I'm so glad you like my sweater mapping technique that you learned in my video sweater classes. I've always taught it in my video sweater classes, but it's been so popular I FINALLY decided to make it a stand alone in class for Vogue Knitting Live in NYC
@Knicoleknits2 ай бұрын
Yay! I’m so glad you’re doing that. EVERYBODY needs to take that class 🥰
@PattyLyonsKnitting2 ай бұрын
@@Knicoleknits It makes me so happy that you love it so much ❤
@lynellerobertson22953 ай бұрын
I really like you novel approach to things. I just purchased a 12 pg pattern and am so confused where to even start. I do read through a new pattern and mark /underline in colored pencils things that pertain to my size but all the notes for the new types of construction in garments are very confusing. Another problem I see is that when reading on Ravelry about a pattern (before purchase)it may say written instructions and then charted. 50% of the time the stitch pattern/cable/or lace is charted not written out. I cannot deal with charts (have tried everything) I like the ie lace written out. I have even tried to find a conversion software app to convert charts to written instructions. The designers should say only charted and I would pass on it. I do believe also with what new designers are charging for patterns they need to list stitch count throughout the when there are many inc and dec so one knows if you are close to correct. Sorry my rant for the day.
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Those are all good points about patterns. I agree that designers should provide more information up front. 😊
@ccam5042 ай бұрын
Sooo true about buying patterns with only limited construction info listed . I've wasted money buying patterns to realize it's a stitch pattern I’m not willing to do or spend an hour looking for a tutorial and practicing it. That’s not joyful knitting . Finally someone brought this to light…thanks!
@lovemesomeslippersАй бұрын
I’ve just written out the darn chart before. My memory is crap and I have to keep looking up the symbols over and over!
@thereselegault7217Ай бұрын
First time I hear of this technique...will certainly give a try. Thank you so much for your generosity and humour. ❤
@heatherroach7817Ай бұрын
My stepmother 's mother was German and took the Burda knitting magazine in 1950/60s. I recall the knitting patterns were in diagrams. I thought it was a better idea and clearer than our English fully written patterns. I do some designing for myself in crochet but I am fairly new to knitting. I'm going to try designing in knitting using this method. Thanks.🌹
@kimberlysmiley47323 ай бұрын
Love this! I’m dyslexic, so a visual ( like charts) are so much easier for me to use than written lines! I’ll be doing this!
@helennorris18883 ай бұрын
This approach to a one page pattern blueprint sounds like an awesome idea. I will certainly try it!
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Hope you enjoy it!
@angelagoldman5899Ай бұрын
Boy, am I glad that I found your channel! Have you ever looked at a pattern drafted by a Japanese designer? They use essentially the same approach although the notations are somewhat different and include some additional details which you might want to consider adding to your maps. I agree that the most valuable part of this approach is that it forces you to read closely through the pattern up front. Then you can make sure you understand the directions before you incorporate them into your blueprint. Personally, I use a different approach that helps me avoid mistakes from misreading the small, single spaced text in patterns and the small charts. In any event, probably the most important thing is to choose an approach that works best for you and the way your mind works.
@KnicoleknitsАй бұрын
Thank you so much for this thoughtful comment. You are absolutely right that whatever notation method works for you is the “right” method. 🥰
@christiandadswell8202Ай бұрын
I love knitting garments in pieces bottom up and the stitching them together. It's so much easier having smaller pieces on the needle than the whole garment towards the end.
@ninosays14 күн бұрын
Like Japanese patterns. They’re absolutely ingenious
@kathyblack44652 ай бұрын
Remember last year when you blew my mind by highlighting my pattern where I had my size!! This is epic! I love it.
@Knicoleknits2 ай бұрын
Ha ha! I'm surprised I haven't shown you this before. 😋
@blou55983 ай бұрын
Excellent tip for truly understanding a pattern and creating a blueprint. I will be trying this!
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Fantastic!
