"At the same time"

How-to Questions
1

I’ve plotted out my pattern into a row-by-row instruction on a sheet of paper to be crossed off after working each row.

Does “At the same time” mean that I have to incorporate these instructions into the instructions that I’ve written out.

Dcr at front edge (every 3rd row) 20 times…so i listed 20 rows in stockinette stitch:

1 k
2 p
3 k dcr at end of row (front edge
4 p
5 k
6 p dcr at beg of row (Front edge)
etc…x 20

now it says “At the same time” after 4 rows shape side edge at beg of RS rows by inc 1 st (every other row) 9 times etc. …

so do I go back and add these instructions to the above list and then start working the rows???

2

After you’ve done 4 rows of shaping at the neck edge only, you’re to start incing 1 st at the arm edge at the beg of the RS rows only. So if row 5 is a RS row, inc 1 st there and on rows 7, 9, etc.

3

So basically the instructions would now look like this:
1 k
2 p
3 k dcr at end of row (front edge
4 p
5 k [COLOR=“Red”]inc 1 st end of row [/COLOR]
6 p dcr at beg of row (Front edge)
7 k [COLOR=“red”]inc 1 st end of row[/COLOR]
etc…x 20

correct?

4

No, the way you have it written is to inc at the end of row 5 and dec at the beginning of Row 6, that doesn’t make sense. On rows 5 and 7, the RS rows, you inc at the [B]beginning[/B] of the row, not the end.

5

OMG you are right…sorry…so pattern looks like this:
1 k
2 p
3 k dcr at end of row (front edge
4 p
5 [COLOR=“Red”]k inc 1 st beg of row [/COLOR]
6 p dcr at beg of row (Front edge)
7 [COLOR=“red”]k inc 1 st beg of row[/COLOR]
etc…x 20

6

That looks about right…

7

Oops, Sue I made a mistake in what I wrote. The 5th row to start the shaping is actually a Purl row. Do I go to the next row (RS row) to start increasing?

8

The beginning of the row incs are on the RS row. If you’re doing regular stockinette, that would be a knit row. So you may be doing an inc at the beg of the row and dec at the end. Yes, that leaves the same stitch amount, but this is for shaping. What’s the pattern, and is there a link to it or commonly found?

9

This is a pattern for a dolman sleeve shrug and it is in this month’s Creative Knitting magazine. I just went on the web site but they do not provide the pattern online.

You’ve been very helpful with this. Thank you for your patience. I’m learning this as I go along so this is kind of trial and error.

So according to your answer, I should skip that first P row and go to the K row and start the increases there? It says to do this 9 times.

10

Don’t skip any rows, just purl it without making either an increase or dec in it.

11

now I’m at side shaping. Can you tell me if only RS rows are to be casted on? Here is the instruction

“At the same time, after 4 rows, shape side edge at beg of RS by inc 1 st (every other row) 9 times, then cast on (2 sts) 9 times, (4 sts) 6 times, and (6 sts) twice”

12

That’s what it sounds like.