What does 'work 1 row' mean?

#1

Hi I’m knitting a hat and have started decreasing my stitches. I was a bit confused as to what the instruction ‘work 1 row’ actually meant. If anyone can give me some help i would really appreciate it. Thanks, jenna.

#2

If you have started decreasing for the top of the hat and it says work one row, it is probably talking about working a row between the decrease rows. So it would be like, do a decrease row and then work one row with out any changes, then do the next decrease row and so on.

#3

so does it basically mean…decrease one row then knit (work) one row without any changes…then back to decreasing and so on??

#4

[COLOR=DarkOrchid][SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]It’s hard to tell exactly. How about you share the pattern line above “Work one row” and the line of the pattern after. Then we can know for sure.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

#5

ok thats probably a better idea!!

the pattern:

[B]Row 1 (RS):[/B] (K7,K3tog) 4 times, K1. 33sts.
Work 1 row.
[B]Row 3:[/B] (K5, K3tog) 4 times, K1. 25sts.
Work 1 row.
[B]Row 5[/B]:(K3,K3tog) 4 times, K1 17sts.

#6

Merigold is right. Do your decrease row, then knit a row with no decreases, just knit the entire row. Then, do a decrease row, then a knit row. That way your decreases are sort of spread out and not done all at once. Make for a gentler decrease look to your hat.

#7

thanks everyone thats really helped…i can now finish my hat!!