Pattern 911!

How-to Questions
1

I started knitting a blanket, and thought I understood this line in the pattern, but ended up having to rip it out because the stitches didn’t add up. I want to make sure I have it right BEFORE I start again, as it was very frustrating to have to start over.

Earlier in the book there occurs a “dagger” symbol *here represented as a (+), with the instructions: the dagger identifies a portion of instructions that will be repeated again later in the same row.
Another symbol that occurs is a star with the instruction: an asterisk is used to mark the beginning of a portion of instructions which will be worked morethan once; thus “repeat from *”

That being said, the line I messed up reads:
K1,P1, knit in front,in back, and in front of next st; P4; *+ K2 tog; YO, K1, P1, K1, SSK; P4, knit in front, in back, and in front on next st +; P4; rep from * 10 times more, then rep from + to + once; P1, K1.

I know how to YO, and SSK, and K2 tog, etc. I am having trouble with the part between the first * and the + mess. I ran from the first *, to the +, then back to the first * and continued to the to the second, and repeat like that 10 times. But the stitches didn’t add up. What am doing wrong?

HELP PLEASE!

2

You should be repeating all that is between the *s 10 times, then between the +s one more time after that. You shouldn’t be stopping at the + when you’re knitting between the *s.

*+ K2 tog; YO, K1, P1, K1, SSK; P4, knit in front, in back, and in front on next st +; P4; rep from * 10 times more

  • K2 tog; YO, K1, P1, K1, SSK; P4, knit in front, in back, and in front on next st + one more time
3

okay, so the 2nd + is simple denoting the end of that + section and I should ignore it?

4

Yes, it just belongs to that one section which you will repeat once, after you do what is between the *s, and then P1, K1, at the end of the row.

5

Thanks so very much!

6

You’re welcome!!! Let me know how it comes out!!