Preemie sweater- HELP!

#1

Hi,
I’m doing this pattern: http://lwalters1ivil.tripod.com/bauble.html
and at row 6, it says:
[FONT=Times New Roman]R6: (RS) k3, *inc1, k1, repeat from * across row, ending inc 1 st, k3 (47 sts)[/FONT]
and what I did was k3, m1B (from Amy’s video), k1, m1B, k1… until the end, then k the last 3 sts. But then I had a ton of sts, way more than 47.
:waah: What did I do wrong??:waah: Please help!

Also, one more thing:
Instead of putting the sts for the sleeve onto straight needles and knitting flat, could I transfer them to DPNs, and work in the round so I don’t have to seam? :think:

#2

It probably wants you to work a kfb for the increase, since that will use up a stitch.

(Your link didn’t go to the sweater pattern.)

As for the sleeve, you absolutely can use dpns–so much better!

#3

Your link is missing a character, it’s - http://lwalters1-ivil.tripod.com/bauble.html

Starting with 34 sts, working on the next five rows…

“[FONT=Times New Roman]R6: (RS) k3, *inc1, k1, repeat from * across row, ending inc 1 st, k3 (47 sts)”[/FONT]

Could be the increase that should be used is kfb which uses a stitch instead of putting the inc between sts. In which case, that would work out to 47 sts. So kfb, k1, kfb, k1, etc.

#4

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! :happydance:
(Sorry the link didn’t work, must have copied wrong :doh: )
Since the pattern didn’t specify HOW to increase, I just used the one I knew best… kfb makes much better sense (why don’t they just SAY kfb??)
Gonna go work on the sweater now! Thanks again!

#5

For a long time, many patterns always used kfb for an increase. Now you find a lot of people use make 1 to indicate an increase though they don’t really mean the M1 inc. So it’s very individual. But it would be a lot more clear if pattern writers specified which inc they mean. You could email the site owner (there on the page I linked to where it says “Problems with this site please contact The Webmaster”) and let her know that the instructions are somewhat ambiguous and confusing.