Hi all, I stumbled across this forum by complete accident after looking for help with a project.
I found a wonderful pattern on Ravelry for a full-length coat/cardigan called the Louhi Coat by Tuulia Salmela, and I see that it has been mentioned on this forum a couple of times but none of the posts were able to assist me. I haven’t started knitting yet because I have been agonizing trying to decipher it, and I’m literally banging my head against the wall trying to understand this incredibly complicated pattern. I tried emailing the author of the pattern but I haven’t gotten any responses yet and it’s been over a month; alas after numerous Google searches, hundreds of youtube videos to help explain some of this, I turn to you all for help.
The pattern first starts where you knit the cuffs of the sleeves, and it says to cast on 26 stitches and repeat the cable pattern in chart 1 3 times. The pattern is a Viking-style cable that spans across 24 rows. Then it says to pick up 52 stitches in 3 sets and to place markers in between each set (17, 18, 17) with the 18 stitches in the middle being reserved for another cable pattern used for the rest of the sleeve. If I’m reading this correctly (and please let me know if I am not) the cable pattern for the cuff is 24 rows and it says to repeat the pattern 3 times which if my math is correct would give me 72 rows, then pick up 52 stitches along the edge to continue knitting the sleeve. Did I miss a decrease somewhere? How did it go from 72 stitches to 52 stitches?
The second part I’m stuck on is the decrease stitches for the sleeve cap at the top of the sleeve.
Sleeve cap: When knitting R24 (of chart 2) for the last time, begin
decreases for the sleeve cap. BO in both ends 1 x 5 sts every row.
Decrease 2 x 1 st every 2 rows, 2 x 1 st on every row, 2 x 2 st on
every row. On the next row, BO 17 sts in both ends. You will be on
R47 in chart 2. Continue according to chart 2, every st of every
row is included in the chart. After the last row, cut yarn and pull yarn
through all sts.
I don’t understand the # x # every # rows. Can someone please explain this?
Any help, or advice anyone can provide would be useful. Thank you all!
If you would like to reference the pattern, here is the link: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/louhi