This chart reading playlist is brilliant. I thought I knew how to read charts. Now I know (at least some of) what I didn’t know I didn’t know 😊 Thanks Roxanne
No matter what video I look at, yours are always the only ones who answer my questions..in this case about interpreting symbols rather than just reading a symbol and doing what it says; you answer “why”.. I just wish there was a way to search within your channel for the video I want. With TH-cam it seems to be only discoverable by generally searching for the topic with your name.
If you use a browser rather than the mobile app, so that you're on the TH-cam website, you can search within the channel. (If you're on a mobile device, you have to change your preference to desktop rather than mobile.) There is a second search box, near the channel name, where you can search the channel. On the channel's home page, to the right of where it says Home Videos Live Playlists etc, there is a magnifying glass where you can enter your search.
Thank you Roxanne - you've explained and demonstrated so clearly, it's obvious to me now. I've come across a couple of websites where the explanation hasn't been so clear, and that's further confused me. I can follow a 'word' pattern no problem, so I'll give this a go. I draw celtic knots as a hobby and would like to translate them into patterns for knitting. You've given me confidence.
I am a left handed knitter and deciphering pattern instructions is always difficult for me. For example I need to remember that for me ssk is k2t etc. Your tutorials make it so much easier. Thank you.
Great job as usual, you are spoiling us! Showing the knitted fabric resulting from the charts is very helpful. I'd never seen a 1/3 cable before, thank you for showing that three in one sample.
It's just beautiful they way you take such pains to teach us things we might never have imagined we could possibly do. And you do it so graciously, a thousand thanks!
This was so very helpful. I have a pattern that I really want to knit, but have not done so because the designer only gave charts and not written instructions. Now I may just give it a try. Thank you so much.
This has been very, very helpful! Thank you. I, like others, may have steered away from cabling because of the charts, but your well explained examples have definitely made for clearer understanding...🤗
Thank you so much for doing these chart reading technique videos!!! I learned to knit a couple years ago because I loved cables and wanted to knit beautiful sweaters. I crocheted and read those charts well but after learning the basics of knitting, I got so discouraged when I realised there was this "other language" and I was lost. Now I can try this too. Again, thank you.
I have watched many videos how to read a cable chart. I am making my first cable project and your video was by far the best. The only thing is I would have liked seeing you do it after explaining it.
Thank you so much for this video. This is by far the best explanation for a first time 'cabler'. I've been procrastinating for days after a failed first cable attempt. Your video has been so helpful, I know exactly what to do now. Thank you again :-)
I'm really enjoying this chart series. I follow a number of knitters on you tube, who do not speak English, or they do not provide a text copy of the demo pattern. By slowing down the video, I can chart each stitch as I watch it done. In the end I have a chart which I attach to the swatch when I knit that. But there are some strange, complicated stitches for which I do not know any symbol. So I would like to learn complex symbols in addition to basic & intermediate.
Thank you so much for this series on reading charts. I've learned so much from it and I'll be much less likely to avoid charted patterns in the future. You're a great teacher.
This and the previous videos have been so helpful. I never really understood that the leaning symbol was showing left or right, now I understand and won't be confused with left and right. I had to color code them because it always confused me. I definitely owe you a coffee. :-)
To be honest, I'd been put off making things with cables because I found cable charts confusing. You explained them really well, so I'm going to give more complex patterns a try! Thank you
I love knitting cables. I've knit several items with cables, but I still learned more about reading cable patterns today. Thanks for all of the small details you include that make me better at reading cable patterns. BTW I've just started an Aran sweater with many different cables. This is perfect timing. Thanks.
I really enjoy knitting cables from charts and thought I had a pretty good understanding of the cable chart symbols. Thank you so much for your excellent and clear explanation...it has furthered my understanding and I may be finally free of referring to the chart key as often ❤
Thank you for this video. So much great information. I'm knitting a sweater with multiple cable charts and I'm just following the charts but now I can understand what they mean.
Thank you! This is very informative! I have a question though. I am trying to chart a pattern that includes "T3B" "T3F" and the same pair in 4 stitches. They require knitting from the left needle with the back twist and purling from the left needle in the front twist. How would you draw the symbols for these stitches? I have searched and I can't find it anywhere! Thank you again!
