tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14180815.post8520384510787277838..comments2024-02-29T11:41:18.634+00:00Comments on Needles of Steel: Written vs diagram patternssteel breezehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18066511414876475930noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14180815.post-50070979009684526412011-11-03T08:22:24.929+00:002011-11-03T08:22:24.929+00:00Definitely diagrams! I want to have an overview ov...Definitely diagrams! I want to have an overview over the whole. I hate word-for-word instructions which doesn't give me a glance of what is coming out. It's like cooking an unknown receipe without the slightest idea what sort of meal will show up.<br />Besides that: I often noticed that patterns had errors by drawing a sketch to transform the instructions into visuability . My experiences with Japanese patterns were the same as sharonwue'sMichaelahttp://www.stricktagebuch.de/stb.php?stbid=141&datstart=0noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14180815.post-68389091352864738322011-11-02T20:13:55.070+00:002011-11-02T20:13:55.070+00:00I love charts. Love, love, love them. They're ...I love charts. Love, love, love them. They're so much easier to follow than written patterns. Clearer & concise. Diagrams are always helpful, particularly when the garment contains some asymmetrical aspect.Riaknitshttps://woolyminded.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14180815.post-19156899919989276332011-11-02T16:47:37.561+00:002011-11-02T16:47:37.561+00:00I prefer a diagram and agree with KnitBot on needi...I prefer a diagram and agree with KnitBot on needing "some sense of the whole."O! Jolly!https://www.blogger.com/profile/11838975497977997099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14180815.post-33164141635497152011-11-02T14:33:17.593+00:002011-11-02T14:33:17.593+00:00Even before I met a knitting machine (1970) I made...Even before I met a knitting machine (1970) I made diagrams for my hand knitting projects. I had seen a japanese pattern (directions) and was able to follow it without translation!sharonwuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01372571328727233885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14180815.post-56410737778346020062011-11-01T12:50:14.170+00:002011-11-01T12:50:14.170+00:00I wholeheartedly agree with you on the need for di...I wholeheartedly agree with you on the need for diagrams. Otherwise it's like trying to assemble a model airplane with only words to guide you: it's possible, but it's not pretty!lzbthmcmullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11267626849058619879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14180815.post-54948934232773678062011-11-01T01:36:06.599+00:002011-11-01T01:36:06.599+00:00Hands down -- diagrams, please! Yeah, lace can ge...Hands down -- diagrams, please! Yeah, lace can get a little hard to wrap your head around, because number of stitches may vary from one row to the next, but I'm not a computer, and I don't just carry out one instruction after another -- I need some sense of the whole.<br /><br />I'm with you on the crochet diagrams, too. If a crochet pattern doesn't have a diagram, I make one.KnitBothttp://www.knitbot.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14180815.post-51378858950015941142011-10-31T20:59:15.347+00:002011-10-31T20:59:15.347+00:00I prefer written instructions as I'm not very ...I prefer written instructions as I'm not very good at following diagram patterns. Knit Radar sheets are OK as the machine reads them for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com