I just wanted to make sure I understood the instructions right. In the part where it says [COLOR=“Red”]“Dec Row (RS): K1, k2 tog, work to last 3 sts, SSK, k1…”[/COLOR] Do I knit till the first marker and continue doing the stitches between the markers in pattern stitch as i did for the first 4 inches? Do I then follow st stitch for the next rows and the in between stitches follow the pattern?
For the increase row it says m1k - do I pick up the bar between stitches and knit it or should I knit into front and back of stitch to increase the stitch?
if I pick up the bar what is the right direction to pick the bar between stitches and should I knit in the front or in the back of the stitch?
In the next row(RS) it says [COLOR=“Red”]“Knit 6 rows, then purl 1 row, end on WS.”[/COLOR] Do I do st stitch throughout here?
" Do I knit till the first marker and continue doing the stitches between the markers in pattern stitch as i did for the first 4 inches?
Yes, do the decrease here and then every 1 1/2" four times and keep all the patterning going just the way you have it set up.
Do I then follow st stitch for the next rows and the in between stitches follow the pattern?
If you are asking if you do stockinette st here, no, you don’t, you keep working in the same pattern stitch you have been doing all along. Notice the picture. It has 2X2 ribbing broken up with the pattern stitch up to the armholes.
For the increase row it says m1k - do I pick up the bar between stitches and knit it or should I knit into front and back of stitch to increase the stitch?
On that pattern page there is a place you can click to see “Abbreviations and Terms” used. On that it says:
M1k: Pick up horizontal strand between stitch just worked and next stitch, place on left hand needle, knit this stitch (1 stitch increased).
There are two ways to do this. I actually use the left needle to pick up the strand either from the front or the back (then you don’t have to move it to the left needle), if I pick it up in front I knit it in back. If I pick it up from the back, I knit it in front. This twists it and closes the hole you would otherwise get. Here is a link to how to do these increases on this site (there is an explanation and a video showing it). LINK Look for M1L (also known as M1F) and M1R (also know as M1B). As the name implies one slants slightly to the left and one to the right. I don’t think they slant enough to matter much, so you could just pick one and use it all the time. If you want to you could make the one on the right slant right and the one on the left slant left.
In the next row(RS) it says “Knit 6 rows, then purl 1 row, end on WS.” Do I do st stitch throughout here?
This is that band of garter stitch at bust level before you begin the other pattern stitch. So, no, it is not St st (St st is knit a row purl a row) it is garter, knit every row, after you do that for 6 rows you purl one row, that should be a wrong side row. Then go into double seed stitch.
Establish Pat St: Row 1 (RS): K0(2-0-0-0-0), (p2, k2) 1(1-3-4-5-6) times, place marker, work Row 1 of Pat St over 38 sts, place marker, k2, (p2, k2) 3(4-4-4-5-5) times, place marker, work Row 1 of Pat St over 38 sts, place marker, (k2, p2) 1(1-3-4-5-6) times, k0(2-0-0-0-0).
That is the set up row for the back of the sweater. Before the first marker you do not have St st (that abbreviation means Stockinette st, knit a row purl a row), but P2, K2 ribbing. And after the last marker same thing.
You asked: what I meant was, in the prev rows the first set of stitches till the first marker and the last set of stitches followed a st stitch pattern and the stitches in between followed the pattern stitch…so do I continue doing the st stitch for the first and last set of stitches like the prev rows?
If what you mean by st stitch is the ribbing you had before the first marker and after the last marker, then yes. You do the ribbing you had established there.
so in the inc and dec ow I keep the stitches between the markers in pattern stitch?
On the rows designated “Dec Row” and “Inc Row” the increases or decreases are done at the beginning and end of the rows. Yes, keep all the stuff in the middle in the stitches they have going before this.
what I meant was do I drop the pattern stitches here and just do it all in garter stitches?
Here is what the pattern says:
Next Row (RS): K to first marker, drop marker, k to next marker, decreasing 8(8-7-8-7-8) sts across, k to next marker, k to next marker, decreasing 8(8-7-8-7-8) sts across, k to last marker – 82(90-102-110-122-130) sts. Knit 6 rows,
On that "Next Row, you take out all the markers and decrease in the two places given. When you finish that row you have knit all the way across (some are k2tog, but the result is all knit stitches now). Then you knit every row for 6 rows, so yes, do garter stitch for those rows, all the pattern stitches are dropped during this part.
[QUOTE=MerigoldinWA;1302715]That is the set up row for the back of the sweater. Before the first marker you do not have St st (that abbreviation means Stockinette st, knit a row purl a row), but P2, K2 ribbing. And after the last marker same thing.
[COLOR=“Magenta”]but there is a part in the instructions “Next Row (WS): P to first marker, decreasing 0(0-1-0-1-0) st across, work in Pat St to next marker, p to next marker, work in Pat St to next marker, p to end, decreasing 0(0-1-0-1-0) st across – 98(106-116-126-136-146) sts. Keeping sts between markers in Pat St and [B][I]remaining sts in St st[/I][/B], work even until piece measures 3½(3½- 4- 4½- 5-5½)” from beg, end on WS.”
This is what I am referring to…I did the p2k2 ribbing for the first 21/2 inches but as per the inst [B]Next Row (WS):[/B] above I am supposed to do st stitch… did I do something wrong?
I am attaching a pic of what i did so far…
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The pattern stitch refers to the sts in the cables pattern which will look a lot like ribbing on the rows between the cross stitches, and this one does have a lot of k2 p2 in it. I looked at some finished pictures of some and it does look a lot like what you’ve got.
:oops: You are right!!! I missed that it changed to St st after the first so many inches. I thought it was ribbing all the way up. I’m sorry for the confusion. Your piece of knitting is looking correct.
