You are not alone in your frustration. Very often I have to write out what I am to do for each line of the repeats. I need things *spelled out.* Then I check each row off as I complete it.
(Some writers of instructions are better than others. I like Rowan patterns but ohmygod they are hard for me to follow. And then patterns from the 70s, 60s, and earlier...its almost like reading code.)
@eyrea @alexisbushnell @knitting
😄 I stand corrected.
@PatsyBaloney @eyrea @alexisbushnell @knitting
One of my greatest joys, early in my #knittinghistory, was the realization that all #knitting patterns are algorithms.
"A finite set of unambiguous instructions which, given a set of initial conditions, performed in a prescribed sequence, result in a certain output, and the completion is identifiable as such."
The unambiguous part may sometimes be disputed.
@amgine @eyrea @alexisbushnell @knitting
I love this!
(standing ovation! 💐)
@amgine @PatsyBaloney @alexisbushnell @knitting Exactly. I wound up experiencing it the other way, learning how to write code as a kid a few years after I'd learned to read knitting patterns.
I realized the loops and branching were similar structures, and that the sizes and stitch counts were in arrays. In BASIC even some of the syntax is the same.
@eyrea @amgine @alexisbushnell @knitting
Someone somewhere is going to write her Thesis on this. And I want to read it.
@venite @PatsyBaloney @amgine @alexisbushnell @knitting Oh cool! I would have loved to hear that.
Have you seen Shirley Paden's "how to design knitwear" book? Before she got into knit design she was a software developer, and that comes out when she's explaining things like decrease rates.
@venite Here's an Amazon Canada link to give you the book details
Knitwear Design Workshop: A Comprehensive Guide to Handknits by Shirley Paden (2010-03-01) https://a.co/d/iPbLh0u
@venite @eyrea @amgine @alexisbushnell @knitting
What?! Would love to have heard or read it. Is it online?
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