I’m going to be starting the Lillebjorn sweater by Tonje Haugli and I’m reading over the pattern and I’m confused on the first row of the color chart. I’m doing the smallest size which is CO 72 stitches and then when I start the chart with the increases, the first row has 2 LLI but with those increases, wouldn’t it increase it by 18 stitches? On the chart it said I should have 96 stitches after the first increase row but I’m calculating 90… What am I missing? Please help
Help please - Lillebjorn Sweater
Just adding a link to the pattern:
It is a top down, in the round sweater.
Hmm, 72 isn’t divisible by 16.
Are there any increases before you start the chart? When I look at the sample garments close up, there seem to be increases in the plain area between the ribbing and the start of the colourwork.
The chart seeems to be a bit deceptive for row 1. Kushami has it right.
The increases shown in round 1 occur before that round. They should be shown on a chart row before round 1, not on round 1. Notice that even though the chart shows increases, there’s no change in the “no stitch” boxes.
The initial repeat is 6sts and with the increase on the round before row 1 (call it row 0) there are now 8sts in the repeat. The repeats occur 12 times.
So you start with 72sts, work row 0 with 2 increases every 6sts. Repeated 12 times that’s 24sts increased (72 + 24) and added to the original 72sts makes 96sts for round 1.
I was looking at that too but I’ve read over the pattern a few times to make sure I didn’t miss anything and I don’t see where I could have missed any increases. So the light grey squares are not a stitch and it says to move passed those ones so the first row would be divisible by 8 correct?
Make the increases every 6sts on the row before round 1. Then work round 1 with the 8-stitch repeat. See Reply above (post #4) which gets into the math weeds.
Thank you for your help!!!
Oh, I missed that. Apologies!
Apologies, I did not fathom that the increases were supposed to be placed on a prior round. That is a tricky one!
Thank goodness for salmonmac!
I was thinking the same thing too, tricky indeed! Salmonmac always on board to help, so thankful!
Amen!
You all are too kind! Thank you.