Stumped! Please Help!

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Hi everyone!,

I just started knitting recently (and I love it!) and have been trying to learn all the techniques. I’m working with an “experienced” pattern (whoops) and while I’ve figured the rest of it out, I am completely stumped on one part! If anyone can help this young knitter understand, it would be greatly appreciated!

Its a bobble pattern purse from the (Vogue Bags 2). The problem I have is that one row of the bobble pattern seems to result in a massive reduction of stitches, when in fact the same number of stitches should be left after working the row. Here is the problem row:

Row: K1, *sl 2 wyif, p3tog, p2sso, k1; rep from * to end.

the notes for this pattern state that p2sso= pass the 2 slipped stitches over the p3tog.

so I’m loosing 2 stitches on the p3tog and then loosing 2 more on the p2sso. What am I doing wrong?

Anyone know?

Thanks!
Ashley Jeanne

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Welcome to knitting and Knitting Help!

Sometimes the stitch count changes from row to row. Does it have an increase section on the next row or two?

If you have a pattern name and link it would be helpful.

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A bobble pattern typically increases into one st several times and then decreases those additional st in a manner similar to the row you quote. That’s what creates the bump or bobble. There should be an increase row somewhere before the decrease row.

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Thanks everyone! I think I may have misread a previous row in trying to keep them all constant, but it looks like that row increases and then decreases back in this row.

Thanks for the help and so quickly too! I’m off to try it out!