SOME CROCHET CHARTS DON’T HAVE A STITCH LEGEND:Īfter reading that previous paragraph you might be ripping your hair out because the crochet chart you’re trying to read don’t have any stitch legend….īut don’t freak out yet, because many of the crochet chart symbols used is the same for most crochet charts. Meet: The stitch legend! What’s great about it is that it tells you which symbol belongs to which stitch (text). MOST CROCHET CHARTS HAVE A STITCH LEGEND:īut you might be thinking right now that you can’t just guess which symbol are representing which stitch?īecause most crochet charts do have a list of crochet chart symbols with the symbol & the text. The chains are a oval circle, the double crochet is marked with the one yarn over you do, then the treble crochet is marked with the two yarn over you do to make the stitch.īecause the symbols look similar to the stitches, the crochet charts actually gets even easier to read.
Because the great thing about crochet symbols is that they often look like the crochet stitch they represent.
The typical feature of a crochet chart symbol is how they look. This is the standard symbol for the single crochet stitch.
Lets dive into more details here:Īs an example the single crochet stitch are often given either as a “+” or “x”. Under the previous heading you learned that each crochet stitch is represented as a symbol in crochet charts. The stitches line up the same way, & the number of the stitches are the same (generally).ĬROCHET CHART SYMBOLS & THEIR TYPICAL FEATURES: What you actually might spot is that it’s actually exactly the same. If you can follow the written description, then study the crochet piece you made with the crochet chart. Starting point: As a first you can try this technique to understand crochet charts, before diving into the details. When the different stitches with specific symbols are put into a combination it ends up as a drawing of exactly how the stitches you crochet fits together. While the single crochet stitches will have a different specific symbol. Because they are actually just symbols that equals a stitch put into a combination.Įxample: The chain stitches will have a specific symbol. Reading crochet charts doesn’t have to be as difficult as you might think. WHAT ARE CROCHET CHARTS & WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? Related: “How to Read a Crochet Pattern”. If you’re new to reading crochet patterns I suggest you also read the “How to Read a Crochet Pattern” tutorial before you dive into this one. It often looks like a lot of shapes & lines that’s just smashed together to look fancy (just like the picture below). That’s typically crochet charts because they might look like they are written in a completely different language. When you first start crocheting it’s often easy to skip the parts of the crochet pattern that seems difficult. This blog post walks you through the really basic aspects of reading crochet charts. It’s a tool that make the crochet pattern sort of come to “life” without you even doing a single thing with your crochet hook or yarn.īut it’s often a scary skill to conquer as a beginner crocheter, but it’s not as difficult as it might seem. Reading crochet charts is a helpful skill to know when you’re reading crochet patterns.
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