Sleeve increase help

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Hello,

I am attempting to knit the Connie cardigan by Kim Hargreaves for Rowan. This pattern has been a bit challenging so far as I have never knit sleeves before and of course this is where I’m stuck!

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I am currently working on the increase section of the sleeves.

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For my size, it would read as:

Cont in patt inc 1 st at each end of next and 10 foll 10th alt rows, then on 2 foll 12th rows, taking inc sts into patt (93sts).

Could someone please explain what 10 following 10th alternate rows means? I understand increasing on alternate rows as I have done this elsewhere, and I understand the second part of the instructions, to increase on 2 following 12th rows. In my head, the 10 following 10th alternate rows means (including the increases to the next row):

Row 1: inc 1 st at each end
Rows 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20: patt as normal
Row 21: inc 1 st at each end
You would then do 10 times, and then inc 1 st at each end of 2 foll 12th rows.

This is what I have done. However, the next line says to continue shaping until sleeves measure 43cm. My sleeves is much longer than 43cm just by completing the increases, which means I didn’t do this part right. I am just unsure how else to read this part of the instructions! I have done some research online, and I cannot find a pattern with the same wording for the increase section as mine.

Thank you!

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Hello
You’ve just misread the pattern, easily done.
The ‘alt’ is for the 9th size only so you can ignore that.
For the third size
Continue in pattern increase 1 stitch each end of next and 10 following 10th rows,
That’s rows 1, 11, 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, 101
Then on 2 following 12th rows
Thats rows 113, 125

The length will be the initial 4 row pattern plus 125 rows, plus the length of the cuff. You can check with the pattern gauge and your own gauge that this will be close to the 43cm needed. Work straight until 43 cm (this might not be much, 1 row or a few cm depending on your gauge).

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/connie

Hope his helps

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Hi,

Thank you SO much! I completely see how I misread the pattern, this feels like such a silly issue!

Off to go unravel my work and get my first sleeve done :slight_smile:

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Glad to be able to help.
Patterns take a bit of getting used to and even then any of us can misread a line.

Enjoy knitting your new sleeve. I hope you’ll post a pic.

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This sort of thing is where it REALLY helps us to see the actual instructions, because if I had tried to type that out, I’d have included the “alt”, as you did, not having noticed that it’s INSIDE the parentheses!

Punctuation really matters in knitting patterns!

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