Help please - cable knitting - I'm losing stitches

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Hi, I’m a new member and have a problem with a pattern; hopefully someone might be able to help me please.

I’m attempting to knit an interlaced cushion cover (Hayfield 9804).
The pattern is 81 stitches wide and I’m attempting first of all to make a smaller swatch that contains the pattern and my little swatch is only 36 stitches wide, therefore I’m omitting the repeating 45 knitted stitches.

Here’s the pattern to my little swatch:
cast on 36 stitches (omitting 45).
1st Row: (p2, k3) twice, p3, k3, p4, k3, p3, (k3, p2) twice. (omitting k45)
2nd Row: (omitting p45), (k2, p3) twice, k3, p3, k4, p3, k3, (p3, k2) twice.

Then, and this is the row that I’m having problems with:
3rd Row: p2, k3, p2, ybk, Bind 3, p3, ybk, Bind 3, p4, ybk, Bind 3, p3, ybk, Bind 3, p2, k3, p2. (omitting k45)
The Bind 3 is described as "Slip next st, k1, yfwd, k1 and then psso the k1, yfwd, k1.

At this point I run out of 4 stitches in this row.
I’m not sure whether the problem is in the ybk which occurs 4 times (or) the Bind 3 which occurs 4 times, in which case maybe I’m making a mistake with the psso the k1.

I’m originally from Russia and so I knit by continental method. I’m interpreting the ybk as passing the yarn to the back of the work between the needles before I slip the next stitch in the Bind 3. It doesn’t matter how many times I try to do my little swatch, I keep losing these 4 stitches.

Please, please - can somebody help me

best wishes, Tanya

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The Bind 3 is described as "Slip next st, k1, yfwd, k1 and then psso the k1, yfwd, k1.

You sure you noted this correctly?
As written, I’m not sure how, or which, K1 to pass the slipped stitch over.

Are you sure it shouldn’t be ‘PSSO the K1/YO/K1’? (i.e. all three sts)
In which case it would be using 3 original sts…
Slip next st - 1
k1 -2
yfwd
k1 -3
psso the k1/yfwd/k1

and ending with 3 sts…
Slip next st
k1 - 1
yfwd - 2
k1 - 3
psso the k1/yfwd/k1

ETA: corrections

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This is the row that I’m having problems with:
3rd Row: p2, k3, p2, ybk, Bind 3, p3, ybk, Bind 3, p4, ybk, Bind 3, p3, ybk, Bind 3, p2, k3, p2. (omitting k45)
The Bind 3 is described as "Slip next st, k1, yfwd, k1 and then psso the k1, yfwd, k1.

The ybk is a positioning maneuver, NOT a YO.
Assuming the above re the Bind 3, the 3rd row st count is:

p2 - 1, 2
k3 - 3, 4, 5
p2 - 6, 7
(ybk)
Bind 3 - 8, 9, 10
p3 - 11, 12, 13
(ybk)
Bind 3 - 14, 15, 16
p4 - 17, 18, 19, 20
(ybk)
Bind 3 - 21, 22, 23
p3 - 24, 25, 26
(ybk)
Bind 3 - 27, 28, 29
p2 - 30, 31
k3 - 32, 33, 34
p2 -35, 36

Should start and end with 36.

ETA: corrections

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Hi and welcome to Knitting Help!
The rows add up so you shouldn’t have any extra sts. Yes, do the yarn back by taking the yarn to the back between the needles. The yarn forward is a yarn [I]over [/I]the needle so that the Bind 3 starts with 3 sts, increases one with the yarn over and then decreases one st with the psso. (I assume that the slipped stitch is passed over the entire k1, yfd, k1.)
I can see the book that this pattern is from but can you show us a picture of the pillow?

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The rows add up so you shouldn’t have any extra sts…the Bind 3 starts with 3 sts, increases one with the yarn over and then decreases one st with the psso.

I’m not following your stitch counting. Could you please elaborate? See my post above for how I counted this.

(I assume that the slipped stitch is passed over the entire k1, yfd, k1.)

I agree with you here.

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It’s 36sts in each row. Are you possibly counting the slipped stitch in the Bind 3 twice, once whrn it’s slipped and once when it’s passed over?

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No, I was doing something else incorrectly though, trading one problem for another.
And, I think is what she may be doing too.

Directions read:
The Bind 3 is described as “Slip next st, k1, yfwd, k1 and then psso the k1, yfwd, k1.”

I was correcting to:
The Bind 3 is described as “Slip next st, k1, yfwd, k1 and then psso the k1/yfwd/k1, yfwd, k1.”

When it should be corrected to:
The Bind 3 is described as “Slip next st, k1, yfwd, k1 and then psso the k1/yfwd/k1.”

Those commas will get you every time. :slight_smile:

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Rochesterknitter, I’m reading the instructions for the Bind 3 as "Slip next st, k1, yfwd, k1 and then psso the k1, yfwd, k1 (that you just knitted), so the 2nd yfwd and final k1 aren’t needed. But I did have to look twice to make sure.

ETA: I’ve just seen your post where you came to the same conclusion.

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:notworthy: Julie & RK!

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I’m wondering if the problem could be in the way you do the yarn forward or yarn over? It doesn’t use up a stitch. It’s just bringing the yarn to the front and over the needle. In this video, the knit stitch following the yarn over is a part of the pattern but not a part of doing a yarn over.

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…and they certainly got me!

Thanks so much to everyone who has helped me with this. I’ve just sat and remade my swatch with your suggestions and everything seems perfect now. :knitting:

again, thanks to everyone who took the time to answer and help. I think that it’s wonderful that people can take the time to help others in this way. Have a nice evening.

Tanya