@CreaNedda12 ай бұрын
Wow, I am so glad the algorithm led me to your channel - this was such a helpful video and I love your positive vibe!! Subscribed immediately and look forward to binge watching your other videos. Thanks and greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰🌺
@Knicoleknits2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! 😊
@DesigingJ3 ай бұрын
I’ve been using knit companion for several years. I love it. Does take time to learn the more advanced features
@beanaasz40693 ай бұрын
I have just found you. This is the second video I have watched. I did subscribe so I won't miss anything. So very interesting. Thank you.
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for subscribing! ☺️
@cheryldemea25093 ай бұрын
Wonderful! Im excited to try this! Thank you🎉
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Hope you like it!
@paulafralick29053 ай бұрын
I am a committed to knit companion. I do go through and highlight my numbers and find this works for me. I have also used the tin can knits app and it is awesome.
@rainieraine11923 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing, this is great. I usually just dive straight into a new project but as you said this way you go through all the pattern, so no surprises. It will also work very well for converting hand knit patterns to machine knitting ones. Great knitting tips too.
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! 😁
@karenhart29233 ай бұрын
Oh bless you , i have knitted a top down sweater over and over and over and over and ovwr again , and when you told me not to knit the ribbing then knit the yoke , i said to myself ..... this woman knows . Thankyou , im going to try and attempt the flax sweater .
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
I guarantee you will see a big difference 😊
@nz-nz3 ай бұрын
Looks like we’re all “on the one page” then!!! Great explanation 👍👍
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Yes! Thank you!
@kathyblack44652 ай бұрын
I love this!! So much great information. Thanks Nicole.
@Knicoleknits2 ай бұрын
🥰🥰🥰
@manonc18883 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for all these great tips! Will definitely give it a shot! Keep up your great work
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
You're so welcome! 😊
@Pine-uc7pm3 ай бұрын
Thia is brilliant!
@cathydavies15483 ай бұрын
I drew out my next pattern while watching. It was helpful and reminded me of a couple of adaptations I wanted to make and so I marked them on my pattern too.
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Excellent!!
@valeriecomba37293 ай бұрын
Brilliant! Thanks Nicole!
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
You're so welcome!
@nanfredman1991Ай бұрын
Got the Tin Can knits app! I use Knit Companion, too, which allows one to create a “perfect” page of instructions in the app. Now I wish it had a virtual blueprint, too, Easy enough to make on my own, I suppose. I haz Photoshop, after all.😜
@DesigingJ3 ай бұрын
I recently found you. I subscribed. You provide a lot of good info. Thank you
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Thanks for subscribing! 😊
@sabinesinghofen83123 ай бұрын
45:11 i went this direction by turning my favourite sewing pattern into a knitting pattern. I made a copy of thesewing pattern and turned my gauge into stitches and rows. You gave me great ideas how to put much more information into that drawing. Glad I found you!
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Yes! I’ve always thought this would be a fun experiment. How did it turn out?
@sabinesinghofen83123 ай бұрын
I started bottom up two days ago. The first couple of cm went beautifully. Now it is just the rest to knit. I'm quite optimistic 😂.
@jodydcrawford54703 ай бұрын
This is fantastic, thank you!
@Bethabara93 ай бұрын
I have been doing almost this exact thing. My "pattern notes" look like some kind of madman diary, lol. It really helps. But Im going to make the pattern you made up, haha! Intuitively, I think you nailed it! This and the tutorial about threading yarn for stitch counting, can reduce half the knitting time! Thanks again for the great tips!
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
You’re most welcome 🤗
@lavendercottagefibrearts3 ай бұрын
such a great idea. a test knit I'm doing that is a sweater knit flat with a modular construction included a really helpful schematic to show how the garment is constructed, similar to the tin can knits pattern you showed but it never occurred to me to jot down my stitch counts on it, and i'd basically have the whole pattern on one page. thanks for this tutorial!
