HI there,
I’m a completely new knitter so apologies in advance if this is a silly question.
I’m shaping raglan armholes for a baby sweater.
I start with 50 stitches on the needle. Then I follow:
K3, K2tog, K to last 5 st, sl 1, K1, psso, K3. (so, if I’m understanding righ, a decrease at each end, resulting in 48 stitches)
Then my pattern states:
Working all raglan armhole decreases as set by the last row, decrease 1 stitch at each end of 4th and 2[3:3:4] foll 4th rows, then on foll 11 [10:11:10] alt rows. 16 [18:18:20] sts.
I’m doing the third size, second option in brackets, and I’m understanding this as decreasing from 48 stitches on the needle to 18 stitches, but I don’t understand how many stitches I decrease by and on which rows. Do I do no decreases for three rows and then decrease 1 stitch each side, and then no decreases for three rows and then decrease three stitches each side, and then what?
Can anyone help me understand?