hi I’m new to he forum and to following patterns for knitting.
I have been finding following the instructions OK but the project I’m doing my numbers don’t add up at the end of the line.
Start
Cast on 12sts and 2 rows stocking stitch
1st inc row - K1, (inc1) three times, K3, (inc 1) three times, K2 [18st]
now am i being stupid or does that not add up right. to break this down I’m
knitting 1
including 1
including 1
including 1
knitting 1
knitting 1
knitting 1
including 1
including 1
including 1
knitting 1
knitting 1
that leaves 6 still on my needle to be knitted and would make 18 if I did nothing with them.
also later on another piece again 12sts cast on then
1st inc line - (inc1, inc1, k1) to end [20sts] again when I do this to end I get more then 20 as for ever stitch you add 2 meaning 36!
I am deserate to understand where I’m going wrong…
I’ve heard that Alan Dart patterns can be difficult. The only way I can make sense of the 1st increase row would be to use the 2nd increase row as your 1st increase row. I count 18 stitches in the 2nd row. Then if you look at the 3rd increase row it seems to add up to 24 stitches.
What you’ll need to do is knit into the front and back of a stitch instead of using a M1. Amy has an explanation/video in the glossary. (look at the top of the KH page and click on “Glossary”. Otherwise, kfb, means to knit into the next st, twisting it around and knitting into the back of the same st.
You’ll cast on 12 sts, knit the first row, purl the second, then:
K1, [kfb]x3, knit 3, [kfb]x3, k2 = 18
I tried it with the M1 and it didn’t come out right.
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This - inc1 - does not mean include, it’s inc 1. And probably means kfb, to increase [B]in[/B] a stitch, not a M1, which is an increase [B]between[/B] sts. Big difference in how the st numbers work out.
As for getting the stitches to add up in the first part, it doesn’t matter what type of increase you do, most, if not all, increases add exactly 1 stitch. I think the pattern means to (knit 1, inc 1) three times, so: