I am knitting 4ply hayfield 803. 20inc chesf. Fine until I got to divide for front neck.
Just dosent make sense and knitting raglan far too long to match back.
The double knit pattern makes sense … but the instructions for 3 and 4 ply very different.
Anyone else had this issue?
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Can you quote just the raglan directions please? Don’t give us any more than that due to designer copyright.
Ok … will try later this afternoon
Shape raglan armholes
Caste off 3 St at beginning of next two rows
Keeping pattern correct shape as back until 40 St remain. (Raglan instructions right side k1, s1 k1, psso … k last 3 St’s… k2 together k1)
Shape neck…k1, s1, psso… pattern 11 St’s turn… leave remaining St’s on holder.
This is where I keep going wrong…
I am left with 12 stitches to shape one side of neck.
Still dec at armhole as before. Dec 1st at neck edge for next 6 rows. THEN DECREASE at armhole edge only as before until only 2 St’s remaining . Work 2 together. Fasten off.
… part of the problem is the pattern falls in this section which increases the stitches for the lace effect … but the decrease stitches which would correct this have dropped off with the neck edge decrease earlier (6).
So I have too many stitches. Which makes this part of the raglan too long to match back.
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…on the double knit instructions… it states decrease 1 St on neck edge every row and arm edge as before until 2 St remains,… that makes better sense to me.
Ok in the shape neck section, how many sts do you have to start the row? There are 12sts at the beginning of the row up to the turn but how many sts to go on the holder?
When you say the decreases for the DK make more sense then follow those instructions. It may be that the pattern is just poorly worded. Usually the raglan decreases continue while you are working the neck decreases.
“Still dec at armhole as before”
I think it is instruction to continue to dec at raglan at the same time as the neck edge decreases.
Then, after the 6 neck edge decreases (and perhaps 3 raglan Decs?) decrease at neck edge only. Depending which side you are on that might be 1 or 2 rows and that might be the last of the raglan Dec’s.
To me it seems like it’s giving the same instruction but worded slightly different.
Thank you for your help. I finished the neck raglan now.
I had to leave the pattern off to get the right result. It looks ok, but being OCD … it was bugging me.
I like a challenge … but this bit was quite complexing
Carole
Sometimes these things are more like a puzzle than a pattern. Glad you were able to work your way through!