32I want to set up my pattern for tracking

Show the app where the chart is on the page, and link it to a row counter

Before the Smart Pattern Reader can follow you through a chart, it has to know where the chart is on the page and how many rows it has. The Setup section walks you through drawing that in and linking it to a counter. After that, moving your counter on highlights the row you are meant to be knitting.

Before you start
See it in action
1
Open the Setup section
Knitting Setup section expanded in the sidebar showing Lock and Edit buttons, with Chart 1 details visible

In Smart or Full mode, open the Knitting Setup section in the sidebar. There is a Lock/Edit switch, and any charts you have already drawn. The lock stops things being changed by accident while you knit. Unlock it when you want to add a chart or change one.

2
Draw a box round the chart
Setup section unlocked with the Add Chart button highlighted, ready to define a new chart region on the PDF

Unlock the setup and tap "Add Chart". Go to the page your chart is on, pinch to zoom in so you can be accurate, then draw a rectangle around the chart.

3
Tell it about the chart
Define Chart Region panel showing fields for row count, stitch count, reading direction, and knitting type

Set the row count, the stitch count, the reading direction and the knitting type (flat or in the round). Those are what let the app highlight the right row, read the right way, as you move your counter on.

4
Now the counter moves the chart
Chart configuration completed with values filled in: 4 rows, reading direction set, flat knitting selected

When you confirm, a row counter is created and tied to this chart. Move that counter on in the Row Tracking section and the highlight on the chart moves with it. You always see which row you should be knitting.

More than one chart? Add each of them. Every chart gets a counter and a highlight of its own.
5
Add more charts if your pattern needs them
The setup panel with several configured charts, each linked to its own counter

If your pattern has several charts, do the same again for each one. Every chart carries its own row counter and its own highlight, so you can follow several at once without losing your place.

6
Lock it, and start knitting
Chart page zoomed in with Row 2 highlighted in yellow on the colorwork chart, setup panel showing Chart 1 configured

Setup is done and the chart is live. The row you are on is highlighted in yellow, so you always know where you are. Lock the setup so nothing moves by accident, and you are ready to knit. Shaping guides and stitch markers become available now too.

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Set the rules once, for the whole project

Knitting Setup is where a project's habits are agreed once. Whether you say rows or rounds. Whether you work flat or in the round. Whether the first row is a right or wrong side. What number the first row has. Whether the counter counts by one or two. How many times a piece repeats, and how the row number resets. A padlock keeps all of it from being changed by accident.

Anything one chart does differently is set on that chart, in its own Section Setup. So the pattern's one odd piece does not force you to describe the whole garment its way.

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Pattern PDFs and the Smart Reader · 6 of 11 · Last updated 29 Aug 2026