it is hard in the beginning…
its a whole new language.
eons ago, when i was first learning to read patterns, i would type them out (on a typewriter!)
Its easier to do with a word processer, and still a good way to learn to “translate”
K2, (pattern here) K2
turns into:
Knit 2, (Pattern here, written out as Knit and purls) (plus, if it helps, how many times you repeat the pattern) Knit 2
to make it even clearer
[B]Knit 2[/B], (Pattern here, written out as Knit and purls) (plus, if it helps, how many times you repeat the pattern)[B] Knit 2
the words
[/B] Cont as set for 22 rows more, ending with WS facing for next row.
would be written out too.
Continue in the pattern for 22 more rows, ending with the [B]Wrong Side [/B]facing.
if the pattern is a 4 row pattern, this would be 4 and a half repeats of the pattern --what ever the number of repeats, (10, 5, 4 what ever!) would note it.
This is so much easier to do with a computer…
after a some practice reading the pattern short hand, and translating it back into “plain english” you’ll be so much better at reading/translating on the fly!
Then…