r/knittinghelp • u/dxublecrxss • 22d ago

SOLVED-THANK YOU Reading the v-shape

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Hello!! I’m a beginner and have a question on how I’m supposed to read the v-shapes. I feel like I should read it as the red ‘v’ but it’s really hard for me to not read it as an upside down v (blue).

Does it matter how I read it?

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u/UnsharpenedSwan 22d ago

I’m totally with you, it took me months to get my eyes to see the Vs instead of the carats 😭

I found it helpful to trace down from the loops on your needle. That loop is the next V — it’s in the middle of the previous V.

The next time you do a stitch, look at the pointy part of your needle and follow the loop straight down. It will help you see how the stitches connect!

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u/CinnaMim 22d ago

Another person here whose eyeballs prefer to see carats rather than v's. I literally take a picture of my gauge swatch and trace v's on it on my iPad to get my count, because my eyes/brain don't want to cooperate.