Thank you! This video made knitting charts seem much less threatening. I appreciate your step-by-step explanations! :)

Thank you for explaining so throughly!

And thank you for your comment....I appreciate it. As far as chart knitting goes, once you get the hang of it, you'll love it!

Thankyou Nancy for your video, I am in my mid 60's and have been knitting for more than 50 years but have only ever used written patterns. I have recently received some knitting books (with absolutely gorgeous patterns) that work with charts. It was doing my head in, but having watched your tutorial, I think I may actually feel confident enough to attempt a relatively uncomplicated pattern now. Wish me luck :)

@WynnKnit

5 жыл бұрын

Lyndal Hancock You’ll do great and believe me, once you master charts, you’ll never go back to written patterns. Best of luck and thanks for commenting on my video. 🤗

@lyndalhancock518

5 жыл бұрын

@@WynnKnit Thankyou for your response and encouragement

Thank you, this clears it up. 😃

I would love to see another chart tutorial from you so it gets me up to speed on this chart. I love the charts and I do believe that I will be looking more to the charts than the pattern codes because the layout is like a house print and I can follow that much better. I would love to see another tutorial on the charting. Thank you.

@WynnKnit

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the request and I'll try to film more on the charts in the very near future.

It is easy for you, Nancy, bc your mind has grasped what actually needs to be done. To those of us still trapped in "deer in the headlights" mode, could you maybe use a chart and show us as you knit and explain the stitches? I know your video is 7 years old so you might think, "Emmm...that would be NO." Fair enough. I totally get it. But do you know anyone else, maybe, you could recommend if you aren't able to do it? Please? My Memere taught me how to knit 45 years ago but life, then motherhood, stepped in, then working to retirement took all my time. And now I finally have the time to really learn and make something. My much loved Memere is long gone and I don't know anyone who knows how to knit. I don't want this beautiful art to be lost forever. I want to learn it so I can teach my daughters when their lives slow down a bit. I can knit and I've made some gorgeous blankets. But I have no clue how to read a chart even after your very patient explanation. I can envision the knits and the purls, and some of the other ones. But the immediate bind offs and such have my brain shutting down. And the "no stitch" is a whattheflip moment. I can't even try to envision a no stitch although I really have tried. Anyway, I hope I haven't put you off altogether. Thank you for trying for those of us who truly want to learn but so far can't "get it" just yet.

@WynnKnit

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Angel, I'm so sorry to hear of your frustration but I do understand. Trust me, put me in front of a sewing machine and I feel the same. It seems that sewing is not in my wheelhouse. For whatever it's worth, you are not alone with feeling lost in chart reading and I've been asked several times to do another video which is exactly what I plan to do. It's my belief that my video would be far more helpful if I was actually knitting the garment the chart was written for. In fact, the biggest request from my subscribers on my videos has been for me to make something from beginning (gauge swatch) to end (finishing and blocking) that would correspond with the technique I'm teaching. If I'm demonstrating the brioche stitch, they want to see it applied to hat, mitten, etc. Makes sense, live and learn, right? I wish I had another KZreadr that I could refer you to but to be honest, one of the reasons I did a chart video was because at that time, there really wasn't a lot of them available on the subject. I will try to get a new one reshot as soon as possible. Angel, I promise that you will have that "lightbulb" moment and once you get it, you'll LOVE charts! Thanks again, for bringing your struggle to my attention. : - )

@angelcross1382

3 жыл бұрын

@@WynnKnit You're a gem, Nancy, honestly. My heart aches, feeling in a panic that this beautiful art will be lost forever if we don't step up to the plate and get enough of us to learn it before it's gone forever. I just turned 60 and literally know no one who knits aside from myself. I agree 100% with the others. If you could make a video teaching us from start to finish, all the steps in following the graph as well as the blocking, you will have made so many of us truly thankful. I can see in the comments that many want to learn. We just need a good teacher. I believe what you say, once my lightbulb moment happens, I might actually shed some tears of joy. I promised my Memere to pass the knowledge on to my own children one day. I don't want to break that promise to her. I loved her dearly. I am so excited and I thank you in advance for caring enough to do this for those of who truly have a desire to keep this artform alive.

@WynnKnit

3 жыл бұрын

@@angelcross1382 Angel, you are spot on regarding “carrying on the tradition!”! I could not agree more and that’s the main reason I started to teach knitting via KZread. Not only that, I found the traditional methods dying away and I’m not about to let that happen. No worries, I’m on top of this!!! ☺️

I'm glad my video helped and trust me, once you understand chart reading, you'll love charted patterns.

