Please Help With This Increase

Pattern Central
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I’m currently knitting a sweater.

Have gotten to the sleeves and am unable to make sense of the pattern.

I currently have 53 stitches on my needle.

The chart says one thing and the words day something else. Here are the instructions below:

Beginning and end rows are indicated, now work in part from chart, working rows 1 - 28 once only the repeating rows 29 - 56 to end and shaping sides by inc 1 st at each end of 5th and 14 foll 6th rows, then on 1 foll 8th rows, taking inc sts into patt. 85.

Can someone please explain to me how I am supposed to increase my work in a more simple way because I’m really stuck here.

Thank you in advance

Stacie

2

Ok, so you’re working rows 1-28 and then repeating rows 29-56 until the end. Increase at the end of row 5 and then rows 11, 17, 23, 29, 35, 41,47, 53, 59, 65, 71, 77, 83, 89 and then row 97.
Sometimes it hellps to write out the pattern repeat row numbers and match them up to the increase row numbers. I keep track of this with a paper and pancil and then check off the rows at I knit.

3

Thank you.

That’s perfect. I have a chart which shows different increase patter. Do I work these in also?

Many thanks

4

What does the chart show? Different lines for the increases? Different amount of increases?

My guess is if you try doing both sets of increases (written and charted), you will end up with more sts than you are supposed to. So, how many sts do you start with and how many sts are you to end with?

5

It shows different rows to increase.

I have 53 and should end up with 85 and that will be perfect if I follow the written and not the chart! Perfect.

Thank you so much for helping me figure this one out.

Thanks

Stacie

6

If you follow the written increases, the number of sts woeks out correctly. I suspect that since the chart is repeated for the later rows, they may have adjusted the increase placement so that they can show them on the chart. That may work with the stitch count also but I can’t see the chart so I don’t know for sure. Since the written directions work, I’d go with them. GG is right, following both will probably give you too many increases.
Good luck with your sweater! If you’re working the sleeves you must be near the finish.