Understanding knitting pattern

Hi knitters,

I am fairly knew to knitting and brand new to following patterns. I am attempting to knit a cardigan for my baby as I am a soon to be dad and need a little bit of clarity.

The pattern gives me
row 1:P1, *K1, P1 repeat from * to end
Row 2 : *K1, P1 repeat from * until last st, K1

These two rows will now be referred to as 1x1 rib.

Work 7 rows more in 1x1 rib.

My question is, does this mean I knit the next 7 rows alternating between row one and two or do I now consider rows one and two together as 1x1 rib (meaning to work 7 rows in 1x1 rib I would actually be knitting 14 rows , one from the original row 1 and one from the original row 2, alternating row by row)

Sorry for what must be a basic question but I hope someone on here wouldn’t helping me understand.

Many thanks ,

Scott

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Ooh, how exciting, a baby kn the way!!

It’s a total of 9 rows. Row 1, Row 2, then repeat for another 7 rows.

Don’t worry about basic questions, easy to ask, easy to answer. Feel welcome to ask whenever you need to and enjoy your knitting.

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Thank you so much. I appreciate you taking the time. My gran always knit cardigans for me as a kid, so I thought it would be a nice wee nod to her as well to keep the tradition going.

Hopefully should all go to plan :grin:

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You already have your answer from @Creations, but just to help on your pattern-reading journey, if they want you to have 14 rows total, it would read something like “repeat these 2 rows 6 times more”. And do come back with any more questions–this site is a boon to beginners and old hands alike! We’d love to see the finished product as well.

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