I am working on a sweater coat that has a cable pattern over 8 stitches and 8 rows.
R1: (C5B, K3), to last 5st C5B
R2: p1 (k3,p5), to last 4 sts, k3, p1
R3: k1 (p3,k5), to last 4 sts, p3, k1
R4: p1 (k3,p5), to last 4 sts, k3, p1
R5: k1, (k3,C5B), to last 4 sts, k4
R6: (p5,k3), to last 5 sts, p5
R7: (k5,p3), to last 5 sts, k5
R8: (p5,k3), to last 5 sts, p5
The increases are every 6th row and placed in the middle of the work between the front and back panels so there are 2 stithes increased between each front panel and the back panel for a total of 4 increases each increase row (then every 6th row). I don’t know how to work the increases into the cable pattern. Any ideas?
I purchased the pattern on Ravelry so I don’t want to post-it. But if anyone is interested in a beautiful long sweater coat it is called Adeline by Lucy Sweetland (a black pepper design) and is only $7.50.
Are the incs actually IN the cabled sts, or in the sts between the cabled columns? If they’re in the inbetween panels, in those k3 or p3 sts, then they won’t affect the cables at all.
Thanks for the quick response. The increases are in the inbetween panels but eventually I will have 12 extra stitches next to each other and I’m not sure how to work these into the cable pattern.
You might not need to work the extra sts into the cables, I think.
If you can post the ravelry link we can see what it looks like, and it’s okay to post just a few rows so we can understand where the incs go and how it’s worded.
Thanks Sue - so here is the part of the pattern I am struggling with
There are 41 sts, marker, 119 sts, marker, 41 sts
Increasing 1 stitch before and after markers (work increased stitches into the pattern) every 6th row 6 times
cable pattern is as follows
Row 1: (C5B, k3) to last 5 sts, C5B
Row 2: p1, (k3, p5) to last 4 sts, k3, p1
Row 3: k1, (p3, k5) to last 4 sts, p3, k1
Row 4: as row 2
Row 5: k1, (k3, C5B) to last 4 sts, k4
Row 6: (p5, k3) to last 5 sts, p5
Row 7: (k5, p3) to last 5 sts, k5
row 8: as row 6
CB5: slip 4 sts on CN and hold behind, k1, slip 3 of 4 sts on CN back to left needle. bring CN with 1 stitch forward. then p3 from left needle and k1 from CN
Okay, so where are you, on the lower body? Is the cable pattern on all sections, just over 119 sts or what? What sections do the markers mark off, or are they where the side seams would be?
If you inc 1 st before and after markers every 6th row 6 times that’s going to add only 6 sts on either side of the marker. So for Row 1 - (C5B, k3) to last 5 sts, C5B - you would do the k3 sts at the beg and end of each repeat. Since you need 8 sts for a full cable and k3 repeat, you can just keep the additional sts in stockinette st I think. You do that with a lot of patterns.
Sue - I’m sorry for the confusion, I’m not explaining it very well
There are 41 sts for right front panel, the marker, 119 sts for back panel, marker, and 41 sts for front left panel. the coat is open at the front so all 221 sts are knitted in a straight line which does fit repeat 8 plus 5.
what makes it confusing is as you said the markers are placed in the middle of a repeat 8
thanks again for being patient with me on this - I really want this to turn out well!
Okay, I see then you’re knitting all the way across the row and 221 works out.
When you make the inc sts, you have to see where fit into the pattern on the next row. So they might be a purl or knit. This is a sort of complicated pattern so I’d have to work this out on paper or knitting to figure it out completely. Since you only do the cables every 4 rows, you have a couple rows to figure out where the new sts fit in.
If you come to the sts where it’s Cable, k3 and then you have 2 sts, a marker, 2 sts, then you don’t have enough to make another cable. Just leave them as knit sts (as on the beg and end of Row 5) and work them into cables the next time around.