Dream Swatch

How-to Questions
1

Hi, I’ve taken a bit of a hiatus from knitting, but now I’m getting back into it. I’m working on the Dream Swatch, but for the life of me, cannot figure out how to make these two rows work like they are supposed to (or look in the picture):

[B]Row 1[/B] (RS): K1, *insert needle into next stitch then withdraw all the wraps along with the needle. Repeat from * to the last stitch, ending with a K1.

[B]Row 2[/B] (WS): * Slip 6 stitches with yarn in front dropping all extra wraps, thus forming 6 long stitches on the right-hand needle. Then, insert the left-hand needle into the first 3 of these 6 stitches and pass them over the second 3. Return all stitches to the left-hand needle and purl the 6 stitches in the crossed order. Repeat from * on each group of 6 stitches.

So, specifically, I’m not getting the length from the extra wraps, and when I pass over the stitches, they are not crossed like in the picture.

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it doesn’t sound right to me!

what i would do, is, use a DPN or short circ for right hand needle

([B]previous row[/B]: work stitches with 2 or 3 wraps on each stitch)
[B]Pattern row 1-[COLOR=Red]Part 1[/COLOR][/B]
Slip every stitch, dropping the extra wraps to make elongated stitches.
Switch needles (so DPN is now left needle) slip stitches to other end of needle --so yarn is in ‘1st stitch’
(do not turn the work!)

[B]Pattern Row 1, [COLOR=Red]Part 2:[/COLOR][/B]
K1, *slip 6 stitches on to right needle, then take tip of left needle and pull stitches 3, 2 and 1 over stitches 4, 5, and 6 (do not pull over the tip of needle (as in a bind off) just pull to reposition!) return to left needle in this new arranged order (3, 2, 1, 4, 5, 6) and knit each stitch in order.)
Repeat from * across row, ending with a knit 1

its hard to tell from the photo, but an [B]ALTERNATE[/B] choice is
work [B]Pattern Row 1, Part 1

[/B][B]Pattern Row 1, [COLOR=Red]part 2:[/COLOR][/B]

K1, * cable the elongated stitches, (drop stitches 1, 2, 3 from left needle, slip the next 3 to right needle. Pick up drop stitches (in order with left needle) then return slipped stitches to left needle.
then knit the stitches in the new order: 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3

Repeat from * across row , end with K1

the first pattern is called [B]Indian Cross stitch[/B] (stitches 4, 5, and 6 ARE INSIDE of the elongated 1, 2, and 3 stitches.

the second pattern is an [B]elongated cable[/B]…

I like the first better than the second… (but that is my preference!)–and it seems like the first is what the pattern is describing…

(the pattern directions say Knit 1, (slip the rest of row–(unknit?) then knit the last stitch. (that is a long strand–which can’t be attractive, and could cause bunching)

the method i know, has you slip a whole row, then position and knit the row.

(you can skip part 1 by *slipping 6 stitches at a time,(to elongate) repositioning them, knittting them, and repeating from * )

3

As usual, I was making it much harder than it needed to be. I got “hung up” on the [I]pass first three stitches over[/I] part. “Crossing” would have been a better term. Also, I used the tutorial on elongated stitches to figure out the wraps.

Thanks again!