Hi there, does anyone know of a good Knitting Chart app that I can download? I currently make them using Excel which is very time consuming and doubtless not what Excel was designed for. I know they’re out there but was wondering if there’s a ‘best’ one I could look at.
Many thanks
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How to make a chart
Not to download, but Stitch Fiddle isn’t bad:
I use the free version, which is enough for my purposes. (I don’t need to save a lot of charts or use the advanced features, so can’t comment on the paid version.)
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Thanks a mil kushami, I’ll have a looksee. Should have mentioned in my first post, I’m after something that can help me with colour work charting for double knitting, not necessarily a single knit charted pattern for lace etc.
Thanks again kushami
Cheers
S x
I’m using Stitch Fiddle too, nice and easy.
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Definitely sounds like worth trying, thankyou for the confirm ZK.
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Wow, just for a try, I’ve spent no more than 5 minutes scribbling a very basic flower, took a photo, loaded it and, voila, I have a chart. Very impressed. That would’ve taken me hours, probably days to put that on Excel.
Thankyou so much 
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You are welcome 
I used it to convert monochrome picks into needlepont scheme to make something unique for my boys to have from me.
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Glad that Stitch Fiddle worked. I haven’t done double knitting from a chart before. Are the charts different, or do you just have one chart and it comes out reversed on the back layer?
Working double knitting from a typical colorwork chart is much simpler for me than using a true double knitting chart. The charts that show every stitch of the double knitting are “off the charts” to me.
See here for example.
(This is useful however when you need to reverse patterns such as letters.)
To be honest, I haven’t double knitted from a chart before either, DKing is relatively new to me but I’ve taken it by the horns. The idea of striped beanies, jogless of course, got me hooked. Had to work on the back side purl tension (quite a bit actually) and also a way to connect the 2 pieces without ruining the stripes on one side. So to irregular DKing, the first time I just slotted in a dot every few stitches every few rounds on 1 side but now I’m thinking something really funky for the other side, so, a chart for the patterned side and stripes or something else simple for the other, no chart needed, just concentration. I’ve just started another very simple beanie, stripes on one side and big checks on the other. I couldn’t get my head around how to work large parts, on both sides, in 1 colour, without it turning into 1x1 rib. salmonmac helped me with that reminded me that I can do it with 2 passes. So, my next beanie will be crazy on 1 side and simple the other, really looking forward to giving it a go.
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Ha! I agree salmonmac, just the thought of 1 chart for both sides freaks me out. I’ve seen that post before and thought no way, it would definitely turn to tears 
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That’s so well done!
Thankyou, my tension still needs some work though. I’ve tightened the purls for the back side so my work is no longer puckered but when I’m swapping colours, in this instance just a few dots, it looked a bit pulled. I’ll get there hopefully. The cast-on was my biggest bugbear. I didn’t want a 2 colour chain effect so settled on JMCO with one colour on each needle, worked a couple of rows separately for each colour, slipped them all on 1 needle, then joined. I had a little gap that I sewed in later. Worked a treat
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Good tip on the cast on. I’ve found that the more practice the better the tension gets. You are well on your way!
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