all of the extras we've been giving, not just larger patterns, but crochet word charts, more intelligent PDF handling, PDF paper sizes, stray pixel cleanup, Tunisian crochet stitch capabilities, memory settings, image rotation, other special effects and numerous smaller issues that have been resolved or added to make your pattern-creating experience better.
Also, to be clear, when you subscribe to one or more Premier features, the subscription is for one year and does not automatically renew. We will email a notice 30 days before the subscription ends and you need to manually renew it. (We've never liked the idea of auto-renewals!)
For those who have been upgraded to 300 stitches since 2011, you'll have six months before the "free" 300 stitch upgrade will go away. As of today, November 1, 2015, we're doing no more free upgrades of stitch width sizes without subscriptions to either of those as premier features. Unfortunately, we do have to draw the line, as the services we use are certainly not freebies on our end...if only they were!
There are still many free features coming! Next up will be one that will help those who create pdf patterns. So as we continue to add free features, we'll also continue adding more Premier ones to continue to expand and pay larger server costs and allow us to offer what we do at the fastest possible speeds.
To upgrade to the 300 stitch width, the 500 stitch width or any of our other premier features, you'll find everything on this page:
/pages/pattern/subscribe.php
* introductory price
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Hello! I'm new here. Stitchboard was recommended to me in a crochet goup on Facebook. I'm interested in making my own graphs similar to Jody Pyotts. Is it possible to beigin with a blank graph here. I'm needing to lay out the size & insert popcorn stitches. I'm not seeing where this is possible without a picture/image to upload. If it's not possible here, is there any recommendations without sitting down with graph paper & pencil & lots of erasing? Lol
Thank you in advance & I look forward to learning & sharing ideas...
~ Cindy
Thank you so much
NOTE - This post was corrected and updated 3/2/2016 - Thanks!
To follow up with yesterday's tutorial on reading knit charts, I have prepared two more charts for another common knit stitch pattern called the Moss Stitch.
FLAT NEEDLE KNITTING
As we learned yesterday, for flat needle knitting we start reading these charts from the bottom right hand corner, Row 1, Column 1.
Odd rows are read right to left and even rows left to right.
Looking at the legend this chart is translated as follows ...
Reading row 1 from right to left since its a right side row ...
Row 1, Column 1 - Slip stitch p-wise with yarn in front
Row 1, Column 2 - Knit
Row 1, Column 3 - Purl
Row 1, Column 4 - Knit
Row 1, Column 5 - Purl
Row 1, Column 6 - Knit
The written instructions would read like this ...
Row 1 - Sl 1 p-wise wyif, *K1, P1* rep from * to * to last stitch, K1
Continuing on to row two - reading from left to right because it is a wrong side row ,,,
Row 2, Column 6 - Slip stitch p-wise wyif
Row 2, Column 5 - Knit
Row 2, Column 4 - Purl
Row 2, Column 3 - Knit
Row 2, Column 2 - Purl
Row 1, Column 1 - Knit
The written instructions would be ...
Sl 1 p-wise wfyif, *K1, P1* rep from * to * to last stitch, K1
Row 3, a right side row is read right to left ...
Row 3, Column 1 - Slip stitch p-wise with yarn in front
Row 3, Column 2 - Purl
Row 3, Column 3 - Knit
Row 3, Column 4 - Purl
Row 3, Column 5 - Knit
Row 3, Column 6 - Knit
The written instructions would be ...
Sl 1 p-wise wfyif, *P1, K1* rep from * to * to last stitch, K1
Row 4, a wrong side row is read left to right ...
Row 4, Column 6 - Slip stitch p-wise with yarn in front
Row 4, Column 5 - Purl
Row 4, Column 4 - Knit
Row 4, Column 3 - Purl
Row 4, Column 2 - Knit
Row 4, Column 1 - Knit
The written instructions would be ...
Sl 1 p-wise wfyif, *P1, K1* rep from * to * to last stitch, K1
Putting it all together the written instructions for this stitch pattern would look something like this ...
Rows 1 and 2 -
Sl 1 p-wise wfyif, *K1, P1* rep from * to * to last stitch, K1
Rows 3 and 4 -
Sl 1 p-wise wfyif, *P1, K1* rep from * to * to last stitch, K1
Repeat Rows 1 through 4 times until you reach your desired length.
KNITTING IN THE ROUND
[INCLUDING LOOM KNITTING FLAT AND IN THE ROUND]
Remember, the difference between knitting in the round or loom knitting from needle knitting flat is that all rows are read from right to left because the work is always worked from the front side.
