Help Reading a Shell Lace Pattern

How-to Questions
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I’m doing my first Shell Lace pattern and I’m learning the stitches. Part of that is learning to read the pattern. For example, the part I’m struggling with is: K2 tog, *k5, yo, k1, yo, k2, sl 1, k2 tog, psso; rep from * end last repeat ssk

So I understand all of it except the end. I start the row pattern over starting at the * but what does “end last repeat ssk” mean? I looked up ssk but I don’t understand the phrase in general since there is no ssk in the pattern. Thank you very much for your help!! I appreciate it :slight_smile:

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Hi,
When a pattern asks you to end a row like this, you are being asked to work the repeat again but end it in a different way the last time it is worked.

K2tog, *k5, yo, k1, yo, k2, sl 1, k2tog, psso; rep from *, end last repeat ssk

You are being asked to end the last repeat with a ssk instead of sl 1, k2tog, psso.

So, you would work the last repeat of the row like this:

k5, yo, k1, yo, k2, ssk

Hope this makes sense :smile:

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It does, thank you very much! I think it will take some practice to pay attention enough to know when it’s the last repeat of the row :joy:

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It’s a big pleasure! :+1:t2:

It seems one have to concentrate more when doing lace knitting last repeats! :rofl:

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