Reading Crochet Chart Symbol: Basics, Tips and Tricks

[@Olga-eo3sf]

I have been crocheting/knitting for 60 years, but I haven't the past 5 years. I got a crochet pattern book at the library and was shocked when I saw the new way of reading "diagramed" instructions.". I had no idea how to do that. Your video is EXCELLENT. Thank you, thank you. Now I can also teach my granddaughters how to read them.

[@MarlyBird]

Glad I could help.

[@kraftylynne6544]

During the Corona Virus quarantine, I promised myself to learn how to read crochet patterns with symbols. You made it so easy. By the time you finished, I didn't have one question. Now I'm going to look for an easy pattern and try it. Thank you for your time and effort and easy teaching style. May God keep you safe.

[@debbieolagues5283]

This video was so wonderful! I learned to crochet using crochet charts. I still have a few copies of Crochet Fantasy magazines from1985 and 1986. These magazines had both the written instructions, which I rarely used, and the charts for the patterns. When I started crocheting again I had difficulty reading patterns because, in many cases, charts were not included, only the written patterns. It was like decoding a secret message. I can now read and write patterns using this "code." I agree with you when you say that the chart makes following a pattern so much easier. I am a visual learner. Watching your video was such a great way to refresh my old chart reading skills. Your explanation of the symbols was so easy to follow I know It must have helped many to understand crochet charts much better. Thank you for all the time and effort you put into making this video.

[@asaldanapr]

Thank you so very much for this video. I am still trying not to quit crocheting after 6 months because even if I know the basic stitches, I get totally discombobulated trying to follow the written patterns, really totally lost. I am 73 and although my mother tried to teach me several times I just could not pay attention, get into it. I’m glad I recently found out that I’m autistic AND have ADHD which basically explained my life! My autistic “special thing” all my life has been researching and learning, even though I was probably never really going to use whatever that specific knowledge was. I really like crochet but I after I got the basics I tried to make things ,if I have a video tutorial and play it multiple times until I memorize it. So I think this will be my hobby for hopefully a long time after now “ getting” how to read the chart or diagram and forget reading the pattern. I felt so dumb and frustrated getting lost in the pattern. So thanks again and please forgive the long boring “rant”.

[@stupidcrayon]

I have been crocheting since 2011 and never tried to learn to read chats until just now (needed to know for a pattern). I wish I had tried to learn before because this seems to make it easier! Thank you for your detailed explanation.

[@جوجوعلي-ق7س]

Thank you for translating the episodes in the channel.. Greetings to you all 😘😘😘😘😘

[@nerzcraftdiy4410]

Thank you this helps me a lot... Im crocheting since I was teenager trying to make a written pattern but it always end up failed now making video for my crocheting project so I can remember everything when I have to make it again...

[@shafini61]

Ohh.. this is really help for beginners like me... My mom left handed & used to knitting.. I'm right handed & I'll keep it up doing my own crohet as nice as my mom's design...& also this tutoring so that we can easy crochet, happy crochet!!! Have a nice day!

[@lauraslearningcrochet9405]

You are A-M-A-Z-I-NG!!! I can NOT Thank You ENOUGH! I have been watching "how to read Crochet Charts" videos ALL DAY, and I swear, none of them made any sense until I watched yours!! It's like you are the ONLY person out in KZbin-Land who took the time to explain the charts at a beginner's level, whereas everyone else was trying to sound all hoity-toity, "I know more than you do", yadda, yadda, yadda... 🙄 I just found you, so I am going to see what tutorials you have to offer! I am praying that you are offering what I'm needing! Thank You again SO MUCH! Consider me a Subscriber-For-Life!!! 💕

[@burrumgirl1]

My biggest problem is where to start, and in some cases where to go next when following a mess of symbols. Your chart is nice and obvious as you say, but some I have seen are just a big mess with no starting point. I try to work them out in my head but end up baffled. How do you handle rows when they don't actually indicate where the row is going, it seems to have several paths it could follow. This post is as hard to understand as the patterns I try to read, hope you can grasp what I mean.Also would it be clearer if I actually crocheted instead of trying to understand it mentally. Thanks for a great tutorial, I have subscribed and liked.

