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Fair-Isle Bag – Learn to Read a Chart
Fair-Isle Bag – Learn to Read a Chart
How to Read a Cable Chart
How to Read a Cable Chart
Double-Knit Scarf – How to Read a Chart
Double-Knit Scarf – How to Read a Chart
Guest Blog Post: Workshop With Cookie A: Intuitive Chart-Reading
By Alex Capshaw-Taylor / Charts, Designing Patterns, Guest Posts / March 8, 2011 / No CommentsGuest 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 »Guest Blog Post: KnitCompanion: A Great App for Following Charts
By Sally Holt – Creator of knitCompanion / Charts, Guest Posts, Recommended Resources / November 28, 2020 / No CommentsWe 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 »Free 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 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.
Scarf includes two options for the double-knit design: oversize hearts or a classy checkerboard.
Free 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.
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Demonstration of knitCompanion Knitting Pattern App
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Demonstration of knitCompanion Knitting Pattern App
We 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.
Fair-Isle Bag – Learn to Read a Chart
Free VideoFair-Isle Bag – Learn to Read a Chart
How to Read a Cable Chart
Free VideoHow to Read a Cable Chart
Double-Knit Scarf – How to Read a Chart
Free VideoDouble-Knit Scarf – How to Read a Chart
Advanced Mosaic Knitting – Mosaic Charts
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Recommended 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