How do you read knitting diagrams?

Charts for flat knitting are read in the same direction you would knit your work: starting from the bottom and reading from Right to Left (←) on RS rows (usually the odd-numbered rows) and from Left to Right (→) on WS rows (usually the even-numbered rows).

What do needle numbers mean?

The European metric sizing system for sewing machine needles is numbered from 60 to 110. The American sizing system is numbered from 8 to 18. For both sizing systems, the lower the number the finer the needle and the higher the number the larger the needle. Most needle companies show both sizes on the package.

What does my star chart mean?

In a nutshell, your birth chart explains where the planets were in the sky at the date and time of your birth. "It's a snapshot or map of the position of the planets or the stars at the time you were born," says Nymph of Neptune. "Each planet has a different effect on an aspect of our life, and this illuminates that."

How do you read a knitting chart 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. That usually indicates that you will begin each round on the right-handed side.

What does K on RS P on WS mean?

Check the key if WS rows are given to make sure you are using the correct stitch on the WS. Charts assume you are looking at the work from the front, so as stated earlier, a square with nothing on it usually means k on the RS, p on the WS. Repeats on a chart are contained within dark lines (see chart on next page.)

Read a Knitting Chart for Absolute Beginners

How do you read knitting materials?

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 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.

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 does work in pattern mean in knitting?

Once the stitch or design repeat has been established, rather than continuously writing the same instructions over and over, the instructions may simply say, work in pattern.

How do I read my stars?

Start with the Big Dipper. It's your starting point to the map to the universe. Look high in the northern sky for a gently arcing line of three stars connected to a shallow pan. Follow the path of the two stars that make up the far edge of the Big Dipper's pan up to the first bright star.

What do my placements mean?

The main three placements within a birth chart are your Sun sign, Moon sign and rising sign, also known as your ascending sign. Your Sun sign is your basic personality and the core of who you are as a person. Your Moon sign represents who you are when you're alone and your emotional side.

What does Sun moon and rising mean?

The sun sign represents our ego and motivations; the moon governs our emotional nature, and the ascendant or rising sign speaks to the energy that we put into the world. Put together, these signs offer up a brief blueprint of your personality, according to astrology.

What does p2 mean in knitting?

k means a knit stitch (passing through the previous loop from below) and p means a purl stitch (passing through the previous loop from above). Thus, "k2, p2", means "knit two stitches, purl two stitches". Similarly, sl st describes a slip stitch, whereas yarn-overs are denoted with yo.

What does a double asterisk mean in knitting patterns?

Step 1 - knit the next two stitches. Step 2 - purl the next two stitches. The asterisks indicate that these two steps need to be repeated to the end of the row.