Wonderful tutorial !! March 23, 2017 @ Ive never seen this before. It is in Russian, but if you slow down the video you can see step-by-step how this is done. On a couple of the rows, the lace pattern ends with a YO. (Unless there are increases to balance them out), YOs and other increases work the opposite way, they take up a square in the chart but dont actually use a stitch, Oana Finally! The problem is the chart does not have any black lines to indicate the repeat pattern. Knitting Stitches. Kr March 6, 2019 @ What are the chart rows numbered? January 19, 2018 @ I am 36 stitches short after row 22. Updated Terms & Chart Symbols Used in the Patterns from Home Work, 1891. I ended up with 5 stitches at the end of the 1st pattern row that didnt fit into the motif repeat, nor were they part the 3 stitch garter edge. December 10, 2015 @ 9:27 am. So I just started the Prairie Fire pullover and I have gotten to the lace chart. cables and texture, colourwork, lace knitting charts. All the other 11th stitches are not boxes, but are missing the horizontal lines that form the boxes, so one long 1-stitch vertical box, I suppose that means no stitch, which I do not understand. We are happy to help, its just a little easier to follow the plot via email. 1:16 pm. That is not a hard and fast rule, its just an option. The notation with the equals sign tells you which symbol is being blanked out. Mary To learn more about the Eastern knitting style, its amazing properties and some other unusual traits, consider joining the detailed online course Eastern (Russian) Knitting Simplified. 1:50 am. 10:31 am, Hi Shirleen Im not really sure. In fact we made our own colour charts to knit a pattern on the back of mittens at primary school, boys included and then knitted them. Its a pattern from DROPS design called Little Hedda. 9:32 am, It means the first size is k3 and the second size is k2, Cindy Crane I am knitting a lace sweater, Jody Long Lena Bolero. The chart has dark colored lines for each size, 2 lines each. January 15, 2017 @ March 21, 2016 @ December 9, 2020 @ 2:16 pm. alexaludeman Thank you, and keep up the fine designs! Thank you. alexaludeman Hi Karen Im not sure what the question is? December 9, 2017 @ Please assist me. It is illustrated in a pretty lace stitch chart, alexaludeman Michelle Draycott 9:52 am. Emily Wessel alexaludeman 10:50 am. I am working on knitbots Sycamore Vest. It would make learning this stitch pattern very easy if a person had written instructions that included what the symbols mean, stitch count, cast on in front of them. My main problem is that the print on the chart is tiny so unable to read it have tried magnifying glass & magnifying ruler with no success.Does anyone have any tips? 8:45 am, my chat says k1 3no stitch what does no stitch mean, alexaludeman Does that mean the first row is the wrong side and I read it left to right? Hi Laura while the k2tog on each row is a decrease, the yarnover is an increase, so there is no net change in the number of sts. Im using KFB method. November 13, 2019 @ It looks like the pattern hasnt been corrected yet. I think Im okay except for one detail. Russian symbols with illustrations for bobbles. 6:14 am. Theres also a selvedge edge st to incorporate. The first thing you should check when you start knitting from a chart is the key or legend, and chart notes if they are included. (And Rows 2 and 3 are 2 knit/purl stitches.) Hi Kate The step ins represent the number of sts that actually exist at that point, so you can just keep following the chart exactly as before, stitch by stitch. Now bear in mind, I dont speak or read a word of that language. June 17, 2020 @ Im not sure, is there a key for the pattern? Hi. Most likely, you will also notice one of the unusual traits of the Eastern knitting garter stitch created using this knitting style is made of twisted stitches. Warmly, It has increases but does not tell you how to do pattern with extra stitches Mens XL (XXL): [(k3, m1) 5 times, (k4, m1) 2 times] around I cant see what youre seeing, so I dont know what the pattern writer intended. I have gone on you tube & looked at how to read charts but to no avail. Your careful descriptions and illustrations gave me my Aha! moment. Priscilla Knoble Hi Pat Im sorry, thats not one of our patterns and I havent knit it so I cant really say how the chart works. Hi Bertha you can convert a cross stitch chart to a knit pattern, each cross would be a knit stitch. Typically this means there are not stitches here, just skip to the next square that has a stitch / instruction, and work that. I knitted a lace pattern hot water bottle as well before l left but from written instructions. On the chart it shows the knitting square as being half it size (width) and the x represents the cc, but is placed on the right side of the skinny box. This is one chart that becomes lop-sided when I follow it. But its easy because its a communal language!!!! You may be right! Thanks so much in advance. 8:28 pm. Emily Wessel 3:46 pm. Does that help? August 1, 2019 @ May 6, 2016 @ But then it doesnt mention anything about wrong side or the even rows. Hi Lori sorry to be unhelpful but I dont know TOO much about crochet patterns. 