@elenshina: The 'no stitch' is the representation for stitches not yet there. This is a triangular pattern, so you start with a few stitches and increase, then you have to figure out when to start repeating the pattern in the blue box, because there will be too many stitches to fit the original pattern.

Thank you so much for this!

This was very helpful! Thank you!!! :)

@WynnKnit

6 жыл бұрын

Kendra O Thanks Kendra! 😉

I was very intimidated at first but then tried it and it was much easier to follow a chart.

@WynnKnit

7 жыл бұрын

That's so good to hear - thanks for taking the time to comment on my video. Good luck with all your knitting projects ; - )

i got a little confused when you explained the empty boxes got knit stitch but the left hand chart shows no stitch for empty box. idk maybe i can figure this out, thanks

Thank you very much Nancy. I too am using knit picks yarn for the pattern. I'll see if I can contact the designer. This is my first lace project. I always enjoy a new challenge. This is certainly proving to be a challenge. I wish I knew an experienced knitter. Unfortunately I am the only one I know LOL. Thanks for your response.

@WynnKnit

10 жыл бұрын

My son was on my computer and that is why it says Ryan - didn't want to confuse you ; - )

@nwoshock2012

10 жыл бұрын

I figured :) Thanks again Nancy. After a day of playing around with a homemade excel pattern, I figured out the chart. I inadvertently figured out another chart for the Circlet Cardigan. This one had a different repeat for every size, and working increases in for the arms were charted as repeats as well and so on... I'm starting to get the picture!

The problem I am having is that my work is in the round but it has a faux seam on each side. So I start with the first two knit stitches, then I do the repeat stitches several times, then do I end with the stitches outside the repeat, or do I end with the repeat, then do the faux seam? I guess my question is, do I do those 'ending' stitches outside of the repeat twice (at the end of each side), or once at the end of the pattern?

AMAZING! So helpful. Thank you!

@WynnKnit

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment - I appreciate it! And thank you for tuning into my channel : - )

Thank you so much!

@WynnKnit

4 жыл бұрын

Michelle Shank Thank you Michelle❣️🧶☺️

You are welcome ; - )

Thank you

Hi, thank you for your video. Unfortunately because I’m dyslexic knitting charts are both hard to see and incredibly confusing. Many dyslexics have short term memory problems so you have to keep returning to the legend and it becomes exhausting and overwhelming after a while. For me, a perfect tutorial would be a visual demonstration of working from the chart. So, you would show how to work from the chart by actually knitting. Many learners need a visual demonstration instead of just “talk and chalk”. I’m not saying there is anything wrong with your video, and I thank you for your guidance, sadly it hasn’t eased any of the horrors of knitting charts. The best knitting patterns for me personally are written instructions that tell you at the end of each line how many stitches on the needle. It’s so frustrating, I would love to be able to knit something more interesting than a rectangle. I did find wonderful instructions in a pattern once on ravelry for knitted leaves that included quite complicated stitches and short rows, the instructions were so well written that I could do it. Unfortunately most patterns aren’t written so clearly or are just these confounded charts, which have brought me very close to giving up knitting. 😔

Hi Nancy, I'm not new to charts. When it comes to Aran knitting, I'm very experienced. However, I'm doing my first knitted shawl, the Gardner shawl by Joyce Fassbender. It's a square lace shawl knitted from the center out. I'm working the A panel now but starting at the B panel, there are red box repeats. I'm confused. Here's an example : (Work rows 1-24 twice. 296 Sts. at end of section) (Move markers between stitch pattern repeats one stitch marker to the right on rows 7,15,23. Work boxed repeat pattern 3 times and 7 times for the second.) I'm still trying to wrap my head around this. Do you have any advice?

@WynnKnit

10 жыл бұрын

Hi Bill, Thank you for contacting me. I went out on Ravelry and looked at the shawl...it's gorgeous! Here is my advice,I often take graph paper and draw out what they are telling me to do and 9 times out of 10 it works. Next go to the source and contact the designer. Believe me, they want you to succeed so that you'll continue purchasing her patterns. And finally, contact KnitPicks as she obviously used their yarn.For all you know, there could be a problem with the pattern! Wish I could be of more help but without actually seeing it, there isn't a lot I can add ; - ( Let me know what works....

Hi, thank you for your video. I still find it a little hard to understand though, for instance where it says 'no stitch' on the pattern/chart, the increases and repeats. Could you explain this a little further please. Thank you so very much :-)

Hi: I am lost at the beginning...so stitch 1 =knit, stitch 2 = knit, then bind off (I have 1 stitch left). Then I knit one again, bind off. I still have one stitch left, correct? How come when I get to box 3 and 4 (which means "no stitch" according to the legend), I have two stitches on my needle? Thanks in advance!

