Dec in the round

[Raya]

My pattern says to dec 6 sts evenly spaced around-134 sts. Work even until piece measures 12 inches form beginning.
I have 140 sts now. This is a stocking cap hat.

My question is how do I dec 6 sts evenly with 140 sts?
And then, do I keep dec 6 sts evenly until piece measures 12 inches or after this dec row do I just knit without decreasing til it is 12 inches?

Thank you!
Raya

[zkimom]

@Raya

My pattern says to dec 6 sts evenly spaced around-134 sts. Work even until piece measures 12 inches form beginning.
I have 140 sts now. This is a stocking cap hat.

My question is how do I dec 6 sts evenly with 140 sts?
And then, do I keep dec 6 sts evenly until piece measures 12 inches or after this dec row do I just knit without decreasing til it is 12 inches?

Thank you!
Raya

I would k24 k2tog then k23 k2tog (5x) and then k1

Work evenly means with no increases or decreases so now you just knit until your piece measures 12 inches.

[suzeeq]

Divide 140 by 6 and this is roughly every 23 sts. So you would knit 21 k2tog all the way around and would probably have a couple sts at the end of the round which is okay. It sounds like you just keep knitting without anymore decreases; I think this may be done after the ribbing just to reduce a few stitches. Then there’s probably some more decreases for shaping the very top of the hat.

[zkimom]

@suzeeq

Divide 140 by 6 and this is roughly every 23 sts. So you would knit 21 k2tog all the way around and would probably have a couple sts at the end of the round which is okay. It sounds like you just keep knitting without anymore decreases; I think this may be done after the ribbing just to reduce a few stitches. Then there’s probably some more decreases for shaping the very top of the hat.

Thanks for catching that, Sue! Hate math. Hate it.