I’m trying to figure out part of the pattern of this Lana Grossa pattern, it’s 17 in the Filati magazine 57.
The lace pattern is:
1: k yo k3t yo k3y … k3t
3: k3t yo k3t yo … k
So for every k3t I have only 1 yo, so I’m losing a bunch of stitches every other row. What am I overlooking? Thanks for the help.
It’s possible that the sts lost will be made up in later rows or are there only 2 pattern rows for this portion of the top?
Can you quote the entire row for rows 1 and 3? Does the list of abbreviations tell you what k3y stands for?
Sorry, forgot to mention that the number of stitches is not increased in later rows
K3t = knit 3 together, slip one, knit two together, pass first over slipped stitch
And the rows are basically a simple repeat of yo + k3t or kt3 + yo with a knit-stitch at the beginning or the end of the row
Does your pattern or the pattern book define kt3? I’m wondering specifically if it’s an increase.
If not, you might try contacting the designer or publisher.
https://www.filati-store.com/lana-grossa-filati/contact.html
I don’t see a relevant correction for that pattern on the site.
As I said, k3t is: slip one stitch, knit the two next stitches together and pass the first stitch over.
Contacting Filati is a good suggestion, thanks.
Yes, but is k3t the same as kt3?
I don’t know what kt3 is. If that is also a way of knitting 3 stitches together, I guess it works out the same.
Yes, unless it’s an increase. If there’s no list of abbreviations your best bet may be contacting Filati.
I’ll do that, thanks for the help anyways.
MarionK63 does your pattern state the name of the Lace Pattern that is giving you an issue?
If it is the Horseshoe Lace Pattern at the top it is usually an 8 row pattern.
I cannot make out the stitch at the bottom but this “k yo k3t yo” shows you are Knitting 1 stitch (probably an edge stitch or a spacer stitch if it is part of the repeat), then the yarn over (increases one), K3together (decreases two), yarn over (increases one), so you start and end with 3 sts. I would need a little more information like the stitch name or the complete row to decipher (k3y … k3t) . It is a pretty sweater so let us help you decipher it.
Flknit5, thanks for your help. It turns out that I didn’t read the k3t. It should be: slip 1, k2, pass slipped stitch over. I feel really stupid, but I’m so accustomed to k3t, thst I read the ‘together’ into it
There is no need to feel stupid if you hadn’t asked you would not have figured it out, now you will continue the pattern instead of stashing it in a dark corner. Take your time and enjoy, it is a rewarding lace pattern I use lots of stitch markers when I am doing a lace pattern.
I use markers, too. Makes it so much easier to find out where I went wrong. Or to keep with the pattern when decreasing.
