lace chart

[ducey1]

I am knitting a shawl using a lace chart which is knit over a repeat of 20 stitches and 40 rows. On row 25 the chart starts referring to "no stitch" blocks. I don't understand this....if I have 20 stitches how can there be a no stitch block when there have not been any decreases?

[Ingrid]

Trust the chart in this case. There may have been no decreases before this row, but there are probably decreases on this one.

If not, do you have a link to the chart?

[ducey1]

I'm not used to knitting from a chart so looking ahead 1 row with the "no stitch" block had me stumped. But after your response I see that there is indeed decreases that make up for the "no stictch" blocks.
Thank you.

[suzeeq]

The no stitch boxes are just there to make the chart square, they don't represent a stitch so you just skip over them.