K and inc1 (dec1:dec 3) sts evenly across row. 81(91:101)

How-to Questions
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Does that mean K all the way through and at the end, inc 1(dec1:dec3)? Or do I K, inc or dec, K, inc or dec, K, inc or dec…?

I’m working on a medium with 92 stitches currently, so by the end of this row, I should have 91? So “K row, dec1 at end of row” makes sense? I’m confused. Any help is appreciated…

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What’s in the () are for different sizes of the pattern. Your title says ‘evenly’ across so for the medium you decrease a stitch - in the middle of the row would be fine, then you will have 91 stitches.

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Will do. Thanks!

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Hi, I have 20 stitches to be made into 81. following is the instruction. I am not able to understand the ones in the bracket. can anyone help me in this. I am knitting a baby bonnet.

K and inc 1(dec 1: dec 3) sts evenly across row. 81 (91: 101) sts

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The numbers/instructions in the brackets are for different sizes - S M or L I guess. Since you’re doing the small one ignor the others and k1 inc across the rows. Though I’m not sure since it says ‘inc 1 [I]evenly[/I]’ which means you’d only inc 1 st so you should have 80 sts at that point. Do you have a link to the pattern, or can you write the row that comes before this one?

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Hi thanks for your response. The following is the pattern.
I would be happy to get your help in this.

Bonnet
With 2.75mm needles, cast on 97 (112: 127) sts and work as follows:
Row 1 (RS) K1, yfwd, * k5, slip the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th sts over the first st, yfwd; rep from * to
last st, k1.
Row 2 P1, * [p1, yon, k1 tbl] all into next st, p1; rep from * to end. 81 (93: 105) sts.
Row 3 K and dec 1 st at end of row. 80 (92: 104) sts.
Rows 4, 5 and 6 K1, * p1, yon, k2tog; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 7 K and inc 1(dec 1: dec 3) sts evenly across row. 81 (91: 101) sts.

regards,
kg7

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Could you edit your post to take out most of the pattern and only leave the part you’re asking about? Even for a free pattern, it’s against copyright regulations to repost a pattern in its entirety.

All you need is these rows - With 2.75mm needles, cast on 97 (112: 127) sts and work as follows:
Row 1 (RS) K1, yfwd, * k5, slip the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th sts over the first st, yfwd; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 2 P1, * [p1, yon, k1 tbl] all into next st, p1; rep from * to end. 81 (93: 105) sts.
Row 3 K and dec 1 st at end of row. 80 (92: 104) sts.
Rows 4, 5 and 6 K1, * p1, yon, k2tog; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 7 K and inc 1(dec 1: dec 3) sts evenly across row. 81 (91: 101) sts.

  • which is a little different than you paraphrased it. You don’t have 20 sts you started with 112 sts, and lost some on row 1 and a single st on row 3.

So now you should have 92 sts and on row 7 just decrease one stitch, somewhere in the middle would be fine, and you’ll have 92.

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Hi, thanks for the clarification. I started with 97 sts, I had 80 sts after row3 and in rows 4,5,6 since it was mentioned K2tog the 80sts are decreased to 20sts. I think i have made a mistake in this. Can you pls tell me what k2tog means here.

kg7

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You don’t reduce the sts from 80 to 20 in rows 4, 5, and 6? The ‘yon’ is a YO and it offsets the K2tog which will keep the st numbers the same - 80.

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I am also stuck on Row 7. Please can someone explain what to do

7th row K and inc 1(dec1: dec 3) sts evenly across row.

Many thanks in advance to some kind person.

maricia

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Aha! A million thanks. Very misleading pattern instructions.
Clever Suzeeq.