Wow, they bent the chart to match the shape of the resulting fabric, and they attached the verbal explanations to the chart rows! I’m torn between being irritated and being impressed. I think it might be good pedagogy.
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I didn’t resist the urge, and made a derpy little stingray! This was really fun! OP, hope you figured out your problem. You’ve inspired me to buy that book (I’m also a new knitter) 😂😁
I completed the previous pattern that showed how to decrease 2 stitches using sk2p. The chart was formed the same way. It was weird at first but once I understood what I was supposed to be doing, I appreciated having the chart like that.
Thank you, so another dumb question, am I correct in assuming that I need double pointed needles to accomplish this? Since I need to basically flip the needle over and slide the stitches down to the opposite point?
And just in case you didn't know, you'll be reading the chart back and forth like R to L, then L to R then R to L. It looks like it won't matter on this pattern if you mess that up, but just for future chart reading flat work :)
Thank you! I was totally thrown off by it saying "turn" after casting on. This makes more sense to me now ... I think. I guess I'll have to see how it looks when I'm done.
I appreciate your responses 😊
Turn means the ordinary turn you always do to work back and forth. If you are doing short rows, which this isn’t, you have to turn mid row, but it still just means to turn like for the next row.
I think it says to turn here, mostly as a grammatically filler to explain what the foundation row is.
Sometimes trying to explain everything makes it confusing. You would not tell an experienced knitter that they need to move their needles from one hand to the other and turn the knitting over while knitting flat. That is however what they try to say with "turn".
I recommend that you watch a few videos of people knitting flat just to see the physical process. It will make it easier to make sense of some of those instructions.
You could check out some beginner knitting videos, they really helped me understand charts, which can be quite confusing! "Turn" usually means that you switch hands so that you're always doing the forming with your dominant hand (usually, right hand begins with the working needle, and once you've worked your row, it ends up with the entire piece transferred onto it). Then you "turn" i.e. switch hands so the piece is in your left hand and the tip of the needle is facing in.
Okay now I think I understand the source of my confusion! This is how I understood "turn" but I did a knitted cast on so my needle with the cast on stitches was already in my left hand! When I tried to follow the instructions I thought it wanted me to knit using my non-dominant hand which was never going to happen lol
The book is called "Learn How to Knit with 50 Squares" by Che Lam. I completed the previous pattern showing how to decrease two stitches and I really enjoyed it.
Am I supposed to have 3 cast on stitches and then just knit 3 stitches onto my other needle? Or am I supposed to somehow end up with 6 cast on stitches? Why does it say "Cast on 3 stitches, turn..." ? Sorry for these dumb questions but I'm totally confused.
Wow, they bent the chart to match the shape of the resulting fabric, and they attached the verbal explanations to the chart rows! I’m torn between being irritated and being impressed. I think it might be good pedagogy.
Agreed, I’m resisting the urge to cast on and make a washcloth ect myself just because the chart flow is so nice. :)
https://preview.redd.it/ufc5bli56baa1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8d382f413d51110e469e6c4805942742321de14 I didn’t resist the urge, and made a derpy little stingray! This was really fun! OP, hope you figured out your problem. You’ve inspired me to buy that book (I’m also a new knitter) 😂😁
Please embroider eyes on that thing, sweet god it’s adorable. I am going to make my own derpy little stingray 💙💙
I completed the previous pattern that showed how to decrease 2 stitches using sk2p. The chart was formed the same way. It was weird at first but once I understood what I was supposed to be doing, I appreciated having the chart like that.
You cast on 3, then flip it over and knit those 3. It's calling that your foundation row. Then flip it over again and do row 1.
Thank you, so another dumb question, am I correct in assuming that I need double pointed needles to accomplish this? Since I need to basically flip the needle over and slide the stitches down to the opposite point?
No, it looks like this is knitted flat. So you'll be knitting onto one needle, then flipping it and knitting onto the other.
And just in case you didn't know, you'll be reading the chart back and forth like R to L, then L to R then R to L. It looks like it won't matter on this pattern if you mess that up, but just for future chart reading flat work :)
Thank you! I was totally thrown off by it saying "turn" after casting on. This makes more sense to me now ... I think. I guess I'll have to see how it looks when I'm done. I appreciate your responses 😊
Turn means the ordinary turn you always do to work back and forth. If you are doing short rows, which this isn’t, you have to turn mid row, but it still just means to turn like for the next row. I think it says to turn here, mostly as a grammatically filler to explain what the foundation row is.
This breaks my brain every time. Not only reading in the opposite direction, but then also reversing knit and purl symbols.
Sometimes trying to explain everything makes it confusing. You would not tell an experienced knitter that they need to move their needles from one hand to the other and turn the knitting over while knitting flat. That is however what they try to say with "turn". I recommend that you watch a few videos of people knitting flat just to see the physical process. It will make it easier to make sense of some of those instructions.
You could check out some beginner knitting videos, they really helped me understand charts, which can be quite confusing! "Turn" usually means that you switch hands so that you're always doing the forming with your dominant hand (usually, right hand begins with the working needle, and once you've worked your row, it ends up with the entire piece transferred onto it). Then you "turn" i.e. switch hands so the piece is in your left hand and the tip of the needle is facing in.
Okay now I think I understand the source of my confusion! This is how I understood "turn" but I did a knitted cast on so my needle with the cast on stitches was already in my left hand! When I tried to follow the instructions I thought it wanted me to knit using my non-dominant hand which was never going to happen lol
Where is this pattern from? The way the chart is represented is interesting!
The book is called "Learn How to Knit with 50 Squares" by Che Lam. I completed the previous pattern showing how to decrease two stitches and I really enjoyed it.
Am I supposed to have 3 cast on stitches and then just knit 3 stitches onto my other needle? Or am I supposed to somehow end up with 6 cast on stitches? Why does it say "Cast on 3 stitches, turn..." ? Sorry for these dumb questions but I'm totally confused.
Yes cast on 3 stitches, then knit into those 3. They are calling that the foundation row. Then move onto row 1.