Poll: What would you do? -Pattern Interpretation for increases:

How-to Questions
1

[B][I]“Inc 1 sts at each of 3rd and every foll 4th row to 104 sts.”[/I][/B]

[U][I]Option 1:[/I][/U]

R1
R2
R3 increase
R4 increase
R1
R2
R3
R4 increase

OR
[U]
[I]Option 2[/I][/U]

R1
R2
R3 increase
R4
R1
R2
R3
R4 increase
R1
R2
R3
R4 increase

So the difference is having two increases closely together, or the increases more evenly spaced.

Is there an unspoken consensus about instructions like this?

Based on the fact that it says [B]every[/B] following 4th row. I’m inclined to believe it would be option one. However during some searching online(I should have come here first). I went with option two, and am at the point I wouldn’t frog it If I was wrong. But my curiosity won’t die, so I’m asking if this was your pattern what would you have done?

Thanks guys!

2

Option 2, so your incs will be on rows 3, 7, 11, 15, etc. With these type of directions -
"Inc 1 sts at each of 3rd and every foll 4th row to 104 sts"always assume there’s a ‘then’ after the and and before every. The ‘following 4th row’ means the 4th row after the 3rd row.

3

As if knitting patterns weren’t abreviated enough, you have to insert words that aren’t even there to understand it! LOL

Thanks a ton!

4

I’d go with option 2…only because I read it as following “set” and to me that means the next set…does that make sense?? I am as hard to read as the pattern! lol!

5

I would do this:
R1
R2
R3 increase
NO FOURTH ROW HERE
R1
R2
R3
R4 increase
R1
R2
R3
R4 increase