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The rule that rows alternate direction as the work turns.
Also known as: Chart direction, Reading a knitting chart
A knitting chart is read from the bottom up, right to left on right-side rows and left to right on wrong-side rows, because the work is turned between them. Charts worked in the round are read right to left throughout, since the work is never turned.
Is read from the bottom upward, alternating direction row by row to follow the turning of the work.
Contexts: Laundry
Is read in one direction throughout when the piece is worked in the round, because the work is never turned.
Contexts: Laundry
Makes a symbol mean its opposite on the reverse row, so a knit symbol is worked as a purl when the wrong side faces the knitter.
Contexts: Laundry
A grid of small squares each carrying a stitch symbol, numbered along both edges.