Hi! Would someone explain to me how to do this??? I am knitting a sweater. It is workedin one piece to the underarm, then divided, and fronts and back are worked separately.
Now, it has a pattern to it that I have to use the chart for.
I have just come to the divided part and am starting to work the left front. I have to decrease 1 st at the armhole and neck. However, now I have come to a pattern row. Can someone explain to me (in kindergarten terms) how to decrease this row?
Knit 1, YO, knit 2 together, then repeat the YO and K2Tog until the last 2 stitches, which I knit together.
Now how do I do the decreases on this??? I was going along on a nice speed until I hit this big pothole! Thanks to all who reply! Linda
Can you give a link to the pattern or tell which book or magazine you got it from? Not seeing the actual pattern, I’m not sure if this general solution will work, but here’s a possibility: At the beginning of the right side rows, you just K1, then K 2 tog, and then pick up with your pattern where it left off. At the ends of the right side rows, you go to the last 3 sts, then K2 tog, and then K1.
So on the first dec row, you would K1, then just K2 tog and not do the YO right before it, then keep going, then ignore the last YO, then K2 tog, then K1. Just make sure you stay in the charted pattern when you dec.
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I don’t know if this helps at all…I fotocopied the pattern from a magazine in the library…Knitters Magazine, Spring 2008. Is it suppose to be complicated when using a chart and decreasing stitches?? I feel like it is a brain teaser. Hopefully, I will be finished with this project by Christmas so my friend can wear it by next Spring…lol…:wall: :wall:
You’re in luck-- I have that magazine:). This is one of those things that is very simple-- once you’ve had a lot of experience. You just work the decreased into the pattern. Once you’ve done it on a few projects, you’ll be fine with it. Here’s how it works in this situation:
The O is a YO, the 2 is where you knit 2 tog, and the 1 is where you knit 1, and remember, this is what it actually looks like, so the two 2s are your left edge as you look at it (it will be the right edge when you wear it) and the 1 is your right edge as you look at it (it will be the left edge when you wear it).
- 2 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 1
- Wrong side row, just as in the chart.
- 1 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 O 2 1
You only have 3 rows of the YO/K2 tog pattern and then you go back to St st. But each time you decrease, you just eliminate a st from your pattern. If it’s supposed to be YO, just don’t do it, instead. If it’s supposed to be a K2 tog, just either K3 tog, or at the last YO before, it, just don’t do that. That eliminates your st. When you’re in st st, it’s easy-- just K2 tog at each edge. The one thing you might want to do is on the arm hole edges, K2 tog, but on the neck edges, instead, do a SSK. It will just make the slants look a little neater and more mirrored.
Thank you so much for taking the time to help me and find the magazine! The sweater is for a special friend of mine who I tutor in English. She is from Korea and is a real doll! She does so many nice things for me that I wanted to make an extra special something for her! Thanks again and Happy Mother’s Day if you are a mother!! Linda:muah:
Your thoughtful thank you is so appreciated!
Glad to be able to help. And what a nice thing to do for your tutoree! It looks like such a cute sweater-- good luck with it!