Hi, I need some knitting help.
I’m following a pattern and at some point it says ‘keeping patt correct’ I can’t figure out what it means by that…
anyone can help, if more info is needing to help me out just ask me…
Thanks
I don’t believe that this is a specific direction to the pattern. It is just a general statement to be careful that you are adhering to the pattern. So just make sure you have the correct number or stitches at the end of each row and that you have followed any stitch or color changes correctly. Not doing so may lead to a problem in the next part of your work.
You’re probably working a specific stitch pattern, and that could mean to ‘stay in the pattern’ even when you decrease or increase.
well first it gives you 4 rows to work out to shape the armholes then in a separate paragraph it says:
keeping patt correct, k2tog at the beg of the next and every alt row until 15 sts remain, finishing at front edge.
what i did after working the 4 rows i changed to st st again and knitting 2 tog as described.
that’s what i thought but what’s funny it doesn’t give you more instructions to work it out like it’s showing on the pic…the way the instructions given make it look differrent
Patterns won’t give you stitch by stitch instructions on how to keep in the stitch pattern after binding off and decreasing stitches. You won’t start with the first stitch of the written pattern because you’ve ‘lost’ the first several sts and will continue to because of the decreases. So you need to figure out which stitch you’re on and work it that way. This is where learning to ‘read’ your stitches comes in. For instance, on a k2 p2 rib pattern, if you BO 5 sts, you need to begin the row on the 6th st which is k1, then p2, k2, etc across. But for ribs, you can read the sts and if the next one is a knit stitch you knit it, if it’s a purl stitch, then you purl it.
the pattern says this:
shape armholes
1st row - cast off 2sts, c2f, k1, *k1, c2f, k1, rept from *to last 2 sts, k2
2nd row - k1, * k2, p2, rept from * to last st, k1.
3rd row - k2tog, * k1, c2f, k1, rept from * to end.
4th row - k1, * p2, k2, rept from * to end.
Keeping patt correct, k2tog at beg of the next and every alt row until 15 sts remain, finishing at front edge.
what i did after working the 4 rows i changed back to st st as i thought to myself that it is impossible to continue working the rows like the 4 rows described and knitting 2 together on each row…was my thinkg good?
Yes, you can keep the first and last few sts in stockinette st before the pattern repeats. Though it does tell you how to continute after casting off, and doing the first decrease. So on row 5 you would k2tog, c2f, k1, then repeat the 1k c2f, k1 pattern to end. On row 7 it woud be k2tog, k3, then repeat the 1k c2f, k1 sts. Just keep going like that, and if there’s not enough sts to keep in the c2f pattern, just knit them.
so what you’re saying is that row 5 and 6 should be worked like row 3 and 4 just by adding the k2tog at the beg and i continue like that till i remain with 15 sts, right?
how come you say k3 for row 7 can’t i just keep going like rows 3 and 4?
You don’t just repeat rows 3 and 4 because you’re losing a stitch every RS row. If you look again, what I typed for Row 5 is NOT the same as row 3, it leaves out a stitch. Row 4 looks very much like what I said earlier about ribbing, knit the knit sts and purl the purls sts and do that for all WS rows.
still i don’t understand how you figured out that it should be worked in that way…am sorry to give you a hard time but this part was confusing on the pattern when it says keeping pattern correct as actually it says correct and not to continue with the same pattern…to have a better idea here’s the pattern number, it’s: P1034
I’m working the left front
Keeping the pattern ‘correct’ is the same thing as keeping the remaining sts in the pattern. Since you’re losing sts you can’t work them the same way as on previous rows, you have to subtract a stitch. It may help you to put stitch markers between the repeats, then you can just work stockinette sts after you dec sts to the next marker.
Where’s the pattern located - P1034 where?
search on google by typing knitting pattern P1034
in fact that’s what i did i continued working in stocking stitch…it is still nice but like that the upper part differs from that of the pic so that’s why i was getting confused whether am i doing the right stitch or not
If you’re doing the entire row in stockinette, that’s not what I meant. Just the beginning and end of the rows where you don’t have enough sts for the k1, c2f, k1 repeat.
ok i got it so i should have worked the rest of the rows by k2tog k1 c2f k1 till i have 15sts remaining. I don’t know why they don’t make it clear on the pattern instructions…i will try it out and see what happens if i see that it’s getting too complex i revert to st st after the 4th row
It would take too much room to write it out. And you won’t work every row k2tog k1 c2f k1… Here’s how the first few rows go…
Row 5 - k2tog, c2f, k1 * k1, c2f, k1, rept from * to end.
Row 7 - k2tog, k3, * k1, c2f, k1, rept from * to end.
Row 9 - k2tog, k2, * k1, c2f, k1, rept from * to end.
Row 11 - k2tog k1 * k1, c2f, k1, rept from * to end.
Row 13 - k2tog * k1, c2f, k1, rept from * to end.
Row 15 - same as row 5, then repeat row 7, row 9, row 11, row 13 and so on.
Do you see how you begin the rows with k2tog BUT you do one less st in the pattern sequence each time.
cool it looks like you kept working the first row with some adjustments. How did you figure out that it should be worked like that? do you have some books that instruct you how to go about it?
the rows that you skipped should be worked in st st?