Hi everyone, I am hoping someone can explain a stitch for the scarf I am working on. It has a knot referred to as mk. It says p3tog, then without taking stitches from lt hand needle yo, then p3tog into the same stitches. Will this not majorly decrease my stitch count? Or am I thinking of it wrong?
Welcome to KH. Your stitch count will stay the same. The first p3tog is one stitch, the yo will make and increase and counts as one, the second p3tog is the third stitch. You do all this before you drop the stitches you’re working into off the left needle.
the ‘simple little something’ bracelet pattern has similar directions… so i think that’s the look of stitch you’ll get… http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/simple-little-something
i still have one of these OTNs, although at this point i’m calling it a UFO. i tried these months ago and my skills hadn’t caught up with my wants. might be time to revisit it.
Yep looks exactly like that. in fact here is the link to what I am working on. [URL="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/extra-warm-mens-scarf
Ok I know I am slow so bear with me. So I will run my right needle p wise through three stitches and pearl them all together. Leave them on the left needle yarn over then p three more together and then slide them all off my needle which will take 6 stitches and convert into three.
Or am I missing something? Sorry havent tried anything like this before.
Nope, you’ll be purling the same 3 stitches in both p3tog, so you don’t actually lose any stitch count.
P3tog but don’t drop off left needle
Yarn over
P3tog into the same 3 stitches as the first p3tog THEN drop off the left needle.
Ok I don’t understand why I am having such a hard time grasping this. I am thinking of it as a drop stitch type move is that wrong I guess? I may just have to have a friend I know that knits come show me because I am a visual type learner. Sorry I am being so dense. I am sure once I figure it out I will be like duh huh.
Ahh I found a video so it is a decrease stitch. Now I just have to figure out the leaving them all on the left hand needle while I work with seven stitches.
No, not a decrease as Brenda said. It’s the star stitch and it’s shown on this video about halfway down the page.