Hi all. Still working on my sweater (yes I’m probably slow but I try to work on it at least 30-60 mins a day). I’ve finished the front and back and am now starting on the sleeves. They’re a completely different pattern of stitches than the rest (lace cable). Pattern for the first row is P2, yo, sk2p, yo, p2, etc. So I looked up the terms to make sure I’m doing them right. For yo I’m bringing the yarn to the front and looping it counterclockwise. However, in the pattern, the sk2p specifically says to slip the stitch as if to knit. So I yarn over and now my yarn is in the front, slip as if to knit and it’s now hanging out between the two stitches. To knit the next two together means I have to bring the yarn around to the back, or I end up with a mess of two “crossed” stitches. Is this the proper way to do it, or should I yarn over in the opposite direction to keep the yarn in the back?
Also, I made a bit of a mess undoing half the row since I was so confused I think I forgot to bring the slipped stitch back over to drop it, at least once. Problem now is, I dropped a couple extra stitches that I had to pick back up while undoing. And I had to knit two together in the middle of the row a couple rows back to decrease an odd number of stitches to an even number. Apparently I undid that and am now back to an odd number. How do I fix that without undoing everything else? Should I just knit two together again in the middle of this row and leave it like that? I mean it’s my first sweater, I don’t expect it to be perfect (there are probably already small mistakes).
Thanks in advance for help!
This video may help. The knitter holds the yarn over toward the back rather that letting it hang between sts. Because it’s a decrease, slip the first stitch knitwise as you say. (You can always try this out on a swatch, slipping k-wise or p-wise and see which you prefer.)
You could decrease back to the correct stitch number, maybe somewhere near the side or side seam.
What is the name of your pattern?
This is the pattern I’m working on. I’m down at the right sleeve, “begin lace cable pattern”. Anyway I think I figured out what I was doing wrong. I was doing the yarn over incorrectly. Was wrapping the yarn from the purl stitch all the way around so it was back out to the front. After playing with a swatch which ended up a mess, I went back to google and found this site. It shows pretty clearly how to yarn over between a purl stitch and a knit stitch, basically just drape it over the needle instead of bringing it between the two needles. I got it to work properly that way, only problem was that the YO stitch wanted to wander around on the needle and I had to go back and set it in its proper place after finishing the sk2p. Also, for the second YO after the sk2p I used the knit to purl YO as shown on that site.
Anyway, I’m confused about the next part coming up right after this. Says “Continue in Lace Cable pattern and at the same time increase 1 st each end every 6th (4th, 4th, 3rd, 3rd) row 14 (17, 18, 20, 21) times, work added sts into the Lace Cable pattern—70 (76, 83, 87, 94) sts.”. What’s the best way to increase at the ends of a row? Also, how am I supposed to “work into” the pattern when the pattern is a multiple of 5 stitches + 2. If I add 2 stitches then I have a multiple of 5 + 4, then a multiple of 5 + 1, etc. Seems really unclear, do I just add an extra stitch or two to whatever stitch is on the end? Like an extra purl on the first row which starts and ends with 2 purls.
Thanks again! This stuff is a lot harder than the cables that I’ve been doing so far…
Ah, very good. Thanks for the nice link on the yarn overs.
I like to increase one stitch in from each end to make seaming easier. You can use any increase, a Make one, a Knit Right Loop, Knit Left Loop, a Knit Front and Back, etc. At the top of the page is a link to Free Videos and in there is a section on Increases. See which you prefer.
Yes, you can add the extra stitch to whatever stitch is at the end until you have enough sts to work the pattern repeat or part of it plus the edge stitch. Keep the columns of knits, purls and yarn overs in the main body of the sleeve aligned no matter how many sts are added at the ends.
Here is how the lace pattern looks so far. Bit of a mess but I’m finally getting the hang of the lace stitches. I had to write out each row myself or I’d get totally lost on the increases since they’re every 4th row and the pattern is 6 rows repeated.
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That looks terrific. It’s a very pretty pattern in a good color.
Sometimes you just have to write things out or draw a diagram to keep sanity intact.
