Knitting Chart

編み図 / 19th century– / Style / Notation Systems

The sheet music of the needle: stitches encoded as symbols on a grid. Japan's JIS stitch symbols compress each operation into one figure — design you can see before reading, in contrast to the West's written-out patterns.

The grid of stitch symbols / One stitch, one symbol / Row and stitch coordinates / Correspondence to the finished fabric

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Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
JIS stitch symbols / Western written patterns / Fair Isle charting culture

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