flyinmysoup

in previous posts, i talked about dealing with the really long chart for parts 3 and 4 of the Heere Be Dragon Shawl, but i didn't really expound on it. missalicefaye posted a comment that asked about my solution (thanks for the kick in the pants, btw ;) ), and i thought it high time that i blogged about it!
first, let me tell you that, when i work on a chart that doesn't have a vertical pattern repeat (ie, a set number of rows that repeat over and over) i like to mark off completed rows on the chart with a highlighter. because this no-repeating is true of the HBDS, my chart holder didn't need to be metal for the use of magnets (my prefered method with repeating patterns). so, i went to Joann's and picked up a sheet of foam board. this is the tag that's on the back of the board, for reference.
then i scored the board horizontally (long way) in the middle, cutting through only 1 layer of the paper covering.
this makes the board fold in half and stand up like so. this arrangement worked great for the three pages of chart in part 3, but the board was too short for the four pages of chart of step 4. so, i cut an approximately 9" wide piece off the back part of the board and affixed it to the front. voila! a chart holder for a really long pattern for under $2...rock.

yeah, i'm probably way too excited about this, by the by.