CROCHET CHART READING EXERCISES
Original digital exercises, prepared 11 October 2026.
Not yet made as physical swatches. No finished size or yarn quantity is specified.

EXERCISE 1: SYMBOL DIAGRAM
US terms: ch = chain; sc = single crochet.
Chain 7. Row 1: sc in second chain from hook, sc in each remaining chain (6 sc).
Rows 2 and 3: ch 1, turn, sc in each of the 6 stitches (6 sc).
The turning chain does not count as a stitch.
Diagram direction: Row 1 right to left, Row 2 left to right, Row 3 right to left.
One yarn color; diagram arrows do not instruct a color change.

EXERCISE 2: SIGNAL FLAG COLOR GRID
Flat turned rows, US single crochet. One cell = one stitch.
A = oat; B = slate. Screen colors are examples, not yarn product codes.
Fixed chart view: column 1 at the left, row 1 at the bottom.
Right-edge start. Odd rows right to left; even rows left to right.
All 80 cells are stitches, including the 64 A background cells and 16 B cells.
For a physical trial: chain 11 in A; Row 1 works 10 sc, beginning in the second chain.
Before each subsequent row, ch 1 and turn; ch 1 is not counted.
Use the stated colorwork method consistently; this is not a complete tapestry lesson.

COLOR GRID, TOP ROW FIRST; EACH LINE IS SHOWN LEFT TO RIGHT
Row 8: AAAAAAAAAA
Row 7: AABAAAAAAA
Row 6: AABBBBAAAA
Row 5: AABBBBBAAA
Row 4: AABBBBAAAA
Row 3: AABAAAAAAA
Row 2: AABAAAAAAA
Row 1: AAAAAAAAAA

ROW RUNS IN ACTUAL WORKING ORDER
Row 1 (right to left): 10A = 10 stitches
Row 2 (left to right): 2A · 1B · 7A = 10 stitches
Row 3 (right to left): 7A · 1B · 2A = 10 stitches
Row 4 (left to right): 2A · 4B · 4A = 10 stitches
Row 5 (right to left): 3A · 5B · 2A = 10 stitches
Row 6 (left to right): 2A · 4B · 4A = 10 stitches
Row 7 (right to left): 7A · 1B · 2A = 10 stitches
Row 8 (left to right): 10A = 10 stitches

ERROR CHECK
For Row 4, reading the chart from the wrong end gives 4A, 4B, 2A.
That still totals 10 stitches, but places B in columns 5-8 instead of 3-6.
Count, direction and position must all agree.

SAMPLE RECORD (FILL ONLY AFTER MAKING IT)
Maker / reviewer:
Date:
Yarn / thread and hook:
Method for carrying unused yarn:
Stitch count at each row:
Front and back photograph filenames:
Observed row-4 and row-5 color placement:
Measured size (if needed):
Corrections: