How do I read a chart?

Start at the bottom right on the right side of the work, read each row from right to left, and follow the row numbers up the edge.

What do the blank squares and dots mean?

In the texture chart, a blank square is a knit stitch and a dot is a purl. The symbol key in your pattern is the one to follow.

Which grid is easiest to read?

The bold grid, with large squares and thick lines, is the easiest to read at a glance.

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Knitting stitch charts: knit and purl texture, leaf lace and ribbing

Knitting stitch charts — a knitting chart of a knit-and-purl texture, seed stitch blocks alternating with basketweave, blank squares for knit and dots for purl, odd rows numbered up the right edge, crisp square grid, one stitch per square, standard knitting symbols in black, row numbers up the side margins

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Reading 1Knit and purl

Reading 2Lace

Reading 3Ribbing

Knitters follow charts for texture and lace. Each square is one stitch, read from the bottom up, and on the right side the rows run right to left. These nine cover a seed and basketweave texture, a leaf lace panel and three ribbings. Each comes as a symbol grid, a bold grid, or a grid with the repeat tinted. Type a different stitch and the same grid carries it.

a textured scarf
a lace shawl panel
a ribbed cuff
a dishcloth in seed stitch

Frequently asked questions

How do I read a chart?: Start at the bottom right on the right side of the work, read each row from right to left, and follow the row numbers up the edge.
What do the blank squares and dots mean?: In the texture chart, a blank square is a knit stitch and a dot is a purl. The symbol key in your pattern is the one to follow.
Which grid is easiest to read?: The bold grid, with large squares and thick lines, is the easiest to read at a glance.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.