Trouble with knit 1 below in hat pattern

Hi! I am trying to knit a hat for my boyfriend and I have run into trouble with figuring out how to continue the hat pattern I am using.

I have completed this Shaker Rib portion of the pattern:

Shaker Rib Stitch
Row 1 (Wrong Side): Knit.
Row 2: K1, *K1-B, P1. Repeat from * to last 2 sts, K1-B, K1.
Repeat rows 1-2.

Then I am supposed to move on to shaping the crown of the hat.
I can complete row 1 of this section, but when I get to row 2 I do not know how to K1-B on the stitches where I had decreased (the Sl 1 K2tog PSSO). I have tried many different ways to complete this stitch, but everything I try seems to result in the hat unraveling from this point. Please help!

Here are the instructions for shaping the crown:
SHAPE CROWN
Row 1 (Wrong Side): K1 *Sl 1, K2tog, PSSO, K4. Repeat from * to last 2 sts, K2 - 53 sts.
Row 2: K1, *K1-B, P1. Repeat from * to last 2 sts, K1-B, K1.
Row 3: Knit.
Row 4: K1, *K1-B, P1. Repeat from * to last 2 sts, K1-B, K1.
Row 5: Knit.
Row 6: K1, *K1-B, P1. Repeat from * to last 2 sts, K1-B, K1.
Row 7: K1 *Sl 1, K2tog, PSSO, K2. Repeat from * to last 2 sts, K2 - 33 sts.
Row 8: K1, P1, *K1-B, p1. Repeat from * to last st, K1.
Row 9: Knit.
Rows 10-15: Repeat Rows 8 and 9 three times more.
Row 16 (Right Side): K2tog across row to last st, K1 - 17 sts.

If it is helpful, I am using the pattern called “His Favorite Ribbed Knit Hat Pattern” from AllFreeKnitting.

I had to try this to see what was going on. It’s not so pretty to do but it comes out OK if you insert the right needle into the stitch below all of the loops created by the double decrease on the previous row. The needle goes in just above the last K1-B. That way the sts won’t unravel.

Could you possibly attach a photo or something for me to see exactly where it worked for you? I am still struggling to get this right. :frowning:

The first photo shows a swatch after to dec and the second shows where the stitch below is.
However, knitting into that stitch left a long, unsecured loop. What worked better (not perfect, but better) was to k3together on the wrong side row. On the right side row, it’s then easier to knit into the stitch below and catch the 3sts that were knit together. That way there won’t be a loose yarn strand.

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Hi everyone,

I am also having the same problem understanding this part of the pattern.
I am a visual person. Would anyone know of a video on how to do this.

Thank you,
Julie

Welcome to the forum!
This isn’t an easy stitch to work with the decrease. I recommended a k3tog to the previous posted just because it was a bit easier to see where to knit the K1B. Here’s a video for K1B into a single decrease which may make it clearer.

Hi, thank you for the help. I finally figured it out.

Julie

I cannot see where the two photos are or how to find them. Help please!

Welcome to the forum!
The photos may not have transferred when the forum was moved to a new server. Oddly, the video is there. Does that help at all? Are you working the same pattern?

Thank you so much for your speedy reply. I am knitting a hat from a book by Jody Long called Knitted Hats. I saw the video but I have done a double decrease on a row and now I cannot work out how to knit one below on the next row. I am knitting fisherman’s rib and I am worried that my work will unravel if I do it wrong. I am shaping the crown so this is now important. I have knitted for many years but this is worrying me.
I have read many of your replies and really enjoy your help and advice to all knitters.

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Thank you that’s very kind. Put in a lifeline before you work the next row. That way if you don’t like the look, you can always easily put the sts back on the needle with no loss.

Thank you. I will be brave and put in a life line to stop complete unravelling.

Let us know how it goes. I’ve done this with brioche which is quite different, but not with fisherman’s rib.

Hi,
I put in a life line and tried to . knit 1 below in the row after a double decrease. G after half a row I realised that there was a loose stitch that I had not noticed. I had released the lifeline as I progressed. I am now unable to tink fishermans rib and cannot work out how to insert a new lifeline below this half row so that I can try again. How does one insert a lifeline in fishermans rib? I would like to be able to remove the half row with the loose stitches.
I hope this post makes sense.

Tinking is after 14:30 in this video. Will this help?

I’ve never done fisherman’s rib but did find some videos about fixing mistakes. Maybe one or more of these will be what you need.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=knitting+fishermans+rib+fixing+mistakes

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Thank you for your advice and videos. I hope I can tink as well as the knitters on line!

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I found out watching Nimble Needles that when I did a brioche rib scarf it was the same as fisherman’s rib, just worked another way. I’d wondered but hadn’t checked it out for myself. Suzanne Bryan has videos that show mistakes and fixing them in brioche too. She shows dropping down to fix a mistake as I recall.