Knitting is a very interesting way of needlework. In each knitting scheme, symbols are used to make it easier to understand how and what to knit. In our article we will talk about these designations.
Conditions are used for convenient recording patterns when knitting. In order not to describe each pattern in words, instead, graphic designations of the loops, as well as their reductions, are used.
Conditions when knitting with knitting needles: Schemes
Each symbol has a certain designation and always depicts a form in which the loop will turn out from the front side. For example, vertical dashes mean facial loops, and horizontal dashes - the wrong ones. Knitting is always carried out in accordance with the scheme. However, this is applicable to the situation when knitting is carried out on the front side. If this is done from the inside, then the signs receive the opposite meaning. So, the verticals indicate the wrong loops, and the horizontal - facial.
The next moment, which is important to know - each square is a separate loop, and each line is a full range. Counting is carried out from the bottom up.
Numbering also has its own characteristics. So, the numbers of odd rows are located on the right, and those that do not have instructions are facial.
There are such schemes when only one fragment of the pattern is depicted on them. It is called rapport. If the scheme is very complicated, then several rapports are usually shown so that it is clear how the final drawing will look.
The designations of rapports are carried out by fat lines, and they pass throughout the scheme. If we talk about the description of the pattern, then the rapports are indicated by stars or square brackets.
As you know, patterns can be depicted schematically, or described by the text. As a rule, if a drawing is used, then it has many repeated elements. In the text description, repeated patterns or rapports will be designated as *-*.
So that the text does not look too bulky and incomprehensible, not all elements, but specific parts are inside the stars. The loops that are located to the asterisk are made symmetrically first and from the end of the row. It is worth noting that there may be several repeated combinations inside the rapport.
In addition to a text description, you can read a viscous according to the scheme. As we already said, this is done from the bottom up. The front side is indicated in even rows and reading is carried out from right to left, and each odd row is the wrong side and is read from left to right.
Sometimes the diagram indicates which rows are facial. After completing the knitting of the rapport, the work begins again with the first row or what is indicated at the end of the recording. The rapports have a certain width and is indicated in the diagram with vertical lines.
For example, you can calculate the right number of loops as follows:
- First, find out how many times you need to make a drawing on the width of the product
- After that, multiply the width of the rapport by the required amount
For example, you need to repeat the rapport 2 times and its full width - 50 loops. It turns out that for the width of the product you will need 100 loops.
It is important to note that on the same pattern with a vertical relief The formula will not always be the same. If one part requires the addition of the loops so that the drawing is symmetrical, then the addition of the addition is not carried out to the second detail, because when stitching the drawing can be disturbed.
Knitting hats is done a little different. So, the first and last rows are usually obtained in the width of the rapport, respectively, at the end of the series, no loops are required to add. Otherwise, the pattern will lose symmetry.
If you knit a scarf, then its pattern should be symmetrical. So, the edges of the scarf should turn out the same. Thus, the loops can be added for symmetry.
Even in the schemes there is a phrase - "how the loops are watching." It means that the front loops are knitted over the lower side, which looks like the front side. And above those that look like the wrong ones, the corresponding loops are knitted. It turns out that as if the drawing of the previous row is repeated.