Hello! I am knitting a child’s hat with cat ears that I got from a Phentex Merit label. I am working on the back of the hat and I am stuck. The pattern reads:
Cont in stocking st, dec 1 st each end of needle on 9th and following 4th rows until there are 12 stitches
Does this mean that I st st 8 rows and do the decreases on the 9th row. Then, do the decreases on every fourth row following until I have 12 stitches left?
Thank you for the help 
Hi and welcome to KH!
That’s precisely correct. So you would decrease at [I]each[/I] end, on row 9, 13,17,21 etc until there are 12 sts left. These are adorable hats. Please post a photo if you’d like. We’d love to see the finished hat.
Thank you for the fast response! This is a great site. I’m trying to move past dish cloths and scarves but there are just some things you can’t get from the Idiot’s Guide to Knitting. 
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