Completely Stuck Rib Pattern

Hi, My mum got me a knitting kit for Christmas and one part of the pattern has completely confused me, it is as follows :

Work K4, P4 ribbing in the following way - 1 selvedge st, K7, P4, K4,P4,K4, P4,K7, 1 Selvedge stitch.
Continue working in rib pattern as established while working increases at the same time.
WS - Work 5 Stitches, make 1, work until there are 5 sts left on neele, make 1, work 5 sts.
Repeat these increases every WS row.
Purl the new sts on the next row, then work them as part of the K4, P4 rib pattern.

I have tried a couple of ways and I cant work out how to do this and keep the rib pattern, especially as each row has 7 stitches before the rib pattern starts.

SO confused.

Welcome to the forum!
What is the name of your pattern?
It may be that the increases are all in the border stitches and the central ribbed pattern is maintained throughout. It could also be that the increase sts are incorporated into the rib pattern as you work them. It depends on what the pattern looks like. Giving us the name will help out.

Hi, the box is Strikket and it is called Midnight Blues.

Have uploaded the pattern, thank you so much :slight_smile:

The increases occur after 5sts at each end of the sleeve. The new sts are incorporated into the rib as you can add them. On the row after the increase add the extra selvedge stitch to begin a new rib. You don’t want to shift the rib pattern already worked. The photo in this project shows you how to do that. The selvedge stitch number stays the same while the rib increases.
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/Hannelise/midnight-blues

(I’ve edited your photo to delete the pattern. We can post a few lines of a pattern here but not large portions due to designer copyright.)

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Thank you so much, so I just do the beginning and end in knit/purl till i have enough stitches to make a new rib? That is what I was getting confused with.

The beginning and end of row are in stockinette. You could wait until you have 4sts to add the new rib but it will be less noticeable if you add in for example, a k1 after an increase, make that a k2 after the next increase and then k3 and k4 after subsequent increases. The next increased stitch would be a p1 and so on.

Ahh that makes sense thank you so much for all your help.

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