How to read this pattern

Hello

I’m about to decrease a sweater worked in the round and I have this on the pattern

K (2, 10, 2), k10, k2tog, rep - to end of rnd

I don’t know what K(2, 10, 2) means. It’s all knit!

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thank you

Welcome to KH! What pattern are you using? K (2, 10, 2) is for three sizes. If you’re doing the smallest size, k2; middle, k10; largest, k2. It can be helpful to go through and mark the size you’re making. Learning to read patterns is challenging but well worth the effort.

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Hello.

Thank you so much

I am doing a large in kutova Kira cinema sweater.

I was confused as different sizes would have very different lengths?

Should I do 10 rounds of k10, k2tog and see how it looks?

Next, work one round of decreases as follows in your chosen size:

Only sizes (XS, L, XL):

K (2, 10, 2), k10, k2tog, rep - to end of rnd.

Only sizes (S, M):

K (16, 16), k8, k2tog, rep - to end of rnd.

Only sizes (2XL):

K (10, 2), k12, k2tog, rep - to end of rnd.

Only sizes (3XL, 4XL, 5XL):

K (14, 2, 18), k14, k2tog, rep - to end of rnd.

There are 200 (214, 232, 252) (266, 288, 314) (332, 348) sts in total.

Switch to a 3 mm / US2.5 circular needle and work k1, p1 rib until the hem measures 4 cm / 1.5”.

Bind Off using the Italian Bind Off method, or your preferred bind off method (I recommend using a

stretchy bind-off method).

Honestly thank you so much for helping!!

I don’t think working ten rounds is the way to go with this.

This instruction is for one round only. The 3 different sizes are the XS, L, XL, so yours is
K10, k10, k2tog, repeat from * to * to end of round

It is knit 10 stitches, knit 10 stitches knit 2 stitches together.
Not 10 rounds.

If you want to alter the length by adding more rounds before the change to rib then that is something else, you can do so, but it isn’t what the pattern is calling for.

Hope this helps.

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Super.

I’ll give that a go

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I think this is the pattern. @Creations is much better at reading and explaining patterns than I am.

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Ha! Not really but thanks for the kudos.