If you are left-handed, you would begin the same chart on the left side for row 1. So right-handed crocheters should begin on the right side of the chart for row 1 and work from left to right for row 2. Unless otherwise stated you read odd rows of a chart from right to left, even rows from left to right though if your pattern is symmetrical it doesn’t make that much difference.Tips to reading a filet crochet pattern chart: I chose this pattern as I was just drawn to how you could use simple stitches to create an image and I loved the results. I do love filet crochet, in fact the first thing I ever purposefully made and that started my whole crochet journey, to what it is now, was this Filet Crochet Bunny Blanket by Red Heart Yarns. You can produce a simple all-over net type fabric or work from a chart to produce a patterned motif. Commonly filet will call for UK treble crochet (tr) / US double crochet (dc), to create blocks, and a chain stitch, to create the open mesh, but other stitches can be used. Its also one of the oldest and simplest forms of crochet. ‘Filet’ derives from the word ‘net’ in French, as it’s thought to have its roots in how fishermen mended their nets. With the Filet Fantastic Crochet Along starting next week (yippee!) I thought I’d just take a moment to talk a little bit about ‘filet crochet’ for anyone that might not be so familiar with the technique.įilet crochet is a technique with which you can create wonderful pictures, words, and intricate patterns using solid blocks of stitches combined with open mesh.