12:36 pm. Have a great day! It should go evenly (i think, not having the pattern in front of me). September 4, 2019 @ March 27, 2018 @ The chart I am about to start (first timer) has a shaded box which states No stitch. Knitting increases serve a very practical function: to shape the fabric by adding new stitches. October 30, 2019 @ Having trouble reading the cable graph. Please help! The diagram shows all stitches seen from the right side (unless otherwise specified). 12:20 pm. April 11, 2021 @ September 4, 2019 @ alexaludeman ko-Ikonen shoppen. The pattern begins at the left hand side with the instructions moving from left to right. Momzilla It transforms three stitches into a single stitch. Ashley But Im not sure how to do that. alexaludeman Work 70-20 and then 68-1??? alexaludeman This pattern is called the Lestrange cloak from the unofficial harry potter knits from 2013. 6:04 pm, If the legend shows a square as K on RS. Sadly though Russian knitting symbol interpretation seems to be just as jumbled as Western charting, with different sources using either different symbols to mean the same thing, or using the same symbols but employing them differently. Even trying to write out the pattern it doesnt tell me where the front, raglan, sleeve, raglan, back, raglan, sleeve, raglan, front breaks are. Knit the stitch that was slipped in the previous row together wth its yarn over. This is exactly what peasant women needed centuries ago. 1:14 pm. Difference is, chart lovers need to make no excuses for their preferences. You could try typing each of them in there but since they're knitting terms it may or may not give you useable answers. After studying it I am wondering if the pattern should be reversed after the center stitch or should it be knit the same as the first half. August 25, 2017 @ 8:34 am. I understand what it is saying but I am not sure about how to throw the yarn over. 2:20 pm. At a knitting pattern can be very confusing is that a foreign language it is written in? Thank you. January 30, 2017 @ Im attempting to knit my first hat and the instructions make no sense. Looking forward to your reply, thank you in advance! December 19, 2021 @ w&t: wrap and turn. This tutorial is heaven sent! The YOs make an extra stitch, but the k2tog and ssk should take one each away, so why am I ending up with 14 stitches? socks Useful charts I have found for translating Russian knitting chart symbols into English. 6:31 pm. October 22, 2017 @ December 11, 2015 @ You are working the sk2psso stitch correctly. Im knitting a baby sweater in 12 month size. alexaludeman Im loving this whole Strange Brew project and plan to make many. 9:48 am. If any Russian knitters could help with the translation, that would help so much!!! Russian symbols with illustrations for . Hello we havent published any double knitting patterns yet, nor am I familiar with the technique. Lizzy Piyatida. alexaludeman Fair-isle stranded colourwork is usually worked in the round, so that the RS of the work is always facing, you are working the knit stitch most of the time, and you can easily see the pattern forming as you work it. Naomi MaryAnn McGee Website 20092023Craft Yarn Council. 12:06 pm. April 9, 2017 @ round 3&4 the same? 11:07 pm. January 28, 2022 @ Im knitting a patterned cardigan shrug with a japanese pattern. alexaludeman Perhaps you can contact the designer or pattern publisher for help? 1:53 pm, Hi Susan Yep, there are no sts to fill in those areas yet so they are blank. Thank you so much! March 5, 2016 @ 1:08 pm. March 26, 2018 @ Alexa Ludeman November 25, 2020 @ Hi I am working a fair isle flat pattern in a stockingnet. Now that we have the working yarn in place, we are ready to start knitting. August 31, 2015 @ January 15, 2018 @ For the most part they look to be easily interpreted even if one doesnt read Russian. alexaludeman November 4, 2020 @ 5:10 am. I saved several of the dinosaur patterns and wondered whether they would come out exactly as pictured since (I am given to understand), knitting stitches do not quite match square charted patterns. For the first time, I have come across a chart where all of the row numbersboth even and oddare listed on both sides of the chart. I tried a couple of rows but it doesnt work out correctly. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. November 4, 2016 @ wrong side. July 30, 2019 @ Thanks, Emily Wessel Hi Liz if you have done a sweater before Id say start with maybe Compass, it just has 2 colours and the sweater is pretty simple. Most of the patterns on this website (freeknitstitches.com) seem to omit the even rows, but I can find no instructions on the site about what they intend them to be. Have I missed something? Alexa Ludeman Thank you, Susie, alexaludeman Nope, but the decreases may be written in the pattern? 