It's all Greek to me!

Can anyone explain what “Knit 6 MDS even” means?

It took me some exploration through searches to find MDS defined as a knitting abbreviation as “make double stitch.” The following link associates MDS with the German Short Rows technique.

Does this fit with the pattern you are following?

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Thanks for the quick response. I understand the MDS part but what does the “even” mean after MDS?

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What pattern are you using?
Can you share a link?

Generally speaking work even means to work in pattern with no increases or decreases for the given number of rows.

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What is the name of your pattern?
Is it possibly (and this is really weird) written in lower case: rnds (r n d s) which looks like mds (m d s)? Then it would translate to: knit 6 rounds even or knit 6 rounds without increases or decreases.

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YOU ARE A GENIUS!!! Now that I look at it more closely is does indeed say r nds! Thank you sooo much!

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Ah, @salmonmac points out the similarly of rnds looking like mds.

I now see the glaring opposition of short rows versus working even.

I have glasses for my old eyes. What can help with my missed second sentence observation?

A) Knitting Help forum

SMH @OffJumpsJack

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You did better than me. I couldn’t be sure what was being asked. I got it wrong too.

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