Decrease in ribbed circular

#1

How do I decrease in a 2x2 ribbed on circular needles? General principles? I have 92 stiches.

#2

You would just do a regular k2tog or ssk the amount of times instructed. To do this evenly divide the number instructed by your 92 stitches. For example if you need to decrease 4 times (4 into 92 gives you 23), knit 22 stitches than k2tog, continue decreasing in this manner. I hope I did not confuse you.
Katrina

#3

Jeanellen, what are you knitting? Is it being knit in the round or flat?

#4

there are several methods…

1 is outlined above…

another:

*K2, P2tog–
next row *K2, P1

R 4: *K2tog, P1
next row *k1, P1

R 8 *K2 tog,
next row Knit every stitch

R 12 *K2tog

R 14 K2to (repeat this R till there are 8 or fewer stitches, , then bind off drawstring method.

the result is something like this:

Or
Divide stitch count evenly (group of 3, 4, 5–what ever)

have Main "ribs
R1: work in ribbing till just before main rib, P1, K2tog, (1 knit, 1 purl worked together as a Knit) then SSK (second Knit stitch of rib, decreases a Purl), P1, work in ribbing till next “main rib”

Every other round, the main rib will “encroach” and eat up another stitch–(at one point you will have 6 Knits together, but it will still look like ribbing…) it will look like this–(4 main ribs

#5

I have no intructions, I am flying/knitting, by the seat of my pants. How can i figure out the decreases evenly? Again, total of 92 st. in the round. Thank you so much for helping me. I will continue to ty and figure this out. JeanEllen

#6

what is meant by “main Rib”? neer heard this referenced in knitting. I will look for you on ravelry, I am jeanellen onravelry. I have no profile yet.

#7

What are you knitting, are the decs all the way around evenly or just a few on the edges? To dec all the way around, do them on the purl sts - k2, p2tog, k2, p2, k2, p2tog or something like that.

#8

So for 92 sts in 2 by 2 rib… would this be the answer sought?

[k2, p2 repeat between ** 10 times, k2, p2tog,] repeat between [] 4 times round.

– Jack

#9

If you want to decrease 4 sts over the 92, you wouldn’t do them 40 sts apart. More like - k2, p2 *(k2, p2) 4 times, k2, p2tog, repeat from * around… and end with k2, p2 once or twice, however many sts are leftover.

#10

thanks, I think it makes sense. What I did not say is that it is a childs basic hat.
I really appreciate all the help.