Thanks for stopping in to check out my latest Tip Jar Tutorial! I realize this one is on the long side - turns out there was a lot more to cover than I thought 😋 I really hope this is a tiny bit helpful. I may have wandered into the weeds here and there - ack! Let me know if find something confusing and I'll try to clear it up. Happy charting!

There is now a giant light bulb over my head -- I get it! Best explanation of charts I've seen.

I was taught to knit when I was 2 - I’m 70 now, so have done a LOT of knitting of all sorts over the years and have used both instructions as well as charts in that time. To be frank, following charts has always meant that I am constantly trying to follow the “dots and dashes” to the extent I make way more errors than with instructions (which I can memorise).That causes me a lot of wasted time unpicking, a lot of bad language and often having to resort to a very stiff drink to recover from the experience. So, unless it is an incredibly desirable article I want to knit, if it is a chart, I’m  not bothering. At 70, time is too short for unpicking. But for those who like charts - great, enjoy!

Thank you Nicole. This is so helpful. 👍💕🧶

34:18 mosaic chart

I feel a little braver every time I watch one of your videos.  Thanks!

Wow!  I think I’ll have to watch this again when (if) I knit using charts. It was a lot to absorb but still so beautifully and patiently explained. ❤❤

Love your sweater!

Wow!!! THANK YOU Nicole.     I can read and follow charts,  but the coloring in is brilliant,
You embody gestalt.  WYSIWYG plus!!!!!!!!

Just last month I used a lace chart grid for the very first time. I followed the fully written pattern for the first few repeats and that helped me "see" the stitches in the grid better. All in all a successful first go at it. Thanks for explaining it so clearly!

Great show as ever! You are humorous and reminds of myself!

Exactly!

I love doing swatches from both Japanese Stitch bibles… taught me the subtle difference in remounting my combi knit stitches for dec and increases.

Since I started using Knit Companion, I’ve gone all digital, which makes it easy to color-code charts and work repeats into them. Pattern Genius, made by the same people, works the same as your chart maker. Very handy! 👍

I love your videos. You teach hard concepts in a novel way that makes them sommething i want to try.

It was a lot but I did appreciate the information- thanks

I'm not sue why but the highlighters helped! Thank you!

after getting myself through my first few months of high anxiety basic knitting (lol), i became consistently drawn to lace patterns that had regular charts. After a couple years, i began cruising around on pinterest and instantly fell in love when i saw my first flow map. Yes, there was a bit of trial-and-error So I just told my brain that if I wasn't knitting in the round, I would work every back row as the mirror image of what I was looking at on the map. Later in my journey with flow maps, it finally dawned on me that for each row i was about to start, i needed to know how many stitches i was about to pick up, and how many stitches I was creating. I'm not sure of all the reasons why I'm most comfortable with the flow maps, but i sure do like those visuals since they're not constrained by a chart.
I absolutely love how you broke down the details with each of your charts. You always manage to put just the right details together for it to be clear. I really enjoy your videos.

Wowie! Zowie!

Thanks, that was extremely useful