I love graph paper these days. I have several different types of graph
paper with different sized squares. I use it to play with stitch
patterns and to layout how those stitches will work together in the
actual design. I also go through a lot of pencil lead and erasers!
The picture above shows a sketch on graph paper for a shawl (or rather
half of a triangular shawl--it gets repeated for the other half). With
this sketch, one piece of graph paper wasn't enough to be able to get a
good representation of the chart, so I had to tape multiple pieces of
graph paper together. I remember spreading this out on my kitchen table
and working on it there because my desk wasn't big enough!
Once I have a stitch pattern charted out on graph paper, I move to my
computer and use my charting program to draw the chart. (I use
StitchMastery,
which I really like, but there are several other program options out
there.) From there, I write up a quick set of instructions for the
pattern, insert the charts, and start my sample knit.
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