Recently I read a post here about charting…
someone here charted every single stitch in the pattern, and said that it was tedious, but worth it!!
I’ve searched and searched…cant’ find that post…(why dont’ I save these things???)
It wasn’t the Christmas stocking post…if that’s a help at all…sigh…
I can’t find it, either!
I’ve done that, but I don’t remember if I posted about it. In fact, if I do anything that has a pattern stitch written out, I make a chart. I find them so much easier to work with.
somebody posted a picture of theirs, if that helps?
I really think I’m going to have to chart this tank, once i get it figured out, so I can mark off the rows. I’m doing!!
Doesn’t ring a bell, but if you want suggestions on how to do it, feel free.
yes please!!! 
would you do it by hand? I think doing it on the puter would be MORE tedious, but much easier to read…
I’ve done it both ways. I have a program that allows you to make charts, but I find a pencil and graph paper easier, somehow–I don’t have to work within the confines of the computer’s symbols and can make up ones that are meaningful to me.
I just go from right to left on the chart, pencil in hand, and use one box for each stitch. For stockinette I leave the boxes blank, and I know that the front in knit and the back in purled. For cables I draw a slash over the number of stitches it takes in the direction the cable will go. YO’s are a circle, and if there is a part that has a variety of knits and purls, I write k and p in the boxes.
Any other decreases or increases, I either use a symbol that other charts have used or make up one that’s relevant to me and make a little key.
The thing to remember, though is that when you chart out something like a k2tog, you put that symbol in one box, since you chart what you end up with, not what you used to get there.
That’s why a yo has it’s own box, even though it doesn’t use a stitch. Even a double or triple decreases ends up with one stitch, so the symbol takes up one box.
most most helpful!!! thank you very much…the part about the decreases in one box is invaluable!!!
hi heather. is [color=red]this[/color] the post you’re looking for? rebecca was kind enough to include a link to her chart pic, she’s the second to last reply. ~ valerie
Nope…lol…the mystery continues!!!
this was actually a screen shot of the masterpiece.
wonder if I dreamt it…