How to Read the Pattern Diagrams

First of all—and this is easy to overlook; I often make the l-to-r mistake when I forget to pay attention to what I’m doing—READ ROW INSTRUCTIONS LEFT-TO-RIGHT ON EVEN ROWS, RIGHT-TO-LEFT ON ODD ROWS.

These colors usually appear only on three-layer warp (3LW) patterns:

Red = UNDER

Blue = OVER

White or Gray = PLAIN weave

Green = optional Under

Light Blue = optional Over — not used very often

Here are some examples:

Star Valley

Berries with 2 Diamonds

Diamonds Stitch 2

Heart Band Bar X variation

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These colors usually appear only on two-layer warp (2LW) patterns:

Red or Pink= UNDER

Blue or Light Blue  or White = OVER

Lavender = optional Over or Under — not used very often

Here is an example:

Heart Columns with reverse

I use red or blue to indicate when more than one warp is skipped; pink and light blue indicate plain weave stitches within the pattern. Because I paint each square individually when designing my patterns, I don’t always fill in all the squares, thus white squares indicate plain weave Over stitches.

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The following illustration explains the numbers across the top and bottom of the chart.

Cross My Heart 3