A short web article by Ralph Griswold that introduces a pictorial notation for describing geometric transformations of patterns and for pattern extension schemata. It defines symbols for rotations, flips, inversion, identity and unspecified transformations, along with horizontal and vertical concatenation. It then shows single-pattern schemata (1x2, 2x1, 2x2), schemata chains with exponents, multiple-pattern schemata, and notation for loading real patterns into abstract ones. It lays groundwork for later articles in the series.