Tracking Your Knitting Progress in Complex Patterns

There are many ways to keep track of your progress when working complex patterns with multiple shaping elements and stitch patterns.
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Join our pack
00:56 Identify important pattern elements
01:56 Decide how to track your progress
02:49 Tick Marks
07:00 Row counters
07:37 Tracking multiple charts
09:17 Physical guides
10:45 Final Notes
-- Shown in this Tutorial --
Pattern: Wallflower Sweater - shop.thechillydog.com/product...
Notions: stitch markers, row/rnd counter, magnetic board, pen/pencil, paper, sticky notes, cardstock, paperclips
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[@lesliefatout4731]

All good tips for keeping track of progress. One note: When using the physical guide, I like to place the guide ABOVE the row I'm working. This shows the stitches below the current row which helps me know if I'm working into the correct stitch. For example if I created a yarn over in the previous row, I can see on the chart what gets worked into that yarn over on the next row. This has saved me time and time again with intricate charted patterns (which I love to use!).

[@knittingchick50]

I’m exhausted just listening to you!😂

[@redrose9561]

Great tips! Thank you ❤

[@user-hq6rt7lh2c]

Knitting is an anachronistic activity, and more power and joy for that! But that doesn't necessarily mean that one must limit oneself to pre-Victorian materials or tools. For example, clearly printed and coloured instructions or plastic needles weren't available until the 20th century! So why the resistance to electric tools? Photocopiers, scanners, internet connections, computers, printers, coloured pens? A computer or photocopier allows one to increase or decrease the size of the print. A single photocopy means that one doesn't have to mark the original source. Multiple copies enable one to track various aspects of the pattern? Can someone explain this to me? I know that there's a great gap between what we elders know and what help we need sometimes. But that gap can bridged. For most of our problems, a grandchild or a Brownie pack could help you. ('There's a Brownie badge for this!) There's a computer or cell phone in just about any home. Even the library has a computer, and someone trained to help beginners. Let 's use what's at hand!