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Chart symbol translation request
Dear KP-ers,
Has anyone made this pattern or do you have a link to the translation of the symbols?
I have looked at a number of symbol keys on the web (knitting fool,
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and the yarn council, knitting-bee, etc. and cannot find precisely these symbols which I believe are simply for cables. I would really appreciate it if someone could provide a key or at least explain what the symbols mean.
I believe that the pattern is Russian, but I thought that I maybe they are using Japanese chart symbols.
I'm still in the dark and not good with charts. ugh.
Thank you for any light that you can shed!
Has anyone made this pattern or do you have a link to the translation of the symbols?
I have looked at a number of symbol keys on the web (knitting fool,
and the yarn council, knitting-bee, etc. and cannot find precisely these symbols which I believe are simply for cables. I would really appreciate it if someone could provide a key or at least explain what the symbols mean.
I believe that the pattern is Russian, but I thought that I maybe they are using Japanese chart symbols.
I'm still in the dark and not good with charts. ugh.
Thank you for any light that you can shed!
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Let me add to the information provided by run4fittness. A little lesson on how to read symbols. As with any chart, each square represents a stitch.
These two symbols 1.
3.
These two symbols represent a group of 3 stitches (3 squares on the chart). The double diagonals are showing the direction of the cross, specifically which stitches will sit on top. Once again the shorter broken diagonal lines show which stitches cross to the back and include the underscore on the lower most leg indicating that that stitch is to be purled. Symbol 3 would read, with cable needle hold one back, K2, P1 from cable needle. Symbol 4 would read, with cable needle hold 2 front, P1, K2 from cable needle.
If you come across cable symbols that show 3 or more unbroken and broken diagonals this usually indicates that these are Japanese charts, where the diagonals and the number of blocks both represent the number of stitches involved.
For example 3 unbroken diagonals leaning left would mean hold 3 front, while 3 short diagonals would mean the stitches are held to the back.
I hope this information will help you decipher future cable symbols when you do not have access to the key.
Very well explained! Glad I read your explanation before I gave one on those lines.Let me add to the information provided by run4fittness. A little lesson on how to read symbols. As with any chart, each square represents a stitch.
These two symbols 1.2.![]()
represent a group of two stitches (2 squares on the chart). The unbroken diagonal line represents the direction the stitches will be twisted and which stitch will sit on top. The shorted diagonals indicate which stitches will sit behind. The underline symbol in the blocks with the lower leg of the broken diagonal represent that that stitch will be purled. Symbol 1 would be worked; with cable needle hold one back, K1, P1 from cable needle. Symbol two would be worked; with cable needle hold one front, P1, K1 from cable needle. If there is no underscore showing then both stitches would be worked as knit stitches.![]()
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These two symbols represent a group of 3 stitches (3 squares on the chart). The double diagonals are showing the direction of the cross, specifically which stitches will sit on top. Once again the shorter broken diagonal lines show which stitches cross to the back and include the underscore on the lower most leg indicating that that stitch is to be purled. Symbol 3 would read, with cable needle hold one back, K2, P1 from cable needle. Symbol 4 would read, with cable needle hold 2 front, P1, K2 from cable needle.
If you come across cable symbols that show 3 or more unbroken and broken diagonals this usually indicates that these are Japanese charts, where the diagonals and the number of blocks both represent the number of stitches involved.
For example 3 unbroken diagonals leaning left would mean hold 3 front, while 3 short diagonals would mean the stitches are held to the back.
I hope this information will help you decipher future cable symbols when you do not have access to the key.
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