How do you eat an elephant . . .?

 . . . One bite at a time.

This is an example of a chart I modified as an example. It is NOT a real chart, and any resemblance to a published pattern is purely coincidental. 

It was too wide to be shown clearly in this space so I have sliced it, and presented it in 2 pieces.

Knitted Lace Simple Chart

 

There's More than One Way . . .

 ...to write a chart !

The examples below are ‘lace knitting’ because the row following the pattern row is a basic stitch (knit or purl).

 

  

      This Chart would be knit FLAT.

      Notice that on the even rows (WS) the opposite is worked: 'Knit' becomes 'Purl,' 

      and 'Purl' becomes 'Knit.'

Below is a partial chart of a ‘Bead Cluster’ – found on pg 95 of the Magic of Shetland Lace Knitting, by Elizabeth Lovick, Pub 2013.