Vicki Square Water and Sky Kimono Pattern

Hi everyone – I was hoping to use this kimono pattern, but the written instructions (not the weave pattern itself) are just incredibly confusing to me at line 7 and 8. The counts of the stitches before and after the markers change, but do not return to their original count. Not sure if I can offer more as it is not a free pattern. Can’t find any other info online. Thanks!
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Welcome to the forum!


The stitch counts should stay the same. Every time you work a shaping row there is a decrease near the beginning of the row and an increase toward the end of row.
Work the first shaping row on row 7 then repeat the shaping on rows 15, 23 and 31. That’s every 8th row worked 3 times more. Work the intervening rows with no shaping, no increases or decreases.
The direction: one stitch before the first marker and 5sts after the last marker is a summary of the edge sts after the shaping is complete.
Thank you for thinking about the designer copyright. The section you posted is just fine.

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Many thanks for these extremely helpful explanations! I just couldn’t get the counts right before and after markers, and now you’ve made it so clear why. Can’t wait to dig back into this lovely pattern.

Thanks so much!
Coleen

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The wave pattern is so much fun to work. We’d love to see a photo when you finish!

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