@nancywynn7699

9 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but I can't really help you without a pattern. Perhaps you have a local yarn shop that could offer some assistance.

@jenniferrose6184

6 жыл бұрын

I had the same question concerning the chart you are using in this video. I don't understand how you start with two bound off stitches, then have two knit stitches, and how many SHOULD you have when you're done, and what is the method the chart wants? I'm trying to visualize what this does to the knitting project. Does this make a picot type edge? The charting in this instance is utterly confusing to me. Perhaps if you demonstrated the beginning, how to begin with bindoffs on the chart? If we could actually see your doing it on needles it might be easier to understand what the chart means for us to do. Beginning a piece with bindoffs jolts my head. I'm hoping there's a method that the chart means and I won't have to "Guess & Mess Up" a few time before the chart actually makes sense, should I run into this in a project.

What dies "no stitch" mean? Thanks

can you please tell me how to read a pattern I have for a fairisle hat done in the round. I am ok till i get to the top & then it gradually forms a v shape of no stitches to shape the top. I am confused with this Thanks

@WynnKnit

8 жыл бұрын

Hi Sandy, I know what I'm about to tell you may also confuse you but you're more than likely overthinking it. Just continue working the pattern and decrease where and when the pattern instructs and don't look at those "invisible" stitches on your chart. If the pattern/chart is well written, all should work out perfectly in the end. I hope I helped you out...🤗

@sandyfo6039

8 жыл бұрын

thanks Nancy

I think instead of dots and and blank squares they abbreviations should be there. Like k for knit or p for pearl etc. I am so confused . I have watched a few videos explaining charts and it is beyond confusing .

I will watch a few more times. It is still confusing but I really want to learn. I don't think my brain is cooperating. I just don't understand the repeat part. I get the rest, the stitch blocks, rows, the right side & wrong side.

Seems likely! :)

yes, that helps a lot. thank you didn't know. Know I know:) cool

@WynnKnit

10 жыл бұрын

Oh good, I'm glad that helped and don't feel bad, it's a bit confusing for everyone but once you get the hang of charts, you'll actually seek out patterns that have them - really!!!

no stitch, it says not to knit them, but if i dont do anything with them they drop and ruin my knitting . how do you do a no stitch, i just dont get it and there are no videos to show me and i truly dont understand the instructions. i have knitted a long time but not done lace or charts. im confused, can anyone help me and dont tell me to "just ignore the stitch" they have to go someplace

@WynnKnit

7 жыл бұрын

Oh Ann, I'm so sorry you're struggling with this. Let me try to explain this in a different way. First of all, this is no reflection on you and it's problematic for a lot of knitters. I say that because I don't want you to think badly of yourself for being confused. Once you get it I think you'll love charts! Okay, I'm assuming you understand the basic RS/WS knit purl chart instructions, correct? It's the dreaded NO STITCH that's making you crazy, right? If you look at a chart that has no stitch or the black boxes that represent no stitch there will be something that these types of charts have in common; they all have increases and decreases. Charts are usually shaped like a square or rectangle. Within that box, the designer tries to replicate what the design will look like upon completion. What you're fretting about is loosing a stitch that doesn't exist - yet! And most of time it's overthinking the words NO STITCH that sends the knitter over the edge! The best advice I can give you is trust the designer and don't look above the chart line you're working. In fact, I tell my students to take a sheet of paper and cover up everything above the working row.The increases will create the stitch needed to fill the no stitch box. In other words, it might be easier to look at it as a designated spot for a future stitch to come or go a limbo box. Did any of this make sense or did I confuse you more? Please let me know. Thanks and Good Luck....I hope I clarified it a little more for you. : - )

@GrandmaMarlayne

7 жыл бұрын

I did not get the "no stitch" box either but know I do understand it clearly. Of course, I am trying to understand the chart before attempting to knit too. I suppose I need to just jump into it and learn from my mistakes. Thank you so much for an excellent education on knitting charts.

@jenblunt3604

6 жыл бұрын

Marlayne Madison Just give it a go and make a dishrag using knit stitches and purl stitches. I made a basketweave blanket for my first project, a baby blanket I might add haha!! But if gave me enough practice following a pattern, pulling and knitting ect. Good luck, you'll love knitting.

@jenniferrose6184

6 жыл бұрын

I've also had a lot of trouble translating the "No Stitch" blocks from a chart, because I automatically want to think that this block always means that you do something. But, finally, I'm managing to grasp that the "No Stitch" block just means "Ignore This Space And Do The Next Thing." Things tend to line up the way they're intended as long as I remember to just ignore those "No Stitch" blocks and move on to the next block. I hope this helps.

what is done on the blank square

@WynnKnit

7 жыл бұрын

Michelle Ybarra If you're referring to the white squares, you would knit if it's on the right side and purl on the wrong side.

