1. Knit and Purl Charts
Simple Checkerboard
This simple knit-and-purl checkerboard is the perfect introduction to charts for beginners.
You’ll learn the basics of charts and get ready to knit more complicated things fast. Watch the video and work along with the chart to get the full benefit of this chapter and your introduction to knit and purl charts.
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Here is another version of the same chart.
Written instructions are shown after the video.
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Simple Checkerboard
Written Instructions:
Rows 1 (RS) through 4: K4, p4, k4, p4.
Rows 5-8: P4, k4, p4, k4.
Repeat Rows 1-8 until swatch is desired length.
Textured Stripes
This fabulous traveling-stripe knit-and-purl chart will get you comfortable predicting the chart instead of blindly working from it.
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Textured Stripes
Written Instructions:
Row 1 (RS): Sl 1 wyif, k1, k2, k1 tbl, p3, k2, k1 tbl, p3, k2.
Row 2 and all even rows: Sl 1 wyif, k1, work even to last 2 sts, k2.
Row 3: Sl 1 wyif, k1, p1, k2, k1 tbl, p3, k2, k1 tbl, p2, k2.
Row 5: Sl 1 wyif, k1, p2, k2, k1 tbl, p3, k2, k1 tbl, p1, k2.
Row 7: Sl 1 wyif, k1, p3, k2, k1 tbl, p3, k2, k 1tbl, k2.
Row 9: Sl 1 wyif, k1, k1 tbl, p3, k2, k1 tbl, p3, k2, k2.
Row 11: Sl 1 wyif, k1, k1, k1 tbl, p3, k2, k1 tbl, p3, k1, k2.
Bricks
This deceptively-simple bricks swatch will help you get comfortable with those wrong-side-row instructions and teach you how to knit on both sides what is only shown on your chart on the right side. Don’t miss it!
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Bricks Pattern
Written Instructions:
CO 15.
Row 1 (RS) and all RS rows: K.
Rows 2, 4, 8, and 10: K2, (p3, k1) twice, p3, k2.
Row 6: K6, p3, k6.
Row 12: K2, p3, k5, p3, k2.
Repeat rows 1-12 until swatch is desired length.
Swan
It’s time to use your knit-and-purl skills to create something beautiful.
Unlike the symmetrical and geometric charts we’ve been working from thus far, this swan chart is an almost free-form design that will help you get used to cutting corners, estimating stitch counts, and fixing mistakes on knit-and-purl charts.
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Swan
Written Instructions:
CO 29 sts.
Rows 1, 3, and 5 (RS): K.
Rows 2 and 4 (WS): K.
Even rows 6-42: K2, p29, k2.
Row 7: K8, p16, k5.
Row 9: K7, p18, k4.
Rows 11, 13, 15, and 17: K6, p19, k4.
Row 19: K6, p11, k3, p5, k4.
Row 21: K5, p11, k4, p4, k5.
Row 23: K4, p3, k2, p6, k4, p4, k6.
Row 25: K9, p4, k5, p4, k7.
Row 27: K8, p3, k6, p3, k9.
Row 29: K16, p3, k3, p1, k6.
Row 31: K15, p3, k3, p2, k6.
Row 33: K15, p2, k3, p4, k5.
Row 35: K15, p3, k2, p4, k5.
Row 37: K16, p7, k6.
Row 39: K17, p5, k7.
Rows 41, 43, and 45: K.
Rows 44 and 46: K.
This pattern was adapted from the now out-of-print Garden Swan Dishcloth pattern.
Patterns for Practice
Here are two great charted knit-and-purl patterns we recommend for your practice and enjoyment: