How do you read a chart in the round?

Chart reading in the round

If you are knitting a pattern in the round, you will read the chart from right to left on every round. For instance, on the lace chart below, you'll notice that all of the rounds are marked with numbers on the right-hand side.

How do you read a bracket and parentheses in knitting?

The number immediately following the brackets tells you how many times to do the step. For instance, [YO, K2tog] 6 times means you will YO, then knit 2 sts together, then do that again 5 more times, for a total of 6 YOs and 6 K2togs. Parentheses are sometimes used in the same way.

What is cable chart?

These cable charts show the cable stitches, turning rows, and often some background stitches. Depending on how complicated the cable pattern is, the chart may show you one repeat of the cable or an entire piece.</p>\n<p>Although chart symbols aren't standardized, every pattern has a key to the symbols used.

How do you convert a knitting pattern from round to flat?

Converting a circular pattern to a straight pattern involves making sure that every second or "wrong" row is reversed. If for instance the circular pattern says to knit 40 rows in the round, every other row in a straight pattern will require you to purl that row.

How do you decrease a knitting pattern?

To do this, insert the right-hand needle into the first stitch and slip it to the right-hand needle without knitting it. Knit the next stitch. With the tip of the left-hand needle pass the slipped stitch over the second stitch. You've now worked a decrease and have one less stitch.

How to Read Charts in the Round

What is a Fair Isle pattern?

The Fair Isle pattern is a complex design created by skillfully weaving numerous colored strands into a distinctive motif. It owes its name to 'Fair Isle', a tiny island to the north of Scotland in the Shetland archipelago. Just 3 miles long by 1.5 wide, Fair Isle is one of the hidden gems of Shetland.

How do you read a Japanese knitting chart?

The Japanese charts work just like English-language charts, because it's how knitting works — you start at the lower right corner with the first stitch, building stitches from right to left, then (if working flat) you read the next row from left to right and invert the stitches (a knit on the right side is a purl on ...

What do blank spaces mean in a knitting chart?

On row 5 the knit stitches are decreased and a stitch will be lost for each decrease so a blank space is used to fill that stitch that no longer exists. Chart 7. Evenly spaced increases and decreases.

What does it mean to work in the rounds in knitting?

Unlike flat knitting, where you are knitting a row then turning your work, you work circular knitting in rounds. You do not turn your work. You work each row of the pattern in circular rounds on circular needles.

Is knitting in the round a spiral?

Since circular knitting is really a spiral, an extra step is needed when joining a round to avoid an uneven "jog" on the cast on edge at the joining point.

Is there a wrong side when knitting in the round?

When knitting in the round, the wrong side refers to the side you are not knitting and that will be hidden on the inside of your socks, hat, etc. However, there are quite a few tubular patterns that have you actually knitting the wrong side. Once you are finished, you will have to invert your project.

What do the numbers in parentheses mean in knitting?

Brackets [ ]

Brackets are used to indicate a group of stitches that require a number of repeats. The number following the brackets will indicate how many times this repeat must be performed. Here's one example: [K2, YO, K2tog] 3 times. Here you will knit two stitches, yarn over once, then knit two stitches together.