I need help with this pattern please!
Hello
I don’t know which size you are making.
The decreases are on every other row for the given number of times for your size.
For the smallest size, call the next row row 1 and dec on rows 1, 3, 5
Then on following 4th rows will be rows 9, 13, 17 until you reach the correct stitch count.
Hope this helps, if not please let us know which size.
Hi @Creations,
Thank you for your reply.
Im making size Large. I have done the 1 decrease on rows 1, 3, 5.
Im a bit confuse:
Then on following 4th rows. Do I have to knit 4 rows after 5?
Sorry, I don’t know which number is size large, there are 6 sizes. I can give more exact guidance if I know if it is 1st size, 2nd size, 3rd size etc the first size is outside the bracket and the 2nd size is the first one inside the bracket, like this:
1st (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th)
However you may be able to work this out and figure out which number to follow, your main question is which is the 4th following row
When a decrease takes place on row 5 count 4 rows to find the 4th row.
It’s the 4th row following on from row 5, so:
Row 6 is the 1st row after row 5
Row 7 is the 2nd row after row 5
Row 8 is the 3rd row after row 5
Row 9 is the 4th row after row 5, so this the row to decrease on.
In short, decrease on the following 4th rows will be rows 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29 and so on.
The rows which are not the decrease rows (ie 6, 7, 8, then 10, 11, 12 etc) Work in your normal pattern that you have been following.
Deciphering patterns with this type of instruction is tricky to begin with but gets easier with each project.
Does this help?
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Hi @Creations,
Thank you for your reply. You are so kind.
Sorry, my brain is still not working😊
I have attached the pattern which I have encircled the size. 
You’ve decreased on Row 5. Work Rows 6, 7, 8 according to your pattern–looks like stockinette, so:
Row 6–purl across
Row 7–knit across
Row 8–purl across
Row 9–decrease row, knit across
Then repeat these 4 rows until you have 23 stitches left on your needles. You’ll be decreasing on every 4th row, so 9, 13, 17, etc., however many times it takes to get to 23 stitches.
Another way to phrase it would be to work 3 rows, then a decrease row, work 3 rows, a decrease row…
Is that a bit clearer?
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Hi @ColoCro!
Thank you for your reply.
Please correct me if I’m wrong.
I really appreciate your help
This is what I have done:
1.K to 2 st K2tog
2. Purl
3. K
4. P
Repeat rows 1-4 (3) times.
Then the following 4th row:
- Knit to 2 st K2tog
- P
- K
- P
- K
- P
Repeat rows 1-6 (23st)
Hello
If you have worked those rows as you said I’m afraid you I’ll need to either rip out the rows or tink back (tink is undoing knitting one stitch at a time, there is more control than when just ripping out). Here’s a video for tinking
If you tink back to before these decreases you will be able to get these decreases right. It will be worth the effort.
You will have 33 stitches just a you had before starting this section.
Decrease 1 stitch at front edge only on following alt rows 3 times
This is:
33 sts
Row 1 decrease at front edge
Row 2 work in pattern
Row 3 decrease at front edge
Row 4 work in pattern
Row 5 decrease at front edge
30 sts
Then on following 4th rows:
Row 6 work in pattern
Row 7 work in pattern
Row 8 work in pattern
Row 9 decrease at front edge (29)
Row 10 work in pattern
Row 11 work in pattern
Row 12 work in pattern
Row 13 decrease at front edge (28)
Row 14 work in pattern
Row 15 wok in pattern
Row 16 work in pattern
Row 17 decrease (27)
Row 18 patten
Row 19 pattern
Row 20 pattern
Row 21 decrease front edge (26)
Row 22 pattern
Row 23 pattern
Row 24 pattern
Row 25 decrease front edge (25)
Row 26 pattern
Row 27 pattern
Row 28 pattern
Row 29 decrease front edge (24l
Row 30 pattern
Row 31 pattern
Row 32 pattern
Row 33 decrease front edge (23)
See how you get on and let us know
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Thank you! @Creations
Yes. I will try to Rip it out and start again. I will let you know how it goes. 
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Hello @Creations!
Thanks a million for your help.
Following your step by step pattern made my life so much easier.
I am so grateful!
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You’re welcome. I’m glad to hear you have managed to get past this tricky bit and coninue with your project.
These instructions can be hard to decipher but they get easier the more times you come across them. As you can see, when they are written out in full it gets really long, which is why patterns are abbreviated in this way, otherwise one pattern would be pages and pages long.
Enjoy the rest of your knitting, and I hope we get to see a pic when it’s finished.
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