You would knit another 38 rows of alternating knit and purl. You’ll end up with a total of 40 rows altogether because the first 2 plus 38 [B]more[/B] is 40.
Typically it means you count both the k and the p rows. In otherwords count each row for a total of 76 rows.
If you were garter stitching (k every row) you’d count 38 ridges. But since you won’t get the garter ridges, count 76 v’s on the front less the one on the needle!
HTH!
[But I always check the pattern sizes if they have them kind of drawn out. Because I did make up a pattern once where the designer decided to make their own defintions for counting. Since they didn’t share their unique definitions I was well on my way to a dwarf length sweater in a plus width! Thankfully I could tell something was wrong and just knit to measurements after I tinked the work way back!]
ha ha !! with my present snails pace knitting speed ( 15 rows since my first post ) I had no chance of getting to 78 before making a mistake :mrgreen:
I reckon I shall be able to tell when I get to 38 if the piece will be very short or very long, good stuff this chunky wool for beginning - lets you see everything coming together much quicker and mistakes are very obvious.
Don’t get stuck on the 38 rows… remember you have 2 rows to start with then 38 more. So you need to have finished 40 rows total or it may be a bit short.
