10+1 when the 1 is k2tog

Please help! I decided to put on my big girl panties and knit by chart instead of instruction. It’s been going well until I got to this particular chart. It’s a 10+1 and it seems however I knit it, it doesn’t come out right. Do I repeat the +1 every iteration? If I do that I end up with 2 too many stitches. Do I only knit it once and then repeat the two 10’s until the end? If I do that I end up with 9 extra stitches. Help! My real problem is rows 9 - 16 where the 1 is k2tog.

Welcome to the forum!
The repeat is marked off with the heavy black line.
Work the first block on the right, repeat only the section with the heavy outline (1-10) then end with the blocks to the left of the repeat (also numbered 1-10).

Row 9 begins with a k2tog. Then there is the repeat starting at k1, yo through to the heavy line after the sk2p. End the row with 10 blocks to the left of the repeat which begin with k3, yo and end with k2tog.

How many sts do you have on the needle after row 8? What is the name of your pattern?

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Thank-you for responding.

After row 8 I have 196 stitches which is what I’m supposed to have. But if I’m understanding you correctly and I only do the k2tog once at the beginning of row 9 and then repeat the two blocks of 10 to the end of the row I end up with 9 extra stitches. Which makes sense because there’s an extra yarn over in the pattern repeat that isn’t accounted for by a k2tog or a slip1 k2tog psso. But if I do the k2tog every time, which basically translates (in my mind) to a pattern of 21 I still have 2 extra stitches. 9 x 21 = 189 + 2 to begin + 3 to end is 194, not 196.

I’ve included a picture of the chart.

The pattern is Roslyn Interlude.

Thanks, again.

Jody Jappert


Start the row with k2tog. This is only worked once. Then repeat only the section outlined in red below (repeat 18x):

It’s not the same as the second block of 10sts.

The repeat sections balances yarn over increases (+2) and the sk2p (-2). The final section is only worked once and ends with k2tog. See the note.

Aahhhh!! Thank-you! I’ll give that a try.

I want to thank you again for your help. I finally got it to work out right and I figured out that I wasn’t listening as you and a couple of other people kept trying to tell me the same thing.

If I were to write out the instructions for row 9, I would say:

K2, K2tog k3, YO, k, YO, k3, slip 1 k2tog PSSO (18 times); k3, YO, k, YO, k3, k2tog, k3

Now that equals 196 stitches!

I finally see the significance of the bold lines.

Thank-you!

Jody Jappert

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I’m so glad. Charts are worth the effort you’re making to understand them. They show you the pattern you’re making and are often a quick reference to your place in the pattern. Enjoy working your lovely shawl!