Sweater Pattern Question

How-to Questions
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Hi! This is my first time attempting a sweater. It’s a baby sweater for my son who will be born in February.

So I’m having hard time interpreting how I’m supposed to “increase the neckline.” Here’s what the pattern says verbatim after some setup instruction that I’ve already gone through:

[B]The yoke of the cardigan is formed by increasing every RS row along raglan ‘seam lines.’ At the same time, the neckline is shaped by increasing stitches at the beginning and end of the first and each following 4th row (this will be rows 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25).

ROW 1 (RS): (knit to 1 st before marker, krl, k1, slip marker, k1, kll) repeat 4 times, knit to end.

ROW 2 (WS): purl

Repeat rows 1 and 2 a total of 13 times, while at the same time increasing 1 stitch on the first and every following 4th row at the neckline (by working a kll after first stitch and a krl before last stitch) a total of 6 times. 159 stitches.[/B]

After much re-reading and consternation and mapping on a piece of paper, I’ve finally got to the point where I understand how to get to the 159 stitches and which rows to work the increases.

When it says to “increase 1 stitch… at the neckline by working a kll after first stitch and krl before last stitch” does that mean at the beginning of and end of the row respectively? Or do I need to know where the neckline specifically starts to work those increases in? The first paragraph I quoted says that it is at the beginning and end of the row, but then the 2nd paragraph doesn’t repeat that and specifically says “at the neckline” so I’m not sure how to interpret it.

Thanks in advance for any guidance! I’m sure I’ll have more questions on this pattern as I get further along.

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Congratulations! That’s a wonderful reason to be knitting a sweater.

[B]At the same time, the neckline is shaped by increasing stitches at the beginning and end of the first and each following 4th row (this will be rows 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25). [/B]

This part tells you which rows to increase at each end for the neckline. Row 1 you’ll k1, work your increase, work to the last 2 stitches and don’t forget your raglan increases as you go, work your increase, k1. Do this on the rows specified. You’re fortunate that the pattern actually tells you which rows.

This is a top down sweater? What you’re doing is starting the neckline on row 1. After you’ve worked a few increase rows you’ll really see it starting to take shape. It’s confusing at first but this is a great way to knit sweaters. If you could link to your pattern or tell us where you got it and its name, that’s helpful. Happy :knitting: !

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Excellent! Thank you so much for the clear answer. This is very helpful. And thank you for the congratulations! Hopefully if this little sweater goes well, I’ll make a bigger version for my almost 2-year old son as well. Thanks again!

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And so another game we play here is find that pattern. :teehee: Is this it?