Hello,
I have found other posts regarding this topic, but I am still very confused. I have knitted on and off since childhood, and am familiar with basics, but not an expert by any means. I am attempting a vintage pattern from Red Heart’s Jiffy Knits book, and feel a little overwhelmed.
I am up to the 24th row, then the pattern says: “continue in pattern as established, increasing 1 st on every even row until there are 179 sts, working inc sts in pattern”.
I can’t seem to find a sequence in the pattern. I think maybe the increases are throwing me off.
I have written the pattern out, for easier reading, but I just can’t figure out the sequence, or how to continue. What am I overlooking?
Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Confusion regarding cont in patt as estab
Seeing a pic helps for identifying the stitch pattern columns but I am not able to add any further help on this.
Someone will be able to help.
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/two-skein-chanel-jacket-b-493
Image copied from ravelry
Thanks for your reply. I was trying to attach the 2nd page of the pattern and the photo, but I guess I am only limited to one photo…
Thanks again.
I don’t think there is a limit to how many pics you can post, but large sections of a pattern should be avoided due to copyright. The ravelry link I posted has the original pic of the complete jacket for reference too.
Welcome to KH!
The best advice I can think of is to look at the pattern in previous rows and continue that pattern. Make your increase as a knit stitch for example and on the next row, take that stitch into the pattern.
I find that with lace there are certain markers that you look for: the way the yarn overs line up, the placement of the double decreases and the central spine in the stitch pattern. These markers help make sure you’re on track and that the overall pattern is aligned.
If you like charts, charting this out may help. You’ll have a visual representation of the pattern.
If you’re not fond of charts, writing it out makes that easier, then go ahead although you may find that a chart gives a clearer view.
Thank you everyone for your advice.
I guess I’ll try to write it out to see if I can figure out the sequence. Usually I can somewhat “read” my work ( see a k st and know I need to purl etc), but this doesn’t seem to work that way… I feel it’s the increases throwing me off. I guess “jiffy” doesn’t always equate to easy.
Thanks again all!
Give it a try and see if you can get it to work. It’s not an easy pattern to work by any means.
Just a thought… one thing I have done before when I was lost was to spread out my knitting and start reading the pattern from the beginning and identify each stitch on the fabric. For instance the columns of purl stitches on the right side which come between the leaf motifs, then to identify which part of the pattern relates to the central stem of the leaf (maybe highlight this on your pattern copy).
Another thing which helped me once was to start to reknit with scrap yarn from the beginning of the pattern and focus on the stitches and the pattern as it developed so I was paying more attention to the fabric I was kniting rather than focusing on the written instructions. I found this helpful and I try now to do this with new patterns, before I blindly followed what the instructions said without really looking enough at what each jnstructikn produced. Now I spend more time reading what is produced in the early stage when the instructions are all there so that later (continue in pattern, work new stitches into pattern, or stitches are decreased in the pattern for shaping) I have a better idea of which part of the instruction relates to each part of the fabric.
One more thing I have done before - and I hope this doesn’t sound too confusing - I write out some rows spread out on paper but write the wrong side rows from right to left like the way it is charted and I line them up with their correct stitch column. So it’s not a chart exactly but kind of similar, but without the squares/grid of the chart I have more freedom to add stitches on the lines as increases happen. I don’t really do this for a whole pattern of even to use when knitting but rather to work out which stutch relates to which instruction and to identify to helpful columns such as the leaf stem.
Well, maybe none of this I’ll help but …just things I’ve done when stuck.
Those are some really great tips.
I’m going to give them a try.
Thanks so much!
You’re welcome (and sorry its all a bit jumbled and garbled!). I hope you manage to get it. Let us know how you get on.