Pattern help please

How-to Questions
1

So I am trying to knit the front band and collar of a cardigan. I am quite confused by the pattern itself, I obviously did something very wrong cause it didn’t work lol.
Can anyone explain this please:

Continue in ribbing as set and shape with shortened rows turning rows as follows:
Next 2 rows: Rib 38, turn, rib to end
Next 2 rows: Rib 42, turn, rib to end
Next 2 rows: Rib 46, turn, rib to end
Next 2 rows: Rib 50, turn, rib to end
Next 2 rows: Rib 54, turn, rib to end
Continue in this way working 4 more sts on each turning row for a further 18 rows.

So here is what I did:
Ribbed 38, turned, ribbed to end 2 times
Ribbed 42, turned, ribbed to end 2 times
Ribbed 46, turned, ribbed to end 2 times
Ribbed 50, turned, ribbed to end 2 times
Ribbed 54, turned, ribbed to end 2 times.
Did 18 rows of adding 4 turning stitches each time. Ended up with a last row of rib 126, turn, rib to end.

Please tell me where I went wrong… this pattern is confusing me so much.
Thank you :slight_smile:

2

Hi and welcome!
When you do short rows, working the rib, turning and ribbing to end counts as 2 rows. You don’t have to repeat each direction twice.
Next 2 rows: Rib 38, turn, rib to end (that counts as 2 rows)
Next 2 rows: Rib 42, turn, rib to end (that counts as 2 rows)
Next 2 rows: Rib 46, turn, rib to end (that counts as 2 rows)
etc.

3

Ohhhh lol, I didn’t know that. So when it says continue for 18 rows, it will be really like 9?

Thank you :smiley:

4

It’s 18 rows if you count the knitting to the turn as one row and the knitting after the turn as row 2 or 9 rows if you count the two together as a single row. You’ve got it.

5

You have saved the day! Thank you very much :slight_smile: