I've learned to absolutely love charts because I've learned to really "read" them effectively. I can see most charts and understand what the finished object would look like and I can use it to quickly check my knitting or spot where I am. At least, a LOT easier than written out instructions.
I used to be all about the written out instructions. Then I started getting into projects that had both written instructions and charts and I started to use the chart to check my work. I slowly leaned more and more on charts and now I use them nearly exclusively, mainly because what I like to knit tends to come only in chart form (lots of lace/cables and other busy things).
I'm the same way: I usually have one pretty easy project (usually a sock with a highly repetitive pattern that is easy to memorize) and one quite involved project (currently, it's a shawl with funky increases and decreases on BOTH sides; it's driving me a bit mental).
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Date: 2008-08-28 12:26 pm (UTC)I used to be all about the written out instructions. Then I started getting into projects that had both written instructions and charts and I started to use the chart to check my work. I slowly leaned more and more on charts and now I use them nearly exclusively, mainly because what I like to knit tends to come only in chart form (lots of lace/cables and other busy things).
I'm the same way: I usually have one pretty easy project (usually a sock with a highly repetitive pattern that is easy to memorize) and one quite involved project (currently, it's a shawl with funky increases and decreases on BOTH sides; it's driving me a bit mental).