Simple Project : a Coaster with Charts and Written Instructions
There are basically 2 ways to write down knitting patterns. You can use words, or charts. This project will show you how you can use either method to accomplish the same thing. You will use the same skills as you learned in the wristband and false-cable projects, and you will also practice these additional techniques: reading standard knitting abbreviations in written instructions reading a charted design make-one increases slip, slip, knit decrease blocking a finished project To make this project, you will need a pair of knitting needles and some worsted weight yarn, plus a yarn needle for finishing. For the blocking, you will also need a few pins, a towel or cushion, and maybe an iron Explanation of abbreviations: The letters are a short form of what to do, so m = make one. In this case, make a backwards loop, just as if you were casting on. k = knit, p = purl, k2tog = knit 2 stitches together, sl = the stitch to the righ...
