Hi please can anyone explain this in simpler terms for me.
Sweater instructions
What is the name of your pattern and designer? Which size are you making, 1st, 2nd,3rd…?
The patterns is having you decrease at both the neck edge and the raglan armhole edge. Under Shape Neck decrease at the raglan edge, then knit across the given number of sts for your size and turn. That turn is the neck edge.
There will be sts remaining on the left needle but you’ll get to them later. For the smallest size for example: k1, slip, knit, pass slip stitch over. k6 and turn as you would at the end of a row.
Call the next row, row 1. Decrease one stitch at the neck edge on rows 1,2 and 3.
You’ve been working decreases at the raglan edge every x many rows (I don’t know the frequency here). Make another decrease at the raglan armhole edge so that you maintain that row frequency or row spacing.
If you let us know the raglan decreases row spacing (every other row? every 4th row?) we can help with the placement of that decrease.
The design is robin bambino brights dk and bambino baby dk cardigan and sweater.
I am doing the first size.
So I was told to repeat the last 2 rows 5 times which was row 1: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1. Row 2: purl.
So when I was told to work on on those 8 stitches I decreased 1 stitch at the neck edge (at the turn) every row for the 3 rows I was doing using k2tog on right side and p2tog on wrong side. And then I only decreased one stitch at raglan as the first row was a purl row and then the second was the row 2 from above so I knitted one and then k2tog. And then I did the same on the opposite. Does that sound right?
Sounds perfect and looks adorable. Good for you for working the shaping on the second shoulder too. It’s going to be a very cute sweater. Lovely knitting.
Thank you!
Do you know how to get the right hand side when looking at it neater for the raglan?
My aim is to knit this as my first go then knit again to see any improvement.
I’m having a nightmare with my ribbing and me and my hands seem to have forgotten how to knit like I’m awful with tension currently.
Your tension and ribbing look quite nice and very neat. Any small irregularities will block out.
Ssk works pretty well on the right side (as one looks at the photo). Here’s Patty Lyons one-move ssk which is smoother for that decrease. (see about 6 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1xsnsnzmwA
I think I’m just overthinking it all but I guess these things are what make it a homemade item!
Finished the back panel, now onto the sleeves!
I may try that on the next one, I actually watched that video ages ago and use that one move ssk all the time!
The pattern said to do k1 s1 k1 psso so that’s what I did so would I replace this with ssk?