Video Knitting Course: Charts Demystified

Charts are full of symbols that can be confusing and hard to remember. But they also allow you to knit complex patterns easily. With over 7 hours of video, our Charts Demystified video class teaches you everything you need to know about knitting from knit-and-purl, lace, cable, Fair-Isle, Intarsia, double-knitting, duplicate stitch, and Mosaic charts so that you can approach any charted pattern with confidence.
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Fair-Isle Bag – Learn to Read a Chart
Double-Knit Scarf – How to Read a Chart
How to Read a Cable Chart
Blog Post: How to Learn Intarsia, Fair-Isle, Cables, Duplicate Stitch, and More

Our new charts class is really like 8 classes in one. Not only will you learn how to read and knit from charts, but you’ll also learn the actual knitting techniques behind lace, cables, Fair-Isle, Intarsia, double knitting, and more.
Read Post »Guest Blog Post: KnitCompanion: A Great App for Following Charts

We are thrilled to have Sally Holt with us as a guest blogger to tell us about her amazing app knitCompanion – a sophisticated, portable tool that allows you to keep track of where you are in your pattern as you knit. It also features voice controls, chart recognition, and the ability to play KnitFreedom videos from within the app.
Read Post »Blog Post: The Number One Reason to Learn to Read Knitting Charts

At its best, knitting from charts is everything you’d want knitting to be: enjoyable, easy but not boring, challenging but not hard, both stimulating and relaxing. In a word, charts are FUN. So why do they seem so hard?
Read Post »Blog Post: These Photographic Double-Knits Will Blow Your Mind

These incredible full-sized double-knit blankets were created by amazing knitter and KnitFreedom student Deb Dav. Inspired? You can learn to double knit like a pro in our upcoming Charts Demystified video class.
Read Post »Blog Post: The Problem With Charts

Even though they’re useful, charts can also seem confusing, scary, and overwhelming. In our upcoming Charts Demystified class, the challenges of charts will disappear into the pure joy of knitting.
Read Post »Blog Post: How Learning to Read Knitting Charts Is Like A Bicycle Ride Across France

Written directions can give knitters a headache. On a chart, every stitch is marked in symbols. If you know how to read a knitting chart, you can understand the entire project, as well as the details, in just one look.
Read Post »Guest Blog Post: Workshop With Cookie A: Intuitive Chart-Reading

Guest blogger Alex Capshaw-Taylor attended world-famous sock-designer Cookie A.’s workshop, and, in a three-part guest blog series, shares with us her biggest takeaways. Here, what she learned about intuitively reading knitting charts.
Read Post »Free Charted Pattern: Bulky Cabled Legwarmers with Buttons – Super-Bulky Weight

When I wore these bulky cabled legwarmers in New York City, they were turning heads left and right. You don’t need UGGs to be cool. Just knit these fabulous, cabled, knee-high knitted boot covers. Finish off with oversize buttons and a twisted-cord tie. Pattern includes cable chart.
Free Charted Pattern: Double Knit Heart or Checkerboard Scarf – Super-Bulky Weight

Learn to double-knit with this easy charted heart-or-checkerboard scarf pattern. Knit up in a super-bulky wool, the project goes quickly so you can see your progress.
Free Charted Pattern: Textured Stripes Ear Warmer/Headband – Bulky Weight

This unisex headband/ear warmer is great for skiers, joggers, or cyclists—anyone who is out in the elements on a crisp winter morning.
Good for knitters just learning to combine knit and purl stitches and read a simple chart. There are written directions for those who choose not to use a chart.
Free Charted Pattern: Winter Waterfall Lace Sweater

Who says you can’t look sexy in winter? This challenging sweater is designed to flatter your curves and highlight your face. The advanced lace is charted and knit in the round.
Cable Chart Symbols
















See full list of cable symbols on CraftYarnCouncil.com
"cn" = "cable needle"
Free and Premium Videos
Basic Checkerboard
Premium VideoDemonstration of knitCompanion Charts App
Free VideoWe are thrilled to have knitCompanion creator Sally Holt here to tell you about her amazing app! In this demonstration video, she will take you through the main features of this sophisticated tool using a pattern from KnitFreedom as her example.
Textured Stripes
Premium VideoBricks
Premium VideoSwan
Premium VideoLace Zigzag (Plus How to Use a Lifeline)
Premium VideoLace Diamond
Premium VideoFoliage Toddler Hat
Premium VideoStarlight Lace
Premium VideoFair Isle Charts
Premium VideoDouble Knitting Charts
Premium VideoIntarsia Charts
Premium VideoDuplicate Stitch
Free VideoFair-Isle Bag – Learn to Read a Chart
Free VideoDouble-Knit Scarf – How to Read a Chart
Free VideoHow to Read a Cable Chart
Free VideoAdvanced Mosaic Knitting – Mosaic Charts
Premium VideoSimple Cable Charts
Premium VideoComplex Cable Charts
Premium VideoRecommended App: knitCompanion by Create 2 Thrive

KnitCompanion is a pattern-tracking app for knitters and fiber artists, which is designed to help you keep track of where you are in the pattern as you knit.
Even if you put your knitting down mid-row, the app can mark precisely the point where you stopped.
KnitCompanion also helps you keep important reference material at your fingertips. You can easily pull up the key while you’re knitting, even if it’s on a different page, and you can flip pages of the pattern within the app without ever losing your place.
You can even link your favorite video tutorials for tricky stitches right into the app, so you can watch them in the app while you work the stitch!
Recommended Book: A Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker

Barbara Walker is the most creative mind of the century when it comes to inventing stitch patterns and designs.
Any of her four Knitting Pattern Treasuries are a worthwhile investment for when you are designing something on your own.
Buy A Treasury of Knitting Patterns online
Testimonial: I Learned SO MUCH From Your Charts Course Videos!
I consider myself an intermediate to advanced knitter…I’m pretty comfortable with fixing mistakes (or at least I kinda fake my way through it) and I’ve knitted many and various types of projects with various needle and yarn sizes. Nonetheless, I learned SO MUCH from your charts course videos!
Because of your chart videos, I found myself approaching the lace shawl I started just prior to the course with 100% more confidence and enthusiasm! Before the course, I could follow a chart square-by-square but didn’t thoroughly understand how it related to the overall pattern…nor how it could help me to read my knitting and fix my errors. In addition, your little (tangential) tidbits, like counting rows, coming up with a mnemonic for the repeats, and watching you make non-purposeful errors then listening to how you then dealt with them, proved to be so very useful. Those alone were worth the $ for the course!
The only constructive criticism I would offer is that it would be helpful to sometimes use a thinner (and or more slippery) yarn, as mistakes aren’t quite as easily fixed with less bulky/sticky yarn. I understand that the bulkier yarns tend to be seen better on video, but they don’t always reflect reality.
Anyway, I honestly didn’t think that I would learn as much as I did and I so appreciate your time and effort in putting the videos together. Time to go knit now! :-)
  – Debra S.