@maddygrace@Shaina28 you can read normal patterns by going row by row or segment knotting. Going row by row is when you organize the strings into the order shown at the top of the pattern then doing all the knots on row one, and so on. Segment knotting is when you recognize shapes in the pattern and knot like that. Masha Knots on YouTube has tutorials for both of these techniques and there are dozens of others online. Once you understand it it’s not usually that difficult for beginner patterns. Hope that helped! 😊