Re: Please help

How-to Questions
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I am knitting an eyelet cardigan for a baby and would greatly appreciate some help with regards understanding the pattern for shaping the raglan sleeves.

The pattern for the cardigan is as follows:

1st row: Knit
2nd row: Purl
3rd row: K5, *yfwd, k2tog, k6, rep from * to last 6 sts, yfwd. K2tog, k4
4th row: Purl
5th & 6th rows: As 1st & 2nd rows
7th row: K9, *yfwd, k2tog, k6, rep from * to last 2 sts, K2
8th row: Purl

Shape raglan
Working in patt throughout, cast off 5 sts in patt at beg of next 2 rows, 65 sts
Next row: K1, K2togtbl, work in patt until 3 sts remain, k2tog, k1. 63 sts
Next row: Purl
Working all decreases as set above, work 36 rows more in patt, decreasing 1 st at each end of every right side row. 27sts

Once I have knitted the two rows above, I assume that I ‘k1, k2togtl’ - and now I am stuck! I am assuming that this is equivalent of 3rd row of the pattern above, so, as three stiches have been knitted, when knitting the next stitch, would it be the 4th stitch of the pattern in row 3 – i.e. knit. If so, I assume it would be knit x2 (the last 2 stitches of the k5 of the first instruction of the 3rd row), yfwd, k2tog, k6 etc. until the last three stitches, then k2tog, k1. Am I correct in thinking that I do not k2tog, k4 at any stage on this row, as show on the 3rd row in the pattern above

Any help will be hugely appreciated

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Welcome to the forum!
The most important thing is to maintain the pattern in the body of the sweater. The easiest way to handle these decreases is to give up a pattern repeat at the edges. So the first repeat and the last repeat may have knit sts on the odd rows instead of having the eyelet pattern. Since you’ve cast off the first 5sts, on a row 3 for example, you would k1, k2togtbl, k5 and then continue with the repeats *yfwd, k2tog, k6, rep from *
On the end of the row, you’ll also give up the last repeat of the pattern so you can work to the last 9sts, yfwd, k2tog, k4, k2tog, k1.
Make sure the repeats line up so that the pattern continues and then you’ll know that you’ve worked the correct number of sts at the edges. .