Hi!
I’m fairly new to knitting and have been trying to make Petite Knit’s Friday jumper.
I ended up not entirely following the pattern by accident but the error looked intentional so I kept going.
I’ve now got to a point where I’ve split the stitches for the sleeves and the body, and added some stitches as well. As a result of adding more stitches to the body, the pattern no longer matches up. Not sure what to do so any advice would be very welcome!
Thank you xx
Welcome to KnittingHelp!
Very pretty knitting. It looks like the added sts have put you back to the original pattern stitch. You can figure out what the stitch repeat is in the pattern at the yoke that you had been working. Then you would need to rip out the new pattern rows and adjust the stitch count to continue your yoke pattern.
Alternatively, continue with the ribbed pattern that you are now using. It’s not unusual to see a pattern change from the yoke to the body of a sweater.
Thank you for your help! I’ve unpicked twice and moved the start of the round each time and, as you say, the pattern has reverted to the intended broken rib on both occasions.
For the yoke I alternated between r1 - k, r2 - k1, p1. I’ve continued this after adding additional stitches but it’s not matching.
Is there another stitch that would match, such as a moss stitch?
I’m tempted to just keep going but as it’s a present the the difference is irritating…
Are you working in the round? How many sts do you have total on the needles?
For row 2 (k1p1), the repeat is a multiple of 2. But rather than align the sts each time you work a row 2, you would like them to offset. For that to happen you need a multiple of 2 + 1, that is, an odd number of sts.
Yes, working in the round with 168 stitches for the body. I did try decreasing by one stitch after frogging last time but that still produced the broken rib (which doesn’t match).
The sleeves have 55 stitches each.
Please can you let me know how to offset and what this means for the pattern - should it change from row1: k, row2: k1, p1?
Working with an even number of sts will align the pattern so that you have a column of knits and a column that alternates knit on row 1, purl on row 2. That’s not the pattern you want which alternates a seed stitch row with a knit row. You want to make that pattern jog over or offset when you repeat row 2.
Another way to work this is to look at the pattern from the previous row 2. If there is a purl stitch on the row below the next stitch on the left needle, knit that next stitch. If there is a knit stitch on the row below, purl the next stitch.
If you want to continue the pattern at the join of round, it should be an odd number of sts. That means that the next row 2 will start with a purl, avoiding two purls at the join.
Try this out on a small swatch in the round so that you can spare your yarn and not have to work all those sts to the end of round.
