When I knitted the chart below a few months ago, I did it
according to the instructions which told you to knit all 22 rows first, then
undo each stitch column and relatch the stitches to either knit or purl as indicated
using the seed stitcher. I found that very tedious, it was really like reknitting
the entire section and at times there was quite a gap between the stitches that
had to be converted to knit with some in between that now had to be relatched
back to purl, ouch! And putting my hands behind the knitting every time I came
across a stitch that merely had to be relatched back to purl was such a strain
on the back! I also found it hard to remember the stitch sequence for each column
as I was doing several repeats of this chart and I had to keep looking back
at it to to remember how many knits and how many purls! So I came up with another
method of knitting these, maybe you can give it a try if you like this type
of embossed knitting. No need for a seed stitcher either!
Chart A
This is how I knit the chart now: I take a piece of freezer or masking
tape that is as long as the needles I will be using and fold it in half, sticky
sides together. With some other very small pieces of tape, I stick it right
on top of the needle channels in front of the needle retainer bars. I'm not
sure if simply sticking the unfolded tape over the top of the channels would
leave any sticky residue or not, but I don't want to take that chance. If
you can think of a better method of fixing it in place, please, let me know!
After I have figured out how many repeats of the charts I am going to knit
and with which stitch number of the chart I am going to start at one end, I
write the stitch numbers for each repeat on the tape in the center of each needle
channel, like this:
Then I fix a piece of cardboard (I use clothes pins!) right above the row
that I am going to be reworking and knit the row. I look at my chart and check
which stitch number of each repeat on this row needs to be converted to knit
and for how many rows. If I am knitting five repeats of the chart, and I am,
let's say, on row 2, I convert the same stitch of each repeat across the row
so all I have to remember is: 1, 2. Meaning that the 1st stitch of each repeat
has to be converted to knit for two rows. So I would go along the row looking
at the numbers on my freezer tape and always putting my latch hook tool below
the second purl bump from the needle each time I get to stitch 1 of the next
repeat, drop it off the needle and relatch the two ladders to knit stitches.
Then on to stitch 2 of each repeat if they need to be converted on this row,
etc.
Maybe it's just me but I find it a lot easier to do this way. Another thing
that helps me if I have trouble seeing immediately what stitch number I am looking
at, is to write the stitch numbers right on the piece of cardboard so that as
I move it up, the stitch number is always right there above the square I am
looking at.
