Hello All - I am trying to decipher a cable sweater pattern (for my husband) and the pattern asks for increases in work chart - the chart is worked over 26 sts. so here it is: Beg main patt as follows, working row 1 of chart: Work 8 sts in St st; work chart inc 2 sts evenly ([B]ok this is the problem - do the increases happen in the 26 sts or before and after[/B]); patt continues *work 16 sts in St st; work chart inc 3 sts evenly ([B]the problem again[/B]); rep from * Oh - I begin with 118 sts and should end up with 126. Shouldn’t I always work with the same 26 sts of the work chart?? I hope this makes sense. Any help would be appreciated. This is a terrific site!!!
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Beg main patt as follows, working row 1 of chart:
Work 8 sts in St st;
work chart inc 2 sts evenly
([B]ok this is the problem - do the increases happen in the 26 sts or before and after[/B]);
patt continues *
work 16 sts in St st;
work chart inc 3 sts evenly
([B]the problem again[/B]);
rep from *
Oh - I begin with 118 sts and should end up with 126.
Shouldn’t I always work with the same 26 sts of the work chart?? I hope this makes sense. Any help would be appreciated. This is a terrific site!!!
OK you start with 118… (and need to end with 126)
First lets break direction down to 1 set of instructions per line:
Work 8, work chart 2(26 +2 increase) *work 16, work chart (26+3) (repeat from *) work 16, work chart (26+3)
[I]so lets do the math:[/I]
[B]8[/B]+[B]26[/B]=34 ([B]8[/B] stocking knit +[B]26[/B] from chart)
26 +[B]2[/B]=28 (plus [B]2[/B] increase)
28+[B]16[/B]=44 (*then [B]16[/B] stitches in stocking knit)
44+[B]2[/B]6=70 (then, chart of [B]26[/B] again)
70+[B]3[/B]=73 (plus [B]3[/B] increases)
73+[B]16[/B]=89 (*repeat from --[B]16[/B] stitches of stocking knit)
89+[B]2[/B]6=115 (repeat, [B]26[/B] stitches from chart
115 +[B]3[/B]=118 (with [B]3[/B] more increases)
[COLOR=Red]Edit[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]118 +[B]8[/B] =126 [/COLOR](the last 8 are for symmetry (since you started with 8–theses last 8 should be in stocking knit. )
(and as you see, [COLOR=Red]118, (start count)[/COLOR] and [COLOR=Red]end 126[/COLOR], (8 increases)
OK so the count is right.–(i had to do the math twice and then double check it to make sure i got it right!)
As for the increases?
i would work them at the beginning and the end of the chart for the first group of 26.
for the next 2 repeats of the chart, i would work beginning and end, and third in middle.