Math help for a sweater

#1

Ok…past one speed bumb, thanks to Ingrid.

I’m doing a sweater. I’ve already done: 13.5 inches of one color, then changed to the other color and stitched for 2.5 inches.

The directions say this:

“Cont in garter st with color, bind off 3 sts at beg of next 2 rows. 2 sts at beg of next 2 rows, dec 1 st each side every other row 1 time-54 sts. Work even in garter st until there is a total of 26 rows in garter st.”

The problem is, when I started this project I had to change the number of stitches, because I have size 8 gauge needles, it asked for 10. Basically…for every 66 it asks for, I did 82. (I did the math).

Help please! Thanks! :lol:

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#2

Can someone help:-( please

#3

I wish I could help, but I have never made a sweater yet, and am sort of only a slightly advanced beginner. I know someone here can help though!

#4

Since you’re apparently good at math, the only suggestion I can make is to figure out the percentage of the decreases in the original pattern and then decrease by the same percentage of the stitches you’re working with.

Make sense?

And BTW–I’m not Amy! :wink:

#5

Hopefully I’m not jumping the gun, and tell me if I don’t make sense… but if you altered the pattern by adding 16 stitches, and this point in your pattern has you going down from their 66 to 54… wouldn’t you add 16 to 54? Thus your version would take you down from 82 to 70?

I suggest you PM one of the super experts to see if they agree and verify my thoughts make sense…

:thumbsup: Jodie

#6

I hope I didn’t make a mistake from the beginning. The width of the garment seems to be the right size…:-\

#7

I’m REALLY worried now on how to finish the pattern correctly… especially since I’m almost done with the 2.5 inches of the orange. :-\

#8

Check the gauge on the pattern. If their 3 stitches is equal to 1 inch, for example, then you know you should decrease by one inch.

Then, like BinkyKat said, decrease down to 70.

#9

I guess my concern is…do I need to be decreasing more than what the pattern says?

#10

Your stitches are smaller than their stitches, assuming that your’s measures what their’s measures. I don’t know if there will be a problem if you just decrease what they say. I’ve never increases stitches in a pattern like that.

#11

Does that mean I did it wrong?

I’m going to do what you said, and hope for the best!

I’m doing to do what the pattern says, even though in having to change the gauge it might change that?

#12

You didn’t do it wrong. You did the math for the increase in the number of stitches, so I’m just thinking that whatever percent you increased the number of stitches by, you could increase the number of decreases by. I honestly don’t know what the difference would be. Try it and see, I guess. :thinking:

#13

Ingrid, I’ll keep you posted! :wink: :XX: