CONFUSED Please help!

How-to Questions
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Im working on a pattern that has some foreign abbr in it…could you please tell me the differnce in them ?

Im using 101/2 dbl point needles and this is how pattern reads:

  1. K1, SK1, K1 PSSO, K5

  2. K1, S1k, K1 PSSO, K7, K2tog, K1

These are rows that I am stuck on because I dont understand what it means by the two differnt SK1 and S1K. I could not find these abbr anywhere on your site…your information on the web site is my bible. I love all the info you have provided. It has allowed me to be self taught. Which I will always treasure. Please help. Thank you.

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Sometimes patterns will contain a little section that explains abbreviations, especially if they’re unusual. If it does, I think it’s usually somewhere near the beginning, like after the gauge.

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Well this Pattern I found online and all they offer is just the basic pattern with no abbr help whatsever… Just your typical gauge, needle, yarn info.

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Hm. Well, I was thinking that S1K might be slip 1 knit-wise, but I’m not sure what SK1 could be… putting a link to the pattern might be helpful.

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Okay heres a link to the pattern, I got it from Knit Pattern Central.com
you go to Mittens and gloves in the free pattern directory, and it is called “Ice Scraper Mitts”.

It offers mens or womens, and the abbr are in both patterns. Please have a peek and see what you think.

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That’s a neat idea for a pattern. Unfortunately, I’m still not sure what those abbreviations mean. Hopefully someone with more experience will be able to look at the pattern and figure it out. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help.

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I appreciate your trying… Do you think if S1k is Slip 1 knit wise, could the other SK1 mean skip 1?

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Yes, S1K is slip one knitwise. You’re doing a slip one, knit one, pass slipped stitch over.

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Ingrid, thank you so much, I had just figured it out when I recieved your notice of posting…funny uh?

Thank goodness for the forums…how did we ever live without them? :notworthy:

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Okay, so it’s been established that S1K is indeed slip one knit-wise, but SK1 is what now? Just slip one, as in purl-wise?

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I interpret it as slip knitwise 1–especially since the k1 psso follows.

There should be standard abbreviations required!! :!!!:

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So they’re both slip one knit-wise. She used two different abbreviations for the same thing just to vex us! :!!!:

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Or maybe it was a typo.

sue

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Or maybe it was a typo.

sue[/quote]

Yeah, but she did it twice. Once for the man’s version and once for the woman’s version. I know she just could’ve copied and pasted it wrong, but I like my theory – she’s secretly trying to make us go mad, mad, MAD, I tell you! Wuhahaha! :teehee:

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http://born2knit.blogspot.com/

Hi everyone, I wrote to Mary Loosen and she revisited the pattern I was confused about…it works up great now and Quickly. I made two yesterday! It will make excellent christmas gifts for everyone in my family , also a few special friends. Thanks Mary for such a great little pattern. :cheering:

Go to the link above to visit her blog.

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That’s great! Hey, they would make terrific Christmas gifts, wouldn’t they? They’re so… handy! (Sorry, I can’t resist a good pun. It’s a weakness of mine.)

Thanks Mary (if you’re out there reading this) and sorry for teasing you about your evil intentions – trying to make knitters go crazy with your abbreviations and all. :teehee: I know you’re a good egg and it’s really generous of you to share your pattern. :muah: