How to Read Knitting Charts in Round | Circular Knitting
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So I'm going to show you how to read knitting charts for circular knitting. If you already know how to read charts in flat knitting, then this will be no problem to adjust, but I'll also explain this for new chart readers so that you can get an idea of what it is to read a chart and how it relates to the direction of knitting. So I have pulled a chart from one of the patterns that I have for sale on my website. This is a stranded Fair Isle hat called "Big Head Jim" and I'm going to show you with the main body chart what we do when we read a chart for knitting in the round.
So you can see here that this chart is for color work and the things I'm going to be telling you about are the same for whether your chart is a chart for lace or a chart for cables or in this case, a chart for stranded color work. So you can see that there are numbers here, all on the right side, and I put the numbers all on the right side to remind you that when you read a chart for knitting in the round, you read each row from right to left. So the opposite of how we read words in English, we're going to be reading this chart in the same direction that we knit. So if all of these stitches were on my needle, I would be knitting them from the tip of the needle, so first stitch number one, then stitch number two. So these numbers are here in the order from lowest on the right side to highest on the left side to remind you of the direction of knitting. And these numbers here are here to help you give a name to what row you're on and they're numbered from the lowest at the bottom to the highest at the top because that is the direction of knitting, right? We build our knitting up row by row by row.
So our first row here, if we are reading it, would be two of these dark stitches, three light stitches, then three dark, three light, three dark, three light, three dark, three light and you would end with one dark. And that doesn't really have anything to do with how to read a knitting pattern, but I just wanted to help you read the first row of this particular chart, which is a color work chart. So if you are used to reading patterns flat, what you would do is you would read row number one from right to left and then because you'd have to flip your... you'd have to flip your knitting over, you would be reading from the other side now because you would be working the back of your work. So then you would read row number two from the left to the right. But because in circular knitting we never turn around and knit the back, we're always going to be reading our charts and knitting from the right to the left. So you would finish round number one and then jump back here to the beginning of round number two, always reading from the right to the left. Round three, finish it. Come back here to round four.
So always jumping back here. And in this particular hat pattern, obviously you're going to need more than 24 stitches to get around the head, so this means this is the pattern repeat. The hat is a multiple of 24 stitches. So you would need to get here to stitch number 24 and then repeat the pattern again, kind of like a coda in music. You'd go back, still on round one, to the beginning of this round and knit 24 stitches again and then one more time to finish the hat. Then when you get all the way around to the end of that round, you'll see your stitch marker or whatever method you use to mark the end of your round. Only then could you move up to round two. And one little cheat that I use to help me keep track of where I am in charts like this is reusable highlighter tape, which is sold all over the internet and at drugstores, but knitters have especially taken it on as a tool where you would stick it down and cover the row that you just worked so that you can read right along the top of the highlighter tape. When you finish that round, peel it up and stick it down one row higher, and that way you can always help.
If you don't have restickable highlighter tape, you can use a highlighter or whatever you want to just mark the rows as you go. I know that some people have magnetic charts where they can move a magnet up or it's held onto a piece of magnet. Anything that you want-a pencil check-doesn't matter. So the thing to keep in mind when reading charts in the round is that you always read from right to left and repeat the chart as many times as you need to finish your round before
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Knitting in the round for colour work was stumping me when I read a chart as I had done so much flat work. I can now look at the chart as a flat or in the round after your clear description. I’m about to start a cowl in the round. Thank you!
THANK YOU! This is EXACTLY what I needed. Very clear, easy to understand, visual directions.
This is the most lovely woman I ever saw on KZread and her videos are really helpful and clear for me as a beginner! THANK YOU!
Very easy to understand your instructions with clear directions. Thank you.
I needed this so bad! Thank you! It made no sense to me until I watched your video!
Thank you so much! I was nervous starting a colour work chart in the round for a hat I'm making. You made it make sence!
This helped me so much! I'm new to the knitting world and working on the baa-ble hat and I'm getting nervous because I'm doing the chart soon. I couldn't understand how it goes all the way around, but you were very thorough in explaining and now I know! Thanks so much! :)
Jessica! Thank you so much for making this video! I finally understand!!!!!
Brilliant. Just what I need 👏🌟. Thank you
Thanks for explaining this :) it was so much help for me cuz I was so confused. Lord Bless
Thank you! Such a nice explanation that I can understand.
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Thank you I have to watch ur video multiple times just to remember 💛🐣
Thank you, your instructions are very clear and helpful😊
mercy me...my thanks can not express how i feel ..I think I finally got it somehow you cracked the confusion code in my head and I am now ready to tackle a hat with colorwork in the round..now I need to learn what to do with idle yarn laying in back is there some trick to that? or do I just let it be and carry it along and pick up as needed?
Thanks for the great video. QUESTION I have a fair isle chart that has some stiches blacked out and the key code says "No stitch" so should I just slip those stitches? If anyone knows I would like to try this mitten pattern from a book I have.
really simple thanks alot !
This is great, but can you do a video for reading charts with knit and purl stitches in the round? And adjusting patterns with cabling, for example? Thanks.
@namitasinha8267
5 жыл бұрын
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how do you know what patterns will work for your hats. do you simply count the stitches and compare them with the number of cast on stitches in your hat?
Great video thx
I have a fair Isle chart, to be knit in the round. But the first row is shown on the right hand top the numbers read from top to bottom on the right side. And then at the top and bottom of the chart the numbers read from right to left. Can you explain how do I read this chart.
LOVE IT, thank you!!
Do you consider every row is the right side when you work in the rounds? TIA
How do you knit pattern repeats on a stranded colorwork chart that does not show a red box? I am working on a pattern that has a 6 stitch repeat with seven rounds but there is no redbox that shows the repeat .I don't understand what that means. Any help would be appreciated
Hi! I’m very very new with this technique, but I’m confused, so I start with round 1 , is ⚪️⚫️⚫️ and it finished with ⚫️ so should I start knitting from the ⚪️ square or from the ⚫️ square?? Thank you. I’m knitting a socks
How do you do your on graph? Like a ⭐ star? Thanks.
good morning !! i want just to understand what does mean no stitch on a chart. please can any one answer to me ?? thank you very much !!
@nryane
4 жыл бұрын
Ahlem Hireche Check on your internet browser. There is an explanation there. You do not work that particular stitch on a “no stitch” row, because it no longer exists.
What are you to do when a chart for circular knitting, saids no stitch for four stitches
@nryane
4 жыл бұрын
Vickie Willis Don’t work them. They don’t exist. Go to the next stitch.
Question, what if I end the round to my marker and the round I was knitting is not finished all the way? Can I still start the next row/round or do I finish the whole row first
@nryane
4 жыл бұрын
Karen Condon No, you would not. I would assume you didn’t have the correct number of stitches for the pattern. Each row would be completed. Then the next row would start.
@gihantawfik2667
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, I need to make a complex cable sweater but don't know how. Unfortunately, I can't attach the photo to my comment. Can I email you the photo and you explain in a video how to make it? Please let me know if you are interested. Thanks 💐
what does it mean when it says no stitch. on the chart
What if you knit left to right
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What if you are left handed?
@nryane
4 жыл бұрын
Veola Sutherland I would think you would knit the pattern the way you knit - in reverse. If you start knitting from left to right, you would read the pattern from left to right. Many color work patterns are symmetrical, so it wouldn’t matter much. Otherwise, for non-symmetrical patterns, I would make a transparency of the pattern and flip it to read it correctly for you. Your work will be reversed, but unless there are words, that wouldn’t matter.
@nancy9222
4 жыл бұрын
What about being left-handed, would I do from left to right instead of the traditional right to left??
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