Can anyone help? Sirdar the essential baby book

How-to Questions
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So I’m knitting from the Sirdar The Essential Baby Book and I’m knitting the Design I, the All in one in size 0-3 months.
Left leg
Foot
Cast on 31 sts
Next row (ws) purl
Proceed as follows
R1 k4, m1, k3, m1, k9, m1, k6, m1, k9
R2 purl
R3 *k1, p1B, rep from ** to last st, k1
R4purl
From 1st to 4th row sets patt. Proceed as follows
R1 k5, m1, k3, m1, k11, m1, k6, m1, k10 [39sts]
R2purl
R3 patt 22, m1, patt 6, m1, patt 11 [41sts]
Work 7 rows more without shaping.

shape instep
R1 patt 30, k2togtbl, turn
R2 p1, patt 6, p2tog, turn
R3 k1, patt 6 k2 togtbl, turn
Rep 2nd and 3rd rows 3 times more then 2nd row once more [31sts]
Next row patt
Next row purl

I begin to get unsure from “work 7 rows more without shaping” do I do another purl row as row 4 then into row 1 again? If I didn’t surely the pattern would be on the wrong side. Ive got two options I’m thinking:

  1. R4, R1, R2, R3, R4, R1, R2
  2. R1, R2, R3, R1, R2, R3, R1

As for the “without shaping” can I just check I’m write in just not making a stitch?

Thanks in advance!

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Welcome to KH!


Maybe this pattern?

Yes, this will work:

  1. R4, R1, R2, R3, R4, R1, R2
    Don’t make the increases in row 1, just knit across. And yes, without shaping is without increases or decreases.
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Thank you so much for your response!
On the shape instep part, do I purl back inbetween each row or do I just do row 1 straight into row 2?

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For these short rows, work row 2 immediately after row 1. Don’t put in an extra purl row.

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