tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post5531998120517421446..comments2024-03-28T23:25:07.821+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-67794388680478639102017-01-18T16:48:32.615+00:002017-01-18T16:48:32.615+00:00I agree with you Barbara-Kay. Intellectually I app...I agree with you Barbara-Kay. Intellectually I appreciate charts but I feel more in control knitting from the text.MaureenTakomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522409462479539243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-47948615011756763322017-01-18T16:10:28.941+00:002017-01-18T16:10:28.941+00:00Fascinating question re charts. Alice Starmore se...Fascinating question re charts. Alice Starmore seems to have moved to charts for cabled patterns about 1990 if the dates on "Sweaters for Men" and "Fishermen's Sweaters" are to be believed. <br />However, Barbara Walker published "Charted Knitting Designs", her third Treasury, in 1972. Interestingly, the charts in that one look to be hand-drawn, and she explains at some length how she developed her system. She comments that European knitters are more likely to be already familiar with charts.<br />I don't recall exactly when I moved over, but it was more like 1990 than 1972.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-15474683141837134732017-01-18T15:04:20.198+00:002017-01-18T15:04:20.198+00:00I think it was the rise of easy picture publishing...I think it was the rise of easy picture publishing. Before, images had to be engraved or photo-engraved. It was expensive, and for a knitting book, the entire book would have had to be photoengraved - as if your blog were done entirely in jpegs, with no way to correct typos later. Then newer systems made it easier and cheaper to add pictures, and computers made it easier to create charts. The idea of charts wasn't new. There were hand-made charts of stranded patterns in the oldest Icelandic pattern books, and charts in medieval books of patterns for various forms of embroidery - the idea was old, but publishers had to be able to produce huge amounts quickly.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-90278764841422929542017-01-18T13:51:35.116+00:002017-01-18T13:51:35.116+00:00I charted Mrs Laidlaw's Pattern a zillion year...I charted Mrs Laidlaw's Pattern a zillion years ago because I couldn't fathom following it written out as it was in Gladys Thompson. IT was a painful process, and everytime I see it charted nicely, not in pencil on a graph paper pad, I am grateful for so much charting. Did charting become more popular when computers became more common?<br />Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-66983926486096367782017-01-18T13:17:10.953+00:002017-01-18T13:17:10.953+00:00It is wonderful that "the inexorable rise of ...It is wonderful that "the inexorable rise of common sense" has added the chart to knitting. I only wish that were true for American politics this last election year. Dreading Friday and turning to simple knitting to occupy a mind still numb. Best to Perdita. My husband, no fan of cats having kittens capriciously, once woke me early one morning to see a line of toms outside our front door waiting for our Chloe to emerge. The resulting litter was her last. We were all happier, and she lived a long, contented, much-loved life. Auntie Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118203805425721673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-14929986997255647712017-01-18T13:05:51.073+00:002017-01-18T13:05:51.073+00:00Are you watching any of the Australian open? Roge...Are you watching any of the Australian open? Roger pulled off a close fight early this morning in the US. I watched the third set thru one eye as it was 1 am by that time. But it was the closest. American Noah Rubin a qualifier gave a good fight and I will look for him in the future. But my heart is with Roger and even tho he flagged at the beginning of the third he reached deep and fought off several match points to take the tie breaker. If he continues he will play Andy ...... southern galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788322356884352516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-34330506348828883402017-01-18T05:06:52.405+00:002017-01-18T05:06:52.405+00:00I can knit from charts, but truly enjoy knitting f...I can knit from charts, but truly enjoy knitting from text. I guess the sentences remind me of algebra equations, with "the proof is left to the student as an exercise". (Sadly, in the United States students no longer prove Algebra equations. Ah, well.)Barbara-Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02314654682868474264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-78756180674510941572017-01-18T01:03:35.957+00:002017-01-18T01:03:35.957+00:00Jean, I very rarely comment but had to tell you ho...Jean, I very rarely comment but had to tell you how much I enjoy your blog. Everything from all the lucky family members you knit for to politics/tennis/books, and sp cially your experiences knitting over such a period of time. I'm pretty sure I learned the bit about the first stitch your needle goes into for a decrease is the one that ends up on top here, and it is one of my favorite bits of knitting wisdom. Sending you and yours (esp Perdita at the moment) all sorts of good wishes from NYC. Kathleen Dameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08841043417898798256noreply@blogger.com