ASHLEE CABLED SWEATER
PATTERN NUMBER: M21134HL
LION BRAND HEARTLAND
Hello Everyone,
I’m new to Knitting Help. Thanks for having this site to help people like me.
Has anyone made this pattern and can help me with the sleeves.
I don’t understand after you m1. How many stitches do you need before you continue in the pattern? How many M1 stitches do I need before I can continue the pattern. I just don’t understand what to do. Please I hope someone can help me.
Thank you,
Gal
Please Help
Welcome to KH!
On the increase row, slip the first stitch then M1 (using the strand between the stitches). Work the cable pattern for most of the row until you get to the last stitch. M1 just before the last stitch then purl 1. You’ll always be working the stitches in cable pattern between the edge stitches. On some rows, depending on the size you’re making there will be a M1 after the first stitch and just before the last stitch.
What size are you making? The smallest size has you work 3 rows with no increase and then an increase row. The other 2 sizes have you work 1 row with no increase, then an increase row.
The increased stitches will be incorporated into the cable pattern so on rows after the M1 rows you have to look at the cable pattern and work the increase into the cables.
Thank you salmonmac for your help. I don’t understand why but I just can’t get it correct. I have been looking for a video for the sleeves but can’t find one. After I do the M1 I just can’t seem to get the correct number of stitches for the pattern.
Thank you for your help.
Gal
You can work the M1 as a knit stitch on either end of the sleeve and you can even work it as a purl on the WS row. Then on the next RS row look at the pattern stitches from the earlier rows. Use them to help you decide how to work the new increase stitches into the pattern. This is called reading your sts.
The other way to work this is to look at the written pattern and decide how to knit the new sts in order to keep in pattern. If for example your pattern is a (k1, p3) repeat from the beginning of a RS row to the end (k1,p3) and you make an increase on a RS row, on the next RS row the increase should be a purl at the beginning of the row and a knit at the end of the row. That gives you p1(k1,p3)…(k1,p3)k1. The p1 stitch at the beginning of the row is going to eventually be part of a p3. The k1 at the end of the row will start a new (k1,p3) repeat. When you increase in later rows, those repeats will be extended.
It’s not always an obvious thing to do either way. The initial increase can be more of a problem than the one at the end of the row. Somehow it’s easier to see how to extend the pattern rather than how to think backwards to work in pattern at the beginning sts.
This video uses a backward loop increase which may be easier than a M1 in your case. What’s important is how to figure out how to work that stitch either on the next row or the next RS row whichever is easier for you.
This is a simpler example but it may help.
And at the risk of overwhelming you with videos and tutorials, here’s one from Patty Lyons.
https://www.moderndailyknitting.com/community/ask-patty-increasing-and-decreasing-in-pattern/
Hello
If I was doing this I would use some markers to help me keep track, stitch markers or yarn loops on the needle.
For me I would put 1 after the 1st stitch and 1 before the last stitch because these are the selvedge stitches. Then I would put one after stitch 21(or 20 sts after the first marker) because the cable repeat is 20 sts wide.
When working I’d add another marker after the first M1 because this is a new repeat of the cable pattern, although so far it is only 1 stitch.
So I’d have
Selvedge, marker, new stitches, marker, 20 stitches, marker, 20 stitches, marker, new stitches, marker, selvedge.
I find this helps me a great deal although initially it might seem a bit over marked, eventually there will be a full set of 20 stitches in the “new” section.
Dear Salmonmac,
Thank you for your patience. I appreciate your help. I just didn’t understand these directions. I finally got it. Your explanation and videos helped me. Your kindness will never be forgotten.
Thanks again,
Gal
Thank you for your help.
Gal
You’re welcome, enjoy the rest of your project. Hope we get to see a photo when you’re finished.
Good looking sweater with wonderful cable pattern. Have fun finishing up and please let us see a photo.