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Notations where the writing is the thing rather than a description of it. A tartan sett is a thread count that fully determines the cloth, so a weaver anywhere can reproduce a tartan from the string alone and a national register holds setts against names. A weaving draft computes its own result — the drawdown follows from the threading, the tie-up and the treadling, which is why changing one square in the tie-up changes the whole pattern. A crochet chart is laid out in the shape of the finished piece, and a yarn weight symbol is a voluntary American scheme that does not map onto British names, which is why substitutions go wrong.
A thread count written as colour codes and numbers, defining a tartan.
Four linked grids specifying threading, tie-up, treadling and the resulting cloth.
A numbered skein icon on a ball band, giving a yarn's thickness category.
A diagram of stitch symbols arranged in the shape of the finished piece.
The grid of symbols that represents a knitted fabric one stitch per square.