Without more information about the specific instructions for each of the cables, and the ability to visually demonstrate options, it's difficult to assist with this. If you post your question in my Ravelry group, along with the actual instructions for each of the twists, we can likely give you options. You can find a link to my Ravelry group in the description of any one of my videos.
I have no idea how you tell just from the chart whether stitches are held to the back or front. I was just hearing, "So these are held to the back." and "You can tell these stitches are held to the front." but I have no idea how that was determined.
At 4:00, I explain that the first few sts of a cable are put on a needle, and will either have to be held to the front or the back. On the chart, there are two parallel lines that extend from the base of the cable symbol to the top of the cable symbol, spanning sts 4-6 in the 6-stitch cable chart. The parallel lines are leaning to the right, showing that sts 4-6 will cross to the right, and end up in positions 1-3. There are two diagonal lines that lean left, but you can only see part of each one. Those lines represent the sts that cross behind. If the two parallel lines span sts 1-3 and lean to the left, then those sts on the cable needle will be held to the front, because those sts will be crossing in front of the others.
Thanks for the video, after 46 years of knitting I'm trying cable's. On my chart there are grey boxes that denote ' no stich' what do I do with those? Also the red pattern repeats in red outlines, some are not square, but have odd shapes and offset rows, what do I do with those? For example the 'McCaskill scarf' pattern.
The "no stitch" box is explained in my video on readying chart symbols: th-cam.com/video/kGqsVLSeIWQ/w-d-xo.html. Use your mouse or tap on the screen to see the chapter starting points at the bottom of the video playback area of the screen, so that you can jump to that point in the video, where it's explained. The offset symbols are typically seen in patterns which are worked in the round. If the symbol extends past the stitch that marks the end of round, that means you will work that cable using sts from the beginning of the next round (these sts sit adjacent to each other on the needles). This is typically best understood when you have the project in hand and are at that point in the chart.
Hi Roxanne, another fabulous video, I came to this because I'm having trouble with Alice Starmores Key Chart. you way of seeing and being able to read and understand the cable is fantastic and quite clear to me but it doesn't seem to be applicable to the way Starmore writes her cable patterns in Aran Knitting - for example on page 54 of her book on the main key chart the cable symbol written in the first column 7 th down and the cable symbol written on 2nd column (middle) 2nd down begin identically but the text instruction is quite different, the first tells you visually and textually clearly to slip three st onto cn but the second, exactly the same seems to want you to slip only the 1st st onto the cn. I can't make head or tail of how the symbols have been created. Any help most welcome if at all possible. Thanks and best wishes as always from confused Peter in Paris!
Those types of symbols were fairly common back in the early 2000s, when the ability to create cable symbols on computers was more limited. (I always found them confusing, myself.) These charts are showing the order of the sts after the cable has been completed, as well as how many sts are crossing the others. The first cable example is a 3x3 cable, so it's not obvious how these symbols should be interpreted. The second is a 3x1 cable (three knits crossing over 1 purl). The single purl will end up on the left, therefore it starts out on the right. YOu can also tell that for both of these two cables, the crossing will be to the right because of the / angle that connects the two horizontal lines.
while i'm not a fan of *doing* cablework (tighter knitter, always have to go up another needle size or two ), i do like how it looks in the end. reading the charts hasn't been an issue for me, but i have wondered... why when there are knits crossing 2 or more purls, there's still only 1 dot on the chart symbol. it seems like it'd be more accurate to show 1 dot for each purl stitch being crossed.
The area between the two long diagonal lines are completely blank, without divisions denoting each stitch crossing in front. Adding more lines and dots would add visual clutter, and wouldn't enhance understanding.
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This chart reading playlist is brilliant. I thought I knew how to read charts. Now I know (at least some of) what I didn’t know I didn’t know 😊 Thanks Roxanne
No matter what video I look at, yours are always the only ones who answer my questions..in this case about interpreting symbols rather than just reading a symbol and doing what it says; you answer “why”.. I just wish there was a way to search within your channel for the video I want. With TH-cam it seems to be only discoverable by generally searching for the topic with your name.
If you use a browser rather than the mobile app, so that you're on the TH-cam website, you can search within the channel. (If you're on a mobile device, you have to change your preference to desktop rather than mobile.) There is a second search box, near the channel name, where you can search the channel. On the channel's home page, to the right of where it says Home Videos Live Playlists etc, there is a magnifying glass where you can enter your search.