4:08 pm. 1.As you hold the tip of the needle with your right fingers, take the working yarn with your left middle, ring and little fingers so that there is a bit of space between the fingers and the needle. my chart looks like this: then an arrow pointing rt and another pointing left in the same square the l l. Can you help? With cast on numbers and instructions? A Adyana Thank you! Does the v in the chart indicate the actual increased stitch or do I start the increase on the v? Rhonda a dot in the box is a purled stitch; and A V in the box means to sl 1 wyb on the rs; and sl wyf on the wrong side. August 24, 2020 @ Best regards Fiona Naude, Hi there I am trying to work out a pattern graph it has a u ,v2 2 inside the v a arrow pointed up and a arrow down a x and a >with a ) underneath please help its translated from Russian to English cable lace front oversized jumper thank you romawilson52@gmail.com. Hi Nadine Do you work your knitting left to right as well? I hope Im making sense :(, Emily Wessel 6:03 pm, I posted a question about BOR, I dont see the question here, but I wanted you to know I found my answer by re-reading your pattern notes! By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Please let me know if your able to help. July 26, 2019 @ I am trying to figure out a chart from a Rowan pattern and am mystified by the lack of information and totally confused by the apparent plethora of definitions for the same symbols. Or once I repeat this section, I should always have just the right amount of stitches to repeat it fully while also finishing the edge? 7:11 pm. October 30, 2015 @ Each chart should come with a key, explaining each symbol, Melonie September 3, 2021 @ The symbol of Russian-Ukrainian unity appeared to be breaking into two. 1:06 am. The 3 sts are m1 in MC, knit 1 in MC, m1 in MC, jeanmhealy (@jeanmhealy) As I find more of these charts I will keep adding them to this post! You can knit or purl on any side, I suspect the pattern has the purl side showing or as the right side? Im confused . 1,2,or 3? 3. As I find more of these charts I will keep adding them to this post! If I count all the boxes in the chart row that have a symbol in them, it equals 33, which is the number of stitches on my needled. 3:10 am. on each row ? Leanne Meier alexaludeman September 29, 2015 @ 8:50 pm. How can you work first sl st of the rnd worked twice when there is a marker between the sl st and a stitch right after the marker? January 5, 2017 @ Fresh new patterns for childrens cardigans you shouldnt miss! January 25, 2018 @ When coming back on the other side you will not go into each of the stitches of the chain but rather grab the yarn under the entire chain x7 or however many is indicated. Agnes, alexaludeman March 1, 2017 @ Can these chart symbols be used internationally? Kathryn the symbols used. June 7, 2018 @ Cable two (2) right. Then native speaker knitters reviewed the terms and provided corrections and additions for their . I have the same question! February 22, 2015 @ I think I just need to knit it and watch it pan out :), Susie Faulhaber HI, Im trying to knit snowflake and am doing lace knitting for the first time. Then it is meant to be a circular chart but the wrong side rows are showing as flat. January 28, 2015 @ Welcome to the new home of the International Glossary of Knitting Terms. I am starting the lace yoke pattern for the pippa dress. More Great Patterns Like This, Knit stitch I would like to work out when I have time using Translation for Russian Knitting Symbols into English. Unfortunately it will depend on the chart, is that info missing from the key? October 11, 2019 @ I dont understand how to keep the ten stitch pattern correct when I need twelve stitches to complete all the increases and decreases. Ive contacted the designer, but she hasnt responded. It says to use the 8 stitch repeat, the chart has color-coded dark lines, but they dont match, i.e. When you work back and forth in rows, the first stitch of every row is worked into the last stitch of the preceding row. January 16, 2015 @ I am struggling with Ann Budd & Anne Hansons Top-Down India Print Henley. Free Knitting Patterns For Scarves And Cowls, Free Baby Shawl Knitting Patterns Download. 9:40 pm. 8:49 am. What does the capital R and the dotted lines outside of the patter mean? Hi Nancy nope, no cabling in the even rounds, just knits and purls. Im a little lost. Hi Sue it is hard for me to say what is going wrong without looking at the pattern (the Top Down Raglan Summer Lace Cardigan isnt one of ours), have you tried contacting the designer? I am working on a shawl using a Katia pattern. December 27, 2020 @ http://www.columbia.edu/~kmp30/viazanie.html, She also has a page about horizontally elongated stitches: Just skip over them, Cynthia Baldwin Weight: Fingering, sports, DK, Aran. For example for chart A i have 5 stitches until the centreline stitch and i have to k1, yo,[ k1, k2tog, yo,] k1 which by my calculation will use 7 stitches. November 23, 2020 @ The first 6 squares are dark and the instructions say no stitch. alexaludeman Thanks, alexaludeman April 18, 2021 @ Illustrated explanation of Russian knitting symbols. I have checked in the instructions and the intro to the book that explains how to read the patterns and there doesnt seem to be anything there, alexaludeman Molly 11:26 am. It states to start with chart 1 then follow same row on chart two, starting on the right side. Thank you so much for your feedback