Owlery Knits Hand knitting reference
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Legend table

A working reference for hand knitters. Every entry opens with the legend band it uses, then the working chart with the stitch count printed on every round, then the measurements and the yardage the numbers were actually tested at.

Published
20
Scheduled
8
Family
11
Symbols
5
Everything published at Owlery Knits
Symbol Symbol swatch Entry Type Family Level Published
V Garter stitch baby blanket: the project that cannot go wrong - garter symbol swatch Garter stitch baby blanket: the project that cannot go wrong garter
V Chunky drop-shoulder jumper: no shaping, six evenings - st st symbol swatch Chunky drop-shoulder jumper: no shaping, six evenings st st
∧ Seamed Aran sweater: cables, honeycomb and a swatch that tells the truth - C4F / C4B symbol swatch Seamed Aran sweater: cables, honeycomb and a swatch that tells the truth C4F / C4B
V Top-down linen summer tee: raglan, seamless, four sizes - st st symbol swatch Top-down linen summer tee: raglan, seamless, four sizes st st
∧ Short rows with wrap and turn: adding depth to a flat piece - w&t symbol swatch Short rows with wrap and turn: adding depth to a flat piece w&t
- Mattress stitch: the seam that disappears - mattress symbol swatch Mattress stitch: the seam that disappears mattress
∧ Three-needle bind-off: joining two live edges without sewing - 3-needle BO symbol swatch Three-needle bind-off: joining two live edges without sewing 3-needle BO
O The lace pair: yarn over plus a leaning decrease - yo + ssk symbol swatch The lace pair: yarn over plus a leaning decrease yo + ssk
∧ Four-stitch front cable (C4F): swapping columns on purpose - C4F symbol swatch Four-stitch front cable (C4F): swapping columns on purpose C4F
∧ Make one left and right (m1l / m1r): increases without holes - m1l / m1r symbol swatch Make one left and right (m1l / m1r): increases without holes m1l / m1r
∧ Slip, slip, knit (ssk): the left-leaning mirror of k2tog - ssk symbol swatch Slip, slip, knit (ssk): the left-leaning mirror of k2tog ssk
V Cuff-down vanilla socks: a 64-stitch template you can adjust - k2p2 / st st symbol swatch Cuff-down vanilla socks: a 64-stitch template you can adjust k2p2 / st st
- Swatching and gauge maths that actually predicts the finished size - gauge symbol swatch Swatching and gauge maths that actually predicts the finished size gauge
V Ribbed worsted beanie: the four-hour first hat - k2p2 symbol swatch Ribbed worsted beanie: the four-hour first hat k2p2
V How to read a knitting chart without counting every stitch - chart symbol swatch How to read a knitting chart without counting every stitch chart
- One-by-one ribbing: the smallest stretch fabric in knitting - k1p1 symbol swatch One-by-one ribbing: the smallest stretch fabric in knitting k1p1
∧ Knit two together (k2tog): the everyday right-leaning decrease - k2tog symbol swatch Knit two together (k2tog): the everyday right-leaning decrease k2tog
O Yarn over (yo): a deliberate hole that adds a stitch - yo symbol swatch Yarn over (yo): a deliberate hole that adds a stitch yo
- Purl stitch (p): the bump on the back of every knit - p symbol swatch Purl stitch (p): the bump on the back of every knit p
V Knit stitch (k): what the little V is made of - k symbol swatch Knit stitch (k): what the little V is made of k

How to read a legend row

Each row is one entry. The symbol column carries the chart glyph the entry is built from, and the swatch beside it is a real rendering of its motif matrix - the same figure the detail page shows at the top and the same one declared as the page image in structured data, so what you learn to recognise here does not change when you open the entry.

Type separates a single stitch from a full pattern from a technique tutorial. Family groups entries by what the knitting does rather than what it looks like, so a decrease stitch and a shaped garment sit in different families even when their charts resemble each other. Level describes how much knitting you need behind you to read the entry, not how ambitious the finished object is.

Where the numbers come from

Gauge is always stated as stitches and rows per 10 cm (4 in) measured flat after blocking, because that is the one figure that survives a wash. Every measurement table on the site is calculated from the stated gauge. If your gauge differs, the stitch counts in the chart will not land where the measurements say they should - change your needle, not the count.

Yardage is given in metres for each size in the measurement table, with ten percent already added for the swatch, the cast-on tail and one repair. Where a design uses a second colour, the contrast figure is listed as its own row rather than folded into the total - otherwise you buy to the total and come up one colour short.

How this archive publishes

Entries go live on a schedule rather than all at once. 20 are published in the table above, and the remaining 8 each carry a future publication date; when that date passes the next build publishes them into this table, the index and the sitemap without anything else being touched.

Every entry was knitted at the gauge it states, measured flat and again after blocking, and written up from those two sets of numbers. Where a chart was corrected after testing, the correction is written into the step it affects rather than parked on a separate errata page for you to reconcile yourself.