Cardigan in Sirdar Click 8829

Hi. I am stuck on a particular instruction in this pattern. Have only started the pattern.
Pattern says:
1st row * k1, p1, rep from* to last st, k1
2nd row p1, * k1,p1, rep from * to end.
These 2 rows will now be referred to as 1x1 RIB.
Work 5 rows more in 1x1 rib.
Now here I am confused:
To work 5 rows in 1x1 rib, does that amount to 10 rows,
with each row making up 1st row & 2nd row .
Hope someone can help.
Am only a beginner but really enjoying other knits I have done.
Many thanks.
Rob.

Hi and welcome to KH. Pattern wording can be not so crystal clear. It should mean work another five rows counted individually. In total you’ll have 7 rows counted individually, not in pairs. What pattern are you using? A link to it is great or you can give us the name of the pattern and the designer so we can try looking it up. Even seeing a photo helps with some questions which I hope you’ll ask should you have them.

Hello again. Thanks for replying so quickly. I have attached photo of the pattern to answer the question i posed earlier. Hope the photo helps.:blush:

Unless someone else sees something I don’t count each row as one row and you’ll end up with seven rows, not 14. Thanks for the photo. I absolutely see why it’s confusing.

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Yes it’s a bit confusing. What I see now is ( hope I’m right) :
Row 3 would be: * k1,p1, rep from* to last st, k1
Row 4 would be * p1 * k1, p1, rep from * to end.
Then follow that sequence to Row 7
Thanks for your help :blush:

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I agree with @GrumpyGramma you will have a total of 7 rows worked. Rib is often set up like this. Other patterns are also set up in a similar way (say cables or lace) with a series of detailed rows followed by a work x rows in pattern.

There’s also a clue as the next line reads row 8.

Patterns can be tricky to begin with but you will probably surprise yourself how soon you get used to the way they are written.

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I like that they have color-coded the sizes! But it will still help if you circle the numbers for the size you’re making. It can be easy to mis-read and use the wrong number sometimes.

And I agree, you will work a total of 7 rows of 1x1 rib, and then do Row 8–although I’ve never seen the instruction “rib2tog”…I guess you would either k2tog or p2tog, depending on where you land in the rib.

Thanks. That makes sense. Yes the colour coding is good & what you said about what part of rib you fall in makes sense to knit tog.
I’ll carry on, someone else said to surprise yourself.

Rib 2 tog is common in the transition row between a rib hem (or sleeve cuff) and the main body (sleeve) of a top or sweater. It is a row when the stitch count needs to change. As it’s a transition row it does not matter too much whether these are purled together or knitted together and you’re quite right you can decide as you get to the stitches and see what stitches are presented and choose which you think most suitable. With a 1x1 rib which is transitioning to stocking stitch I would probably do them all as k2tog as the next row will be all knits.

Hope this helps

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