Alexa! A careful reading of the chart key is crucial in this case, because often chart symbols are worked in one way on the right side of the work, and in another way on the wrong side of the work (for example, knit on the right side, purl on the wrong side). Thanks for any help you can give me. Can someone look up the leaf edging in Barbara Walker's "A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns", Maybe p357? I see the concept, but I dont LITERALLY know how to make it happen. Any suggestions would be welcome. This kind of convention is used in charts when the stitch count changes from row to row. Recently I saw a chart that had a stitch notation that looked like a wide v with a 2 in the middle of it. 5:46 am. August 31, 2016 @ Thank you so much. However, in this particular pattern the chart is: an empty box for KNIT and then comes PURL, after that 4 different CROSS symbols and it ends with no. 8:50 am, Hi Glenda Ive not seen this kind of convention before, but it sounds like the chart repeat is the section from stitches 20 through 70. Types Of Knitting Stitches. Hi Ellen I think something must be wrong if the stitch count doesnt work. 2:51 pm. Where are the extra 4 stitches coming from. It is also to separate it out from any repeated instructions. In your example of the Gothic lace, why dont the edge stitches look like they are decreasing if you are knitting two together (k2tog) on each row? Hi Cindy I think you probably want to purl the WS rows. I saw that blog too and will definitely use it for the future. January 5, 2018 @ www.craftyarncouncil.com/health. Best luck! Shelley 4:04 pm, What does it mean knit 2a,a and then 2a,b until last 2 stitches, alexaludeman Do you mean the extra stitch to go after knitting into stitch A (so its between a and b) or after knitting into stitch B? Thank-you so much!!! I have also knitted a lace scarf, so I have some experience. Original symbol instructions in Russian. 1:09 pm. Definitely helped immensely :) now off I go in doing that edge, rsi in wrists be damned! The pattern is from a book on Scandinavian stockings. Now align the needle with the working yarn and hold it along with the yarn with you left middle, ring and little fingers. Crochet 3:30 pm. http://web.archive.org/web/20111110013040/http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns2/patterns2-pdf/kaya-aran-shrug.pdf, alexaludeman Thank you. The chart may have a row repeat to work from (eg. Original symbol instructions in Russian. 12:53 pm, Hi Sue Its hard to say without actually looking at the pattern, but usually the increase would start on the V, Sarah 1:20 am. To work the wrong side rows, follow the instructions given in the text or chart notes. Now I had a second problem. Abby Sorry, Im not much help without actually seeing the pattern, is it knit back and forth or in the round? Japanese charts typically use a blank cell for whatever the most common stitch is on that particular chart (usually knit or purl), presumably in order to avoid visual clutter. Kate Scott November 13, 2021 @ Luz Evans In the past two weeks, Z has gone from a military marking to the main symbol of public support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Sherry Corrigan Hello! This technique is very different from knitting stitches using any of the Classic knitting styles. So for the next round you are knitting to 1 stitch before the k2tog of the last charted round (or 2 stitches before that if you are working round 19). Erkunde die erste Swatch Uhrenkollektion mit kultigen Designs aus neuen umweltbewussten Materialien. Thank you so much for this tutorial! Joan Desorda June 6, 2017 @ Russian knitting symbol. 6:51 am, Im working on the Bonfire Blanket and the chart only shows odd number rows. The Chart Rows. So Im also unsure about what I do with the centre stitch when I haveG to turn around and work purl??? June 6, 2014 @ Hope im making sense :D, Emily Wessel Penny Is this correct? I have a chart that has big blank spaces between the motifs. 12:28 am, Hello Im not sure about that specific pattern, however, when no stitch appears, it literally means that there is no stitch worked in that square, you will simply pass directly to the next stitch on the chart, working it on the next stitch on your needles. You should always be able to repeat the section fully, then move to the edge sts. Jen Thanks. Ive done a flax and a peanut so far. The chart seems to have one extra row on the right side. As you can see from this illustration, the structure of the lace pattern shows up much more clearly when the wrong-side rows (which arent conveying much information) are removed. marnen Hi Wilhelmien every knitting chart is different, so I cant say for certain what the symbol you are referring to means. Hi Nancy I would assume they are no stitch boxes but it is hard to tell without seeing the actual pattern. Please find the website with the knitting pattern here: Roses lace pattern intricate knitting stitch 2 - Knitting Kingdom Could someone please tell me what . 2-st RC (RT) - Sl 1 st to cn and hold to back, k1, k1 from cn OR k2tog but do not drop sts from left needle, k1, drop both sts from left needle.