Ok, here’s what ya do!
[COLOR=Blue]Row 1: (RS): K2, s1, k1, psso, patt to last 4 sts, k2tog, k2
Row 2: (WS): P3, patt to last 3 sts, p3[/COLOR]
Row 3: work Row 1 again
Row 4: work Row 2 again
Row 5: work Row 1 again
Row 6: work Row 2 again
Row 7: work Row 1 again
Row 8: work Row 2 again
Row 9: work Row 1 again
Row 10: work Row 2 again
Row 11: work Row 1 again
Row 12: work Row 2 again
Row 13: work Row 1 again
Row 14: work Row 2 again
Row 15: work Row 1 again
Row 16: work Row 2 again
Row 17: work Row 1 again
Row 18: work Row 2 again
Row 19: work Row 1 again
Row 20: work Row 2 again
Row 21: work Row 1 again
Row 22: work Row 2 again
Row 23: work Row 1 again
Row 24: work Row 2 again
Row 25: work Row 1 again
Row 26: work Row 2 again
NOTE: Rows 3-26 are the additional 24 rows you were told to work, and they are in addition to the first 2 rows that you worked.
Regarding your comment/question (“I understand how to work row 1 and 2 but I am stuck at the part where it says [COLOR=Red]decrease 1 st at each end[/COLOR]”): The “decrease 1 at each end” is being accomplished by the [COLOR=Blue]“s1, k1, psso” [COLOR=Black]and the[/COLOR] “K2T” [COLOR=Black]as set forth in Row 1.
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[COLOR=Black]So in actuality, yes, you DO REPEAT Rows 1 & 2 [U]for another 24 rows[/U], for a total of 26 rows worked. 13 of them are RS rows with the decreases at each end, and the other 13 are WS rows that are ‘resting rows’…no special work, just follow the pattern as set forth in Row 2.
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[COLOR=Black]The “clue” that Rows 1 and 2 are worked from jumpstreet, AND THEN repeated for another 24 rows [U]is the wording in the pattern[/U]:[/COLOR]
"…[/COLOR][COLOR=Blue]Work 24 rows dec 1 st at each end [COLOR=Black]as before[B] [U]in next[/U][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=Black][U]and every following[/U] [/COLOR]alt row" [COLOR=Black]The words “in next” imply that you’ve already worked them once. So now in THE NEXT row and every following alt row, you’ll do it all over again. You’ll work Rows 1 & 2.
BTW: “every following alt row” is code for EVERY OTHER ROW.
So the decrease rows only occur on every other row, that is to say, on the RS rows.
Anyhoo, [B]please let me know if you need any other help with your sweater! [/B]Don’t be embarrassed or shy! You’re doing a great job! When you get confused, STOP KNITTING until you’re sure what your next step means and how to do it. I see great things on your knitting horizon!
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