Thank you Roxanne! I have joined a knit along with cable charts and I was struggling. This video just cleared it all up for me. 🙏💕
Thank you Roxanne - you've explained and demonstrated so clearly, it's obvious to me now. I've come across a couple of websites where the explanation hasn't been so clear, and that's further confused me. I can follow a 'word' pattern no problem, so I'll give this a go. I draw celtic knots as a hobby and would like to translate them into patterns for knitting. You've given me confidence.
I am a left handed knitter and deciphering pattern instructions is always difficult for me. For example I need to remember that for me ssk is k2t etc. Your tutorials make it so much easier. Thank you.
Great job as usual, you are spoiling us! Showing the knitted fabric resulting from the charts is very helpful. I'd never seen a 1/3 cable before, thank you for showing that three in one sample.
It's just beautiful they way you take such pains to teach us things we might never have imagined we could possibly do. And you do it so graciously, a thousand thanks!
Thank you so much. Absolutely the the best explanation. I finally understand the chart. You're amazing. 🤩🤩🤩
This is SOOOO helpful, specially to see the writting in a proper yarn work. Thank you! I will make some christmas gifts with cables now!
This was so very helpful. I have a pattern that I really want to knit, but have not done so because the designer only gave charts and not written instructions. Now I may just give it a try. Thank you so much.
Thank you for doing this technique video. Demystifying cable symbols is so helpful.
Thank you for explaining everything so clearly and easily 🌸
This has been very, very helpful! Thank you. I, like others, may have steered away from cabling because of the charts, but your well explained examples have definitely made for clearer understanding...🤗
Thank you so much for doing these chart reading technique videos!!! I learned to knit a couple years ago because I loved cables and wanted to knit beautiful sweaters. I crocheted and read those charts well but after learning the basics of knitting, I got so discouraged when I realised there was this "other language" and I was lost. Now I can try this too. Again, thank you.
I have watched many videos how to read a cable chart. I am making my first cable project and your video was by far the best. The only thing is I would have liked seeing you do it after explaining it.
Thank you so much for this video. This is by far the best explanation for a first time 'cabler'. I've been procrastinating for days after a failed first cable attempt. Your video has been so helpful, I know exactly what to do now. Thank you again :-)
This is the absolute best explanation of cable charts I’ve ever seen. Thanks!
Thumbs up is not enough 💗. Cables are in the top of things I enjoy knitting and WOW unbelievable but you have now made it more enjoyable THANK YOU!
I loved this. I am always looking at the key until I do about 4 crossings. Now I understand the crossings and feel a lot better about doing cables.
Liked before seeing. I know this will be great. (After watching: This is terrific. I really appreciate learning something new.) Hugs.
I'm really enjoying this chart series. I follow a number of knitters on you tube, who do not speak English, or they do not provide a text copy of the demo pattern. By slowing down the video, I can chart each stitch as I watch it done. In the end I have a chart which I attach to the swatch when I knit that. But there are some strange, complicated stitches for which I do not know any symbol. So I would like to learn complex symbols in addition to basic & intermediate.
Thank you so much for this series on reading charts. I've learned so much from it and I'll be much less likely to avoid charted patterns in the future. You're a great teacher.
This and the previous videos have been so helpful. I never really understood that the leaning symbol was showing left or right, now I understand and won't be confused with left and right. I had to color code them because it always confused me. I definitely owe you a coffee. :-)
Thank you so so much for this! My mind is blown, it actually makes sense!
To be honest, I'd been put off making things with cables because I found cable charts confusing. You explained them really well, so I'm going to give more complex patterns a try! Thank you
I love knitting cables. I've knit several items with cables, but I still learned more about reading cable patterns today. Thanks for all of the small details you include that make me better at reading cable patterns. BTW I've just started an Aran sweater with many different cables. This is perfect timing. Thanks.
I really enjoy knitting cables from charts and thought I had a pretty good understanding of the cable chart symbols. Thank you so much for your excellent and clear explanation...it has furthered my understanding and I may be finally free of referring to the chart key as often ❤
This is brilliant! I always had to read the words before.
Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this video. So much great information. I'm knitting a sweater with multiple cable charts and I'm just following the charts but now I can understand what they mean.
This was very helpful. Thanks so much
Thank you for the tutorial😊
perfectly explained, thank you for sharing
So helpful! Thanks!!
Thanks, so helpful. As always!
