Pattern woes

#1

Hope someone out there can help me! I’m starting to feel very old…I have been knitting sometime now, but I’m self taught. I have never had this much trouble with a pattern. I have emailed the company and they say it is correct as written. Ok, I just need someone to explain to me why I am losing sts. Here’s the pattern : I start and should keep 93 sts… The 1st. row is a purl row/ then row 2 is K1,p3tog,(KPK),rep from * 22 times, p3tog, K1.
3rd row is another purl row, Then the 4th row is: K1,(KPK),P3tog,rep from * 22 times (KPK), K1. I would love for someone to try it and tell me what I’m doing wrong. I lose 2 sts. on the 2nd row. HELP :

#2

They may say the pattern is correct, but it adds up to 91 for me, too.

K1,*p3tog,(KPK),rep from * 22 times, p3tog, K1.

k1 = 1
p3tog, (kpk) x 22 = 88
p3tog = 1
k1 = 1

91 stitches

K1,*(KPK),P3tog,rep from * 22 times (KPK), K1. I would love for someone to try it and tell me what I’m doing

However, row 4 adds up to 93.

1 + 88 + 3 + 1 = 93

But, if you have 91 stitches in row 2, you use those stitches to have 93 in row 4. Maybe it’s supposed to change number?

#3

Thanks for your help, Ingrid but they said there should be 93 sts. on every pattern row. :shrug: Oh well, back to the drawing board.

#4

I still think there’s a mistake. Row 2 uses 93 stitches to get down to 91, and row 4 uses 91 stitches to get up to 93. :shrug:

#5

Maybe the error is them telling you there should be 93 stitches every row? Because Row 2 has a k3tog by itself. Or maybe you could knit a sample with just a few pattern repeats instead of 22, and put in a KPK after the last k3tog on R2, and see how it looks. Maybe that’s the typy.

sue

#6

Thank you everyone for your help…I will try your ideas, as I still haven’t heard back from the company. I will post my sucess…hopefully

#7

Thank you all for your help…I am on my way. :muah: I DO lose two sts. on the 2nd row, but then get them back on the 4th. I heard back from the “help” I was getting from the company, and she still says I should have 93 sts on every row and that I don’t understand the pattern :grrr:

#8

Don’t ya just hate patterns like this one? Aargh. I feel your pain all the way out her on the West Coast! :pout:

#9

:hmm:

#10

Not much help, eh?