[@pennypalmisano179]

I'm thrilled with this video! I am new to crocheting. Actually my Grannie was left-handed like me and taught me when I was about 12 yrs old. I'm now starting it again so this video was so helpful. Thanks!

[@jackiemendham9980]

This has really helped me understand the charts better than anyone else has explained it! I crochet doilies and I have always avoided oval doilies because I never understood the instructions, this is going to make this so much easier!

[@maitreyikanjilal1040]

I really appreciate your efforts. You've demystified all these stitches and explained it so simply and clearly. Thank you : )

[@elainemcculloch1160]

Thank you for this tutorial. I may well be tempted to follow a chart as you seemed to explain it so clearly. Prior to this video I thought the charts were so confusing. I’ve watched other tutorials on charts and still couldn’t understand it but this looks ‘easy’.

[@jennyallan8794]

Thank you for sharing, I'm a newby to crochet and just even contemplating reading a pattern is very daunting, you made it clearer for me, many thanks xx

[@tofufapud9621]

finally i know how to read chart, thankyou for the explanation

[@MarlyBird]

You're welcome 😊

[@elainewalsh9075]

Thanks for the tips! I never would have been able to figure out a complicated amigurumi parrot pattern without the chart. I love your suggestion to make my own chart for patterns.

[@Bestiesimo]

I love you! This video is so simple that i understood every part of it. I'm grateful 🙏

[@amymaschue3348]

Excellent video!!! Thank you!!

[@ashibafraser2598]

Thankyou so much it's my first time learning about crochet charts and I totally understand from your teaching

[@baguswani9779]

Thank you for making reading so easy. I was always get lost in the instructions ❤

[@nonamonsod]

This is very helpful! I was getting tired of watching video tutorials that make me pause play and rewind so many times so I looked for written patterns. Was about to give up crochet when I saw how complicated those were. Thanks for making it easier!

[@Janesdesigns]

I wanted to say thank you, you made it possible for me to read a chart and have it make sense. I have struggled with it for a long time. Thanks again.

[@planetomars]

From one Marley to another, THANK YOU!! I always see the cutest patterns but they’re always drawn out like this, now I can do them!

[@noralowery2532]

Thank you. I am a chart or diagram type of person and this really helped me.

[@sharonweaver2527]

Thanks so much I Knew how to read crochet charts symbols but you put the icing on the cake, I needed this basic tips and tricks vedio.🙌

[@happyface1369]

Never read charts before cause it looked so complicated and was confusing so I gave up until I ran across you and this video. Thanks for sharing this great information. I know now I can read charts!

[@tashaw.950]

Thank you for helping me figure out how to read these graphs! They were definitely very overwhelming before watching your video.

[@cheriesmith5140]

this is the best tutorial! I have watched a few that go with words and chart and still confused me. this is very clearly taught. thank you!!

[@tiffanyadams879]

OMG, thank you. Sooo much better than reading the written.

[@MarlyBird]

You're very welcome!

[@asheeeeeet]

Hi! I'm from the Philippines. Just wanted to say that your teaching is so clear and efficient! :) Thank you so much!

[@MarlyBird]

Thank you for watching :-)

[@CherylFlynn1]

Oh man! Thank you so very much, Ms Bird. You just gave me the missing piece of the puzzle and made me love crochet.

[@parvathi209]

Thanks a lot..I have no idea how to go with charts till now..

[@tammymishue7590]

Thank You Soooooo Much for breaking down the codes..... I am currently crochet your no stopping me now shawl and LOVE the chart....I think now I'd prefer the chart now and will look for pattern and stitch books that have good chart from here on out. Thank you again😊👍🏻

[@mercypeters7913]

I love your last smiles

[@fabipivete]

Very, very nice video, the best, clearest, simplest explanation on chart/diagram reading! Thank you very much for this!

[@ShiraAnthony]

Super helpful! Thanks for posting.

[@MarlyBird]

Glad it was helpful!

[@FreeGrammaHugs]

I have been struggling to understand stitch graphs but this video has made it super clear. Thank you so much! 😀

[@jackiemartinez-kaufman846]

Excellent thank you for the printouts saved me a lot of trouble

[@HeidiHansenPhoto]

Thank you! I like your style of teaching. I look forward to giving charts a try.

[@damarissanchez9040]

Thank you so much for this explanation and all your tips!

[@jacibledsoe9647]

Great video!!! I was taught by watching and sometimes I use written patterns. never a chart. Thanks a million!!! I would like to know how to get the pattern for the white sweater on the ad page for this video.

[@jessiemagee3098]

Holy moly! Great explanation of the charts! Thank you for this!

[@kalpanatyle4052]

Well explained tutorial, Thank you

[@fatimekoulibaly8735]

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you 🙏🏽

[@noniof02]

Great tutorial. You broke it down in laymen's terms so easy to understand. Thank you! I'm off to try my first project using a diagram!

[@IrynaBoehland]

Thank you, Marly, very well done! American crocheters will learn this in no time! UK though, has a slight difference in naming each crochet stitch.

[@MarlyBird]

Iryna Boehland Yes, but that is what is so wonderful. Without even knowing the name of the stitch you know what to do when you see the capital T with the slash on it. In the UK that would be a Treble but in US it is a Double crochet ;)

[@IrynaBoehland]

Marly Bird I know! I love to use Japanese charts for that reason too

[@kzmarler9323]

Oh thank you so much you made and explain it clearly. I am a total beginner and trying to understand on how to read crochet charts pattern as well as the symbols ❤️ you have gain a subscriber 👌🏼. Can you make a video on how to write a pattern?

[@marty.smarty]

Your video was awesome!! You really explained everything well, and I'm starting to understand Crochet Charts!! Continue to do what you love!! Thank you, ma'am

[@lindahenderson5921]

Thank you for sharing this tutorial. You explained it so well.

[@avanworm]

Very clear and easily understood

[@dr.hebagadallahclinicalpha9871]

I have known this for ages , but I love your way of explanation.

[@georginahighfield2615]

Thank you, I feel more confident to start working from a chart now rather than following along from a video :)

[@madisonutube3524]

THANK YOU! I'm a fan! YOU are a great teacher!. Great video optics and voice!

[@lesleyfarris4025]

Thank you for all that work you've done for us.

[@MarlyBird]

+Lesley Farris it's my pleasure

[@yvonnejones4217]

Brilliant always struggle with written patterns

[@valeriecourtney5725]

Thanks! You explained it so well! Been a long time since I did a chart crochet!

[@barbarabarr521]

Thank you for your quick response. No, not in the written pattern. The crochet graph you are teaching us shows the words. [_____Repeat ______] at the bottom of the graph. Thanks again. Much appreciated !

[@boosteel9931]

OMG!!!! Thankyou so much for this video. You have made it so clear for me to understand. Keep up the great work!!

[@Bunny20246]

This was awesome and extremely helpful im starting to watch the basics of reading patterns and diagrams as im getting into making sweaters so im making sure i watch these awesome videos!

[@shortgiraffe6311]

Thank you so very much for this! 🙏❤🙏

[@maryd5231]

This is soooooo helpful!!! It makes sense! Thank you!

[@michaelbullock4874]

So well explained! Thank you 🤗

[@terezaferreira7058]

Super helpful tutorial - thank you! :)

[@barbarabarr521]

Please would you explain what the repeat in a bracket indicates. Thank you so much for a very helpful tutorial.

[@MarlyBird]

You mean if there are brackets in a row of written instruction? That usually means a repeat of some sort. Do you have a specific example I can help with?

[@mimbob5683]

Thank you so much, you are amazing! 👏

[@robincastle7641]

This is so helpful, and I just wonder if there is a similar video for making a chart from written directions. I'm a bit dyslexic when it comes to reading patterns and sometimes don't catch an error until I'm rows and rows into a project. I find that when I have both the chart and the pattern it is easier to double check my work. I'm really tired of making a project even after a swatch, that I still have to pull apart because I didn't 'see' it right. Right now I'm working on a dragonfly pattern and just want to transpose the written directions into a chart. Any suggestions?

[@eddmorchids6605]

Thank you very much! I had a little difficulty to fully understand the charts, because no matter how I tried, it never worked out right ... again, thanks for the help.

