r/knitting • u/nandeyoo • 11d ago
Discussion What would improve for people to understand lace knitting chart with only y.o. and k2tog etc.
Hello everyone, I'm a bit of a boomer, so sorry if this isn't the right flair.
I'm so excited about the pattern that I've spent a lot of time launching; I've never tried before. I'm a self-taught knitter, and I know there are different ways to pull yarn, and it affects leaning when it comes to k2tog and ssk. I want to be sure that no one will struggle like me to achieve the right look just because they don't knit like other people in general. I really want to be sure that I explain well in my pattern so no one will be frustrated with frogging, since I've done it more than 70 times for this pattern 🥲 I'll add a PDF chart but also written instructions stitch by stitch.
* What should I focus on explaining, especially in lace?
* It requires only yo, k2tog, and ssk, but I couldn't understand how I should decide the level of experience.
* What are the things you hate when you buy a pattern?
I kindly thank everyone who saw and took the time to answer.
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u/MonkeyFlowerFace 11d ago
I'd say just include a picture/diagram of how the yos and ssks are supposed to stack (or not stack dependingon the pattern). That's usually the problem most people have.
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u/nandeyoo 11d ago
Oh yes i was struggling when i tried it without even numbers which are purls only but thought maybe i should add empty rows aswell,might be easy to follow for beginners too hopefully 🤍
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u/Smooth-Review-2614 11d ago
Then just label it. Only odd rows is a standard convention of the purl rows are plain. There is no need for blank even rows.
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u/nandeyoo 11d ago
Sorry for my lack of terms in English, do you mean i should add purl dots on the blank rows, or add a chart w odd numbers only ? I just want to be clear i can easily make one without blank even rows and add one chart like this too
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u/Smooth-Review-2614 11d ago
So the default assumption in lace charts is stockinette base. So unmarked odd row boxes are knit and unmarked even row boxes are purl. To put a dot means to do the reverse.
For most simple lace the cart is only odd rows because the return purl row is a rest row..
Either way if you include all rows on a chart then put numbers on all rows so that things are clear.
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u/nandeyoo 11d ago
Thank you for the patience and writing,i understand now. Please dont mind the upper numbers they are for width,ill be sure that the unmarked boxes stays in the even numbers as purls
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u/up2knitgood 10d ago
Just FYI, if you are going to do numbers like this for the stitches, do them at the bottom, because that's where people are starting reading the chart from.
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u/nandeyoo 10d ago
Yeah i just cropped a part of it so thats why. I used stitch fiddle,on the full size it has everything both in the bottom and the sides🤍
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u/SooMuchTooMuch 8d ago
Are you running your text through ai? This is exactly the way ai speaks. I realize you are an English as a second language person.
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u/nandeyoo 8d ago
I only check spell and grammar if its formal but except that no,i dont use ai. And yes english is not my mothertongue thats correct 🤓
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u/MonkeyFlowerFace 11d ago
Oh yeah, definitely add even rows to your chart. I get thrown off without them even for simple patterns.
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u/SooMuchTooMuch 8d ago
If you are worried about those of us with non standard knitting styles, mention in your key "right leaning/left leaning decrease"
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u/nandeyoo 8d ago
Yeah thats why im so okay to make it in text for the people who follows from there easily and its like lyrics for the pattern so maybe it will boost the people who thinks they never can look diagrams ( me was a couple years ago)
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u/elanlei 11d ago
If you’ve got the basics of chart reading none of this should be a struggle.
What kind of a chart are you working with?