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Question

i have a pattern that in one of my knitting books for afghans. it is read with a chart. it is said to be an easy pattern. this is the part i get confused with, i am not a good chart reader. ( after i knit six rows, it says beg chartwork repeat between red line 8 times) i have to cast on 97 stitches.(work eight rows rep) 20 times, rep rows 1-7 then knit 7 rows.) i don't understand what they mean. the chart has 8 rows.with stitch keys.but about half way it is blocked off with a red square. i do not know what to do and when to start when i get to that part. please can anyone help?

Answer 1

Ok. What it means:
Cast on 97.
Knit 6 rows.
Start the chart, then, when you get to the red line, do the stitches until the next red line. Go back to the first red line. Do the stitches until the next red line. Go back to the first red line. Do the stitches until the next red line... keep doing that for eight times in total. Work to the end of the row. Do the same thing for the next row. (row 2 of the chart). Keep following this for the whole 8 rows of the chart. Then, start at the bottom of the chart again, and do the same 8 rows the same way. When you have done that, go back and start again. You will do the 8 rows for a total of 20 times.

So, what you will have is the first 6 rows, plus 8 X 20 rows, or a total of 166 rows. Then, you follow the chart again for only seven rows. Then after you have done those seven chart rows (total now 173) you will do seven knitted rows, plain, like the ones at the start. Total of 180 rows.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I too have trouble with charts because you have to read them right to left and left to right, depending on if you are working on RS or WS. The section between the red lines is repeated across the row as many times as mentioned. In other words, if you need to knit 4, pearl 2, K2tog, YO, you would repeat this pattern 8 times then do the last few stitches of the row as indicated. Sometimes, I just write out the pattern and I still get confused, especially when one of my family members wants to ask me a question in the middle of a pattern. However, once you see how the pattern is supposed to look, it will be easier to keep your place.

Answer 3

sometimes, if one of the squares on the chart is a solid colour it means that you don't do anything there. So for example, if you are decreasing stitches you would get to the place where the red square is and there is no stitch. You would just ignore the red square and keep going.

Isn't there a legend or something that says what the solid square stands for?

Answer 4

Knitting?