Thank you! This is very informative! I have a question though. I am trying to chart a pattern that includes "T3B" "T3F" and the same pair in 4 stitches. They require knitting from the left needle with the back twist and purling from the left needle in the front twist. How would you draw the symbols for these stitches? I have searched and I can't find it anywhere! Thank you again!
Without more information about the specific instructions for each of the cables, and the ability to visually demonstrate options, it's difficult to assist with this. If you post your question in my Ravelry group, along with the actual instructions for each of the twists, we can likely give you options. You can find a link to my Ravelry group in the description of any one of my videos.
@RoxanneRichardson thank you for your speedy reply. I will do as you suggested.
Brilliant! Thanks so much.
I have no idea how you tell just from the chart whether stitches are held to the back or front. I was just hearing, "So these are held to the back." and "You can tell these stitches are held to the front." but I have no idea how that was determined.
At 4:00, I explain that the first few sts of a cable are put on a needle, and will either have to be held to the front or the back. On the chart, there are two parallel lines that extend from the base of the cable symbol to the top of the cable symbol, spanning sts 4-6 in the 6-stitch cable chart. The parallel lines are leaning to the right, showing that sts 4-6 will cross to the right, and end up in positions 1-3. There are two diagonal lines that lean left, but you can only see part of each one. Those lines represent the sts that cross behind. If the two parallel lines span sts 1-3 and lean to the left, then those sts on the cable needle will be held to the front, because those sts will be crossing in front of the others.
Thanks for the video, after 46 years of knitting I'm trying cable's. On my chart there are grey boxes that denote ' no stich' what do I do with those? Also the red pattern repeats in red outlines, some are not square, but have odd shapes and offset rows, what do I do with those? For example the 'McCaskill scarf' pattern.
The "no stitch" box is explained in my video on readying chart symbols: th-cam.com/video/kGqsVLSeIWQ/w-d-xo.html. Use your mouse or tap on the screen to see the chapter starting points at the bottom of the video playback area of the screen, so that you can jump to that point in the video, where it's explained.
The offset symbols are typically seen in patterns which are worked in the round. If the symbol extends past the stitch that marks the end of round, that means you will work that cable using sts from the beginning of the next round (these sts sit adjacent to each other on the needles). This is typically best understood when you have the project in hand and are at that point in the chart.
Hi Roxanne, another fabulous video, I came to this because I'm having trouble with Alice Starmores Key Chart. you way of seeing and being able to read and understand the cable is fantastic and quite clear to me but it doesn't seem to be applicable to the way Starmore writes her cable patterns in Aran Knitting - for example on page 54 of her book on the main key chart the cable symbol written in the first column 7 th down and the cable symbol written on 2nd column (middle) 2nd down begin identically but the text instruction is quite different, the first tells you visually and textually clearly to slip three st onto cn but the second, exactly the same seems to want you to slip only the 1st st onto the cn. I can't make head or tail of how the symbols have been created. Any help most welcome if at all possible. Thanks and best wishes as always from confused Peter in Paris!
Those types of symbols were fairly common back in the early 2000s, when the ability to create cable symbols on computers was more limited. (I always found them confusing, myself.) These charts are showing the order of the sts after the cable has been completed, as well as how many sts are crossing the others. The first cable example is a 3x3 cable, so it's not obvious how these symbols should be interpreted. The second is a 3x1 cable (three knits crossing over 1 purl). The single purl will end up on the left, therefore it starts out on the right. YOu can also tell that for both of these two cables, the crossing will be to the right because of the / angle that connects the two horizontal lines.
Thank you again Roxanne! I see it is high time I bought you a long overdue coffee - 🙂@@RoxanneRichardson I added a croissant too! 😛
while i'm not a fan of *doing* cablework (tighter knitter, always have to go up another needle size or two ), i do like how it looks in the end. reading the charts hasn't been an issue for me, but i have wondered... why when there are knits crossing 2 or more purls, there's still only 1 dot on the chart symbol. it seems like it'd be more accurate to show 1 dot for each purl stitch being crossed.
The area between the two long diagonal lines are completely blank, without divisions denoting each stitch crossing in front. Adding more lines and dots would add visual clutter, and wouldn't enhance understanding.
Thank you for explaining the pattern but I wish you knit at the same time when you explain it , especially for beginners like me.
Thanks!
Welcome!
Thanks a lot.. This vedeo is very much easy to understand..
Disagree. I don't understand what she is talking about!