[@natcuffy]

Hi, good job. Just to confirm for you that the stitch where you YO 4 times is called a Triple Treble. 😊

[@veronicaambarsari5053]

hello I'm from Indonesia...thank you for your video

[@cnrblog2660]

PERFECT explanation

[@elaforte173]

Nice to FINALLY understand! ThankYou!

[@MarlyBird]

GREAT!!!!!

[@tmoo4748]

Thank you for your clear and concise videos. They're the best! I am currently doing a basket-like project that I want start with a flat circle in the round, then transition to a tubular pattern (shells or arches.) Is there a way to read or convert a flat pattern so it can be crocheted in the round?

[@noradaisy0063]

Hi Marly, could you please make tutorial for how to figure out multiple for oval shape doily , cos it's so confusing , thanks for all tutorials.

[@kS-qu6lz]

WOW, thank you very much! You are an incredible teacher, I can't wait to start reading patterns!!

[@TomsCraftingCorner]

Very helpful thank you 😊👍

[@botanicalsbybrooke9722]

Awesome! Thank you! 🧶

[@pattyoconnor6121]

Very helpful! Thanks!!

[@marionstevens2977]

Thank you very much 😘❤️💖

[@BoldCreations]

Thanks so much for this video you made it so easy to understand!!!!

[@sabrinaaguilera7970]

can you explain row 6 please? I can read the symbols but you skipped over that row to explain it stitch for stitch on how they work into row 5. Thank you, great video

[@sarahspadel1936]

hi my name is Sarah spadel and I done a lot of crocheting and I am never did chart for saying thank you very much for showing me how

[@adiayarnarts2567]

Thank you this was very well explained.

[@MarlyBird]

thank you

[@cfrost87]

Although the symbol for the half double is the only one that has a yarn over, but doesn't have a slash as a part of the symbol

[@MissGreyBlueEyes]

charts are the best! thanx for your video;) greetings from Norway!;)

[@MarlyBird]

MissGreyBlueEyes Thank you for the kind compliment.

[@julia01575]

This was so helpful, thank you so much! :)

[@MarlyBird]

You're so welcome!

[@ZeenatsCreations]

That's wonderful. Thank uh

[@miabanana9498]

Very helpful, thank you!!

[@judy-ir5gd]

I have done rows 1-17 on sidewalk shawl, how do I do 18-45 when 11-17 rows are not as wide. I am using the chart, I don't understand the other repeat area. I love watching you. I want to get back and finish my shawl. Thank you.

[@MarlyBird]

judy HI judy, If you look at the chart...do you see the orange line showing the repeat section? When your piece gets larger and larger you will repeat the repeat section...just like you do when you are working with the words and you see * then a repeat from * until... :-) I hope that helps.

[@judy-ir5gd]

Marly Bird Thank you Marly, I figured it out a couple of days ago, now I can't put it down. I am hooked. I love the charts, I wish all patterns had charts. I am very new at this, what I have learned has been from watching you and the other ladies and Mikey.

[@saihlinewann1449]

Thank you so much.

[@janeseaward9590]

Wow!! Thank you sooooo much🇿🇦

[@justapeach8859]

So helpful! 💕 Thank you so much

[@benandnatalia7350]

awesome video & explanations!!

[@theresasutherland6295]

Marly do you have instruction how to do Partial double crochet.

[@amber438]

This vid is great. Do you still have the chart for download?

[@maxinejones1519]

Finally I understand! Thank you

[@Wendy-qo9ei]

Thank you so much for this great explanation!

[@macacanalspain-crotchetkni2623]

You explain well

[@ixchelskyfeather2513]

Thank you so much! You are an excellent teacher

[@aishwaryajangir2909]

As you say that with each row ,to turn the work .is it important to go that way or to carry on without turning? Is there a difference in both ...I'm actually confused as I'm a beginner . Btw, you are concise and you are the best! Keep up the good work.

[@MarlyBird]

If you are working on a project that requires you to turn the work then you would do that and read the pattern in a snake like motion. If you’re working in the round you would read the pattern from right to left, then start at the right again for the second row. Does that help?

[@se4048]

Oh plz plz do a virus shawl. U r really great at explaining the charts & the steps & I just cnt get it frm anyone else yet. Hopefully u take requests lol