by clearwaterknits | Mar 30, 2020
Japanese Charting Lesson 2 Reading the Schematic Chart. What does this all mean? We are going to use only the tank top part of this Japanese pattern. There is also a ribbed skirt included in the original, but we are not going to use it here. The original pattern in...
by clearwaterknits | Mar 30, 2020
Japanese Charting Lesson 1 General Information Charting was the first method machine knitters used to draft their patterns. It was popular nearly 40 years before home computers and pattern software were available. This is still a very good method for creating...
by clearwaterknits | Mar 30, 2020
Japanese Pattern Charts Several people have asked for charting lessons. Many want specific help on learning to read Japanese pattern charts, and many want to learn to draft their own patterns. We will need to address this in several different lessons, because...
by clearwaterknits | Mar 30, 2020
Men’s Tuck Stitch Pullover Chart This is how I charted the pattern for the Men’s Tuck Stitch Pullover, which is in the Archive Patterns section. As noted earlier in this tutorial, the shaping formula for this, and all my charted patterns, is given...
by clearwaterknits | Mar 30, 2020
Dolman Pullover Chart This is the charted schematic for the Ladies Dolman pattern in the Archives, and it can be found here. The shaping formula for this, and all my charted patterns, is given in stitches-rows-times. Please use the written instructions, found in the...
