I don't like to use highlighter, because if I have to frog a few rows, I'm stuck with an already-marked section. My best tool so far has been a large post-it sticky note. I stick it just above the row I'm working on (so I can see how the row I'm currently working on lines up with the one below).
People swear by KnitCompanion. My iPad is too old to use it, and my Android devices' battery doesn't last long enough. I wish! On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 18:35, Mijauww <[email protected]> wrote: > I forgot; use a ruler to mark each row when you knit stranded. or even a > highlighter for each row as you go along. > > Gunvor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 22:52, Mijauww <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > Norwegian patterns tend to be short on written and heavy on charts. > > Traditional knitting is almost always stranded and then must be charted. > > The UK patterns even post charts for stranded (and tedious written too). > > > > The tricks to using charts are: color block different segments and write > > in the chart the number of stitches if you have more than 3-4 plain > > stitches of knitting at a time. If I could have remembered my own > advice, I > > would have spent a lot less time frogging parts of the latest covid > stress > > relief shawl...๐ > > > > I never had the patience to finish the Eleonora stockings. I have tried a > > few times, I do the cuffs and then I am bored ๐ If I feel up to > torturing > > myself again, I will try another round. And this time Iยจll knit both > > parallel to keep tension fairly even. > > > > Btw, if anybody would like to hook up on Ravelry, my id is Mijauw: > > https://www.ravelry.com/people/Mijauw > > > > Gunvor > > > > > > On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 16:21, Wicked Frau <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I am knitting some socks but really am just trying to get better so I > can > >> eventually knit these: > >> https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/eleonora-di-toledo-stockings > >> and these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Islamic_sock.jpg > >> > >> You started out with charts and are now moving to written? Maybe I > should > >> have tried that! I went the opposite way, but I always translate my > >> patterns into an excel spreadsheet so I can tick off the rows. > Otherwise > >> I'd be completely lost. > >> > >> I MISS THIS GROUP! > >> > >> > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> h-costume mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