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
You’re most welcome! I’m all in for anything that makes knitting easier 😁
@valoriec3 ай бұрын
I've done this exact thing with cardigans I designed myself, but I've never thought to map out a pattern I've purchased. I'll have to give this a try! I find these blueprints much easier to follow. Edited to add that I love your sweater. It's gorgeous and flattering. And I use KnitCompanion. I love it! I can cut and paste graph sections onto one page too. :)
@verohavre39203 ай бұрын
That's a great idea. Because I had to do some adaptions for my last project, I set up a scale of 20 pages. It was a good thing to go through the pattern, but awfull to look at. My next tee starting soon, I will try this method. I'm very exited. ❤ Thanks for explaining it to me.
@DianeVancouver3 ай бұрын
Excited to see you are a lefty, but realize you don’t knit as one -sad for me. I’ve always been a lefty knitter and crocheter. Have tried to be a righty many times but it’s just wrong for my brain and hands. Relearned or picked up knitting again during Covid time when forced to retire. Glad, to hear of the Tin Can Knits app. I learned to knit socks from their free pattern and have made the Rye sweater. I’ll download the app and try it out. As for your one page schematic - great idea. I had been making notes and drawings on the back of printed out patterns and on scraps of paper! Your approach is way better! Enjoy your posts and always learn something. Thanks.
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for watching! You’re going to love the Tin Can Knits app 😊
@kerryrandall66183 ай бұрын
Thank you Nicole. Having reached that certain age, I have made life hard for myself (for a while now), misinterpreting pattern instructions when they are too wordy, and discovering the error later in the project, and trying to correct without tinking back heaps of knitting. I check the pattern schematic and guage swatch before starting, but seem to go off track a number of pages into the pattern. This quick visual reference, technique breaking down the pattern, may be the answer to my wandering memory. Ticking off the instructions of the blueprint as they are completed. I will be utilising this exercise for my next garment project
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
I’m so happy this might be the answer for you! 😊
@nanfredman19913 ай бұрын
Diagrams are always good! Mind you, I use Knit Companion to cobble together my “perfect” instruction pages with all the built in counters and colored charts one could desire. 😉 Yes, I was a programmer/ web developer before I began knitting, so it all looks like scripting to me. 😊
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Ha ha! My IT support and I have always spoken of knitting as coding 😁
@jenniferwinchester19133 ай бұрын
I’m a crocheter. I’m going to try this with crochet patterns.
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Yay!
@karlamilton52813 ай бұрын
I usually have a small dog and a large cat on my lap when knitting. (Before I started using magic loop my hubby would trim my long straight needles to avoid flicking ears of said pets) I always grab a fair size sticky to use for my reference notes. How dare I disturb the sleeping pets. Lol. ‘Let sleeping dogs (and cats) lie’ they say. 😊
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Ha ha! Love this 🥰
@kaylemoine15713 ай бұрын
The sweater you are wearing is glorious! What pattern is it?
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
It’s Gramercy Park by Patty Lyons, but the neckline is my own creation. I wrote a detailed blog post about it on my website. I’ve put a link in the video description box 😊
@wendyboughton11403 ай бұрын
I wish I could "see" the project this way but I am far too literal a knitter. I do think it will help me though. I hand write out every pattern before I start it. Yup, long hand written instructions in the size I am doing in my trusty knitting notebook. I find that writing out the pattern solidifies it in my head before I start the project. I am going to try adding a blueprint drawing to my next pattern and see if it will make sense to me. Thanks for the great tips!
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
It’s worth it to give it a try. Not everyone’s brain works the same way, of course, but you might surprise yourself 😋
@despinavassos78652 ай бұрын
This was great Nicole! It has really helped me to "see the pattern".❤ Also thank for the tip to add the collar later. Would you advise the same for a turtleneck?
@Knicoleknits2 ай бұрын
I've never knit a turtleneck myself (not fond of stuff up close to my neck), but my educated guess is that there's enough structure in that type of neckline to support the rest of the garment below, so you could probably safely start with the neck finishing in that case and move into the body immediately after. 😊
@despinavassos78652 ай бұрын
@@Knicoleknits thanks Nicole!😊
@jerikellyart90893 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for the information. Would love to see the video about the app.
