Are you a pattern chart person or an instruction person?
I used to think I was more of a written pattern instruction person…I especially find charts confusing when I'm doing knitted cables. For some oddball reason, I find written instructions (C4F, C4B, T3F, etc.) easier to comprehend.
I think the opposite is true with crocheting, though. For the 2012 Waverly for Bernat Mystery Afghan Crochet-Along, I've been printing out both the written pattern and the chart. All I can say is, THANK GOD FOR THE CHART!!! The past two clues have been extremely confusing, and I think I would have been sunk without the charts. Clue #3, in particular, is beyond inexplicable, what with needing to chain 7 and then doubling back, and then going forward, chaining 7, doubling back--on and on around in a circle. When I just read the pattern, I almost broke out into a spontaneous migraine. When I checked the chart, it all became clear.
Go figure...
Post Script...I found it was easier to do all the motifs up to the part where you break the yarn FIRST. That way, I got that weird "doubling-back" section out of the way!