Because we're working in the round, there are no edge stitches unless you want to add them to a loom knit flat panel.
Row 1, Column 1 - Knit
Row 1, Column 2 - Purl
Row 1, Column 3 - Knit
Row 1, Column 4 - Purl
Row 2, Column 1 - Knit
Row 2, Column 2 - Purl
Row 2, Column 3 - Knit
Row 2, Column 4 - Purl
Row 3, Column 1 - Purl
Row 3, Column 2 - Knit
Row 3, Column 3 - Purl
Row 3, Column 4 - Knit
Row 4, Column 1 - Purl
Row 4, Column 2 - Knit
Row 4, Column 3 - Purl
Row 4, Column 4 - Knit
Row 5, Column 1 - Knit
Row 5, Column 2 - Purl
Row 5, Column 3 - Knit
Row 5, Column 4 - Purl
Row 6, Column 1 - Knit
Row 6, Column 2 - Purl
Row 6, Column 3 - Knit
Row 6, Column 4 - Purl
And finally, the written pattern would be as follows ...
Rows 1 and 2 - *K1, P1* across
Rows 3 and 4 - *P1, K1* across
Repeat rows 1 - 4 until work is complete.
I hope that these two tutorials on how to read knitting graphs have been helpful to you.
I still welcome submissions for additional simple knit stitch patterns to be charted and transcribed so we can practice together how to read knit charts.
If you have a stitch pattern you would like to see charted and transcribed, please submit it below.
Thanks!
Neave,
I hear you about that Aida cloth! It used to be that there was afghan cross stitch fabric that had a large count...I forget how large, maybe 4 stitches across (?) - just know it was much easier to see. But my guess is it's been discontinued, because I haven't seen it in forever.
If I encounter it, though, I'll let you know...that would have to be online, because there's no store locally anymore. This area is terrible for keeping any kind of craft store open...our yarn shop closed ages ago and we lost a bead store a few years after that. And then recently we lost a JoAnn Fabrics, which is a pretty solid chain of fabric and craft stores, so now it's about half an hour to the next one. Of course, the cross stitch store was also half an hour away...but that one closed, too.
Thank you...that's very generous of you!
Way back in October 2011 when we first began upgrading people to 300 stitches as a beta test, we mentioned that eventually this would become a Premier feature. (We called it "Premium" back then.)
We've been testing server loads and are now done with the extended beta test (thank you to everyone who helped!).
A few weeks ago we added a Premier feature of 500 stitches. Rather than simply doing away with the 300 option, we decided to still make it available but at a nominal subscription price of $2.99* - for an entire year!
So non-members get 100 stitches across, members get 150, Premier subscribers ($2.99/yr*) get 300, and second-level Premier subscribers (4.99/yr*) get 500.
By adding the 300 stitch count option to our Premier features, it will help defray costs as we continue to add memory, hard disk space, and eventually more servers.
As I write this, we're already working on a planned upgrade to handle the new activity that has necessitated this upgrade, and as much as we'd like to keep this particular feature free, we'd also like to keep our service as fast and working as well as possible. The only way to do that is by being responsible enough to respond to newer server loads and increased activity. Additionally, our costs have greatly increased because of all of the extras we've been giving, not just larger patterns, but crochet word charts, more intelligent PDF handling, PDF paper sizes, stray pixel cleanup, Tunisian crochet stitch capabilities, memory settings, image rotation, other special effects and numerous smaller issues that have been resolved or added to make your pattern-creating experience better.
Also, to be clear, when you subscribe to one or more Premier features, the subscription is for one year and does not automatically renew. We will email a notice 30 days before the subscription ends and you need to manually renew it. (We've never liked the idea of auto-renewals!)
For those who have been upgraded to 300 stitches since 2011, you'll have six months before the "free" 300 stitch upgrade will go away. As of today, November 1, 2015, we're doing no more free upgrades of stitch width sizes without subscriptions to either of those as premier features. Unfortunately, we do have to draw the line, as the services we use are certainly not freebies on our end...if only they were!
There are still many free features coming! Next up will be one that will help those who create pdf patterns. So as we continue to add free features, we'll also continue adding more Premier ones to continue to expand and pay larger server costs and allow us to offer what we do at the fastest possible speeds.
To upgrade to the 300 stitch width, the 500 stitch width or any of our other premier features, you'll find everything on this page:
/pages/pattern/subscribe.php
* introductory price
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