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Yay! Thanks for letting me know 😊
@lieslnew8247Ай бұрын
Thx Nicole. I think I will give this a try. I think it will force me to read through the whole pattern first. Update: I tried. I REALLLLY tried but I found I was just rewriting the whole pattern. I agree it did force me to read the whole pattern but it did not work for me this time. Maybe I just need more practice. 😊
@KnicoleknitsАй бұрын
It's great that you gave it a go! Some patterns are a bit too complex for the whole thing to be a blueprint. Maybe practice on something quite simple first and see how that goes. Even if it's not something you plan to knit, it could help with the concept 😊
@user-cl9mr3td9l3 ай бұрын
I like your suggestion to do the neckline ribbing after. I'm a bit confused why you would cast on with the smaller needle. Wondering if this would make the neck edge tight? Is there a specific cast on technique you would suggest?
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Thank you! Good point. If you're not knitting the ribbing first, you can skip right to the larger needle. I should have noted that in the video. Considering you're going to be picking up stitches below the entire cast on, it doesn't need to be anything special. I generally use a long tail cast on for this type of top down 😊
@user-cl9mr3td9l3 ай бұрын
@@Knicoleknitsthank you so much! Love your videos!
@annalisacorum3 ай бұрын
I am really interested in your sweater's adaptations. Could you go over them?
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
It’s Gramercy Park by Patty Lyons, but the neckline is my own creation. I wrote a detailed blog post about it on my website. I’ve put a link in the video description box 😊
@ic75052 ай бұрын
I’m sure 🤞creating schematics gets easier with practice. I’m experiencing so much frustration knitting a size inclusive lace cardigan on KnitCompanion, flipping back and forth as the designer has parts that are used for all sizes. It is SO frustrating 😱 and I often lose my place (as well as the will to live) as I skip back and forth, back and forth. I use the free version. I doubt the paid version would make a difference. Your idea looks great but by the time I would have done all that work, again I’d have lost the will to live 🤪. I just want to knit! Sigh. Perhaps I should stick to blankets. 🤩. It’s a great tutorial though. I have sleeves to knit yet and a button band. Perhaps I’ll give your idea a look at for the sleeves. All the increases while keeping two lace patterns intact - what was I thinking 😱
@Knicoleknits2 ай бұрын
Oh goodness! I'm sorry you're getting so frustrated...that's no fun at all. I totally understand, though. Trying it out on a simpler piece like a sleeve is a really good idea. Once you've got the concept down, it will be easier. Patty Lyons also said that she's doing a class with Vogue Knitting (I suspect an online class), so you might consider doing that to get more detail and explanation. 😊
@ic75052 ай бұрын
@@Knicoleknits I actually took notes today on the sleeve pattern before I started knitting. I know I caught instructions/nuances that I wouldn’t have if I hadn’t watched your video. Thank you. And I’ll definitely go search for the Parry Lyons video. 🥰
@categ503 ай бұрын
I just looked at this. Great idea!! I am 1/2 finished with the Anker's Summer Shirt and yes, I did knit the rib neck band first. But, maybe this is one of the exceptions as the yoke pattern is also 1X1 rib??? Looks OK so far. I am doing the cut & paste on my 52 Weeks of Socks book so I don't have to write in the book.
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Yes, I think that pattern might be one of the exceptions. You can often get away with it in lighter weight knits 😊
@categ503 ай бұрын
@@Knicoleknits I'm using Cascade Ultra Pima 100% cotton. It's knitting up a little stiffer than the Sandnes Line, but it's very nice.
@amarisjoseph3 ай бұрын
I still knit sweater flat n seam together
@Knicoleknits3 ай бұрын
Excellent! 😁
@valeriebishop5612 ай бұрын
Gosh right.. i've never started with ribbing at the neck I don't think like this one does. Hmmm.
@valeriea.gladstone64403 ай бұрын
I always tell nnew knitters to read the pattern and make nots!