Jodie, I enjoy a shadow wrap heel for the speed of it so I use it in about 80% of my socks. Just so you know, I very likely would have forgotten how to read a flat chart myself. Thanks for the reminder...hope I remember it! 😂
And yet another heel technique!! Thanks so much for letting me know about the Shadow Wrap heel, I'm going to look that up to learn more. You're very kind to let me know that you too might have forgotten about reading charts knitted flat. :)
So much good stuff happening in this newsletter! Thank you for sharing a review of Summer’s book. I want to get back into knitting socks but they feel so tedious after knitting garments. The socks you made for your mom are lovely.
No need to be embarrassed about chart reading. Remembering to read from left to right isn’t intuitive and you’re correct that patterns take this instruction for granted. What’s most important is that you’ve got it down now! 🥰
Thanks so much Tashay :) You did so well with your first pair I remember! Thank you for your kindness about my chart reading issues. So true that I've got it all sorted now and happily knitting. :)
Jodie, what a lovely post. Thanks for the book review. You are right, charts should carry a small reminder about which direction it should be read. It is quite natural to forget these things if we haven't used them for long. But then the dishcloth is coming out so beautiful. Love the stitch pattern. Yay for not giving up on that one.
Aww thank you dear Kavitha. I'm feeling a little better about it all, I really appreciate you saying it's natural to forget when you haven't used something in knitting for a long time. Seed stitch is so pretty, Hear hear to not giving up!! :)
The sock book looks amazing!!! Thank you for your review of it.
I really dislike chart reading. I can never get it correct either. I much prefer to have it written out. I wont even use a pattern if it only comes with a chart.
Jodie, I enjoy a shadow wrap heel for the speed of it so I use it in about 80% of my socks. Just so you know, I very likely would have forgotten how to read a flat chart myself. Thanks for the reminder...hope I remember it! 😂
And yet another heel technique!! Thanks so much for letting me know about the Shadow Wrap heel, I'm going to look that up to learn more. You're very kind to let me know that you too might have forgotten about reading charts knitted flat. :)
+1 for shadow wrap heel. :)
Do you have the pattern for the face cloth?
I’m using the CotLin to make facecloths with a free Knit Picks pattern.
It is a beautiful stitch that I would like to try
regards
Irene
Hi Irene. That's great to hear. CotLin is a lovely yarn to knit with. Here's the link to the pattern I've used. https://www.knitpicks.com/banjo-dishcloth/p/56152 Enjoy! :)
So much good stuff happening in this newsletter! Thank you for sharing a review of Summer’s book. I want to get back into knitting socks but they feel so tedious after knitting garments. The socks you made for your mom are lovely.
No need to be embarrassed about chart reading. Remembering to read from left to right isn’t intuitive and you’re correct that patterns take this instruction for granted. What’s most important is that you’ve got it down now! 🥰
Thanks so much Tashay :) You did so well with your first pair I remember! Thank you for your kindness about my chart reading issues. So true that I've got it all sorted now and happily knitting. :)
Jodie, what a lovely post. Thanks for the book review. You are right, charts should carry a small reminder about which direction it should be read. It is quite natural to forget these things if we haven't used them for long. But then the dishcloth is coming out so beautiful. Love the stitch pattern. Yay for not giving up on that one.
Aww thank you dear Kavitha. I'm feeling a little better about it all, I really appreciate you saying it's natural to forget when you haven't used something in knitting for a long time. Seed stitch is so pretty, Hear hear to not giving up!! :)
The sock book looks amazing!!! Thank you for your review of it.
I really dislike chart reading. I can never get it correct either. I much prefer to have it written out. I wont even use a pattern if it only comes with a chart.
I'm definitely going to learn so much from Summer Lee's sock patterns :) Thanks so much for sharing about your experiences with charts. :)