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Reading and Keeping Your Place in Lace Charts – Redux

Posted on June 5, 2012 by jackiees

We had a lot of great tips posted about people’s favorite ways of reading a lace chart and keeping their place in the chart. Thank you for sharing! If you have not already read the Keeping Your Place in a … Continue reading →

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2 different styles of charting the same lace stitch edging

Posted on June 4, 2012 by jackiees

How are you doing with the Lacy Cable Scallop Edging used in this month’s learn-along project for Summer Lace Anklets? If you are using the charted instructions, you are getting more practice using a chart that incorporates the “no stitch” … Continue reading →

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Keeping Your Place in a Chart

Posted on May 22, 2012 by jackiees

There are probably just as many good ways to help keep your place in a chart as there are people here in our group, lol. Just type a search term like “keeping your place in a chart” into Google and … Continue reading →

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The “No Stitch”

Posted on May 14, 2012 by jackiees

An advantage of charted instructions is the visualization of what we actually are knitting. This is where charts can be easier to use than written line-by-line directions. You can see row by row how a pattern is supposed to look … Continue reading →

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Basics of Knitting Symbol Charts

Posted on May 8, 2012 by jackiees

Learn how the symbol chart itself, the symbol key, and the visual similarity to the actual knitted piece all work together to communicate how to knit a lace pattern stitch. Knitting symbol charts are comprised of two main components: the Chart … Continue reading →

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