My pattern is as follows:
I have knitted 20 sts and put the remaining 35 sts onto a thread and turned my work and am to complete the first side as follows:
****cont to dec 1 st at raglan edge, as before, on every foll alt row at the same time dec 1 st at neck edge on the next 4 rows, then foll 5 alt rows. 4sts.
I have been trying to understand but I just don’t get what I am supposed to be doing to shape the neck of my jumper.
This is the front piece of the king Cole jumper and is shaping the neck.
I hope you can help I’m very lost
Thank you
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Continue the decreases every other row at the raglan edge. If you call the next row, row 1 then dec at the neck edge on rows 1,2,3 and 4 then rows 6,8,10, 12 and 14. That will take the stitch count from 20 to 4sts.
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Thank you but I’m still a bit confused on how to do it
I try to lay it out row by row, for example
Row 1: p2, p2tog, p to last 4 sts then s1 p1 psso p2
Row 2: k instead of purl
Row 3+4 = last 2 rows
Row 5,7,9,11,13 = purl
Row 6,8,10,12,14 = k2, k2tog, k to last 4 sts then s1 k1 psso k2
Remaining stitches = 2
And I write it out like that and I can’t seem to make it add up to 4 sts as I am also decreasing at the neck and raglan edge and end up with 2 sts left and I’m not sure where I’m going wrong?
So if this is stockinette and the odd number rows are purl then you could set the rows up so that raglan decs are on knit rows which is the usual.
Row 1 dec at neck
Row 2 dec at neck and armhole
Row 3 dec at neck
Rows 4, 6,8,10,12,14 dec at neck and armhole
That’s -16sts which takes the count from 20 to 4sts.