How would you read this same pattern if knitting in the round?

@WynnKnit

8 жыл бұрын

+Handmade Stitch By Stitch When knitting in the round, every line is read from right to left which is considered the right side of your work whereas the wrong side of your work is done on the chart rows that read from left to right. Whenever you knit in the round, you are only working the right side of work, therefore you only read the charts from right to left. Did that answer your question?

@handmadestitchbystitch6528

8 жыл бұрын

Yes! It did! Thank you so much!! :)

@WynnKnit

8 жыл бұрын

+Handmade Stitch By Stitch Great!!!

When there is only a chart to knit from with no written instructions, how do you know how many to cast on?

@nancywynn7699

8 жыл бұрын

+TrishDaMuhFukknDish I'm so sorry for not getting back to you sooner. The cast on amount is typically written in the area right after the gauge and notion section. It should also give you details of how many times you'll repeat the chart (i.e. 2 or 3 times), etc. If it doesn't, you may have a poorly written pattern. Hope that answered your question.

@TrishDaMuhFukknDish

8 жыл бұрын

Ok! Thank you kindly! :)

It's almost like reading a new language

What do you do with the NO Stitch

@WynnKnit

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Deb! Without sounding nuts, ignore the no stitch because it isn’t there. Only knit what you’re told to do in the white. If you follow that and don’t overthink, the increases will fill in the no stitch areas. I hope I didn’t confuse you more.

It will be wonderful if you can teach each symbol by demonstrating it with real yarn and needles.

@WynnKnit

2 жыл бұрын

That’s my plan 👍

What does "no stitch" mean?

@gerselinde

6 жыл бұрын

Hello :=) I see this video for the first time If you look at the chart, you see on raw 6 that 4 stitches are bound off, (symbol bind off) then on the following raw 7, the chart (in grey = " _no stitch_ ") shows 4 empty spaces in place off the previous bounded stitches

Ok but I want how to make thank you

I'm sorry you did not care for my video. Hopefully you will find one more to your liking on KZread. Good Luck ; - )

i cant find how to slip marker. can you explain?

@nancywynn7699

8 жыл бұрын

I"m not sure if I understand your question. Are you asking me how and why you slip a marker or how it pertains to the chart on this video? Let me know and I'll do my best to answer your question.

@jenniferrose6184

6 жыл бұрын

Are you asking what Slip Marker means? If you are, then when you get to the marker, you just take the marker off the left hand needle and put it on the right hand needle and continue knitting the pattern. This way the marker stays in the same place on rows as you move up the pattern and doesn't stay in a certain row, getting left behind.

I don't understand why your chart symbols are different than the ones that are in the chart that I have. Mine is a newer Vogue pattern and should not be different.

@WynnKnit

10 жыл бұрын

I know, it's frustrating and fortunately most designers have gotten on board and are using the international chart system. Sometimes it helps if you draw the newer symbol next to the ones on the pattern to prevent potential mistakes. Thanks for the feedback ; -)

How would i knit a pattern that has no red box or bold lines ?

@WynnKnit

9 ай бұрын

Hi Dorothy! Please give me more details such as the pattern, etc. I will do my best to help you. 1:48

@dorothybyzewski9279

9 ай бұрын

Hello😊 the pattern is called Richter it’s a colorwork pattern by Julia Wilkins it’s a paid pattern on ravelry

@WynnKnit

9 ай бұрын

Hi Dorothy! I cannot find the pattern you referenced on Ravelry. Could you email the chart to Wynnknit@gmail. com?@@dorothybyzewski9279

@dorothybyzewski9279

9 ай бұрын

Okay I will thanks😊

@dorothybyzewski9279

9 ай бұрын

I sent you the email

The video was okay. Yet I think the chart could surely use one symbol for knit or purl? The odd and even rows are written out and would be a right or wrong side always? Why complicated the pattern so much with the same symbol meaning different things on different rows. You never explain how to figure out how many stitches to cast on our that the numbers on the side are row numbers.

I don't see why you don't tell us how many times you repeat what is in the purple box. how do you know how many repeats? how do you keep tract of the repeats.

@WynnKnit

10 жыл бұрын

Think of it this way, it's no different than reading a written pattern that designates the repeat with an asterisk. For example the written form of WS row 16 (being read from left to right) would say slip 1 with yarn in back, Purl 10, Knit 1, Purl 4, Knit 2, *Purl 4, Knit 2*, repeat from * to * until 4 stitches remain, knit last 4 stitches. Does that help make it more clear?

NO explanation for NO STITCH. confusing.