Why is every row getting longer?

How-to Questions
1

I’m a new knitter, andI’m working on a baby blanket, and I’ve noticed that as I got along the edges of it seem to be going out like every row is getting longer. I don’t think I’m adding stitches, is it me or could it be the pattern?

The pattern is:
Row 1: K5, *K1, yo, K2tog, repeat from *, K5
Row 2: K across.
Row 3: K5, P across, K5
Repeat pattern to desired length

Is there any way to pervent this? Will the blanket be uneven when its done, or will it maybe take shape when i get it off the needles?? I’m getting very frusterated with this :wall: Does anyone have an idea?? Thanks all!!

2

well for every YO you are doing, you are doing a K2tog to counteract it, so that shouldn’t be doing it. you aren’t accidentally doing them at the beginning of the row when you are moving your yarn from front to back are you?

3

You could be forgetting to do one or more of the k2 tog.

sue

4

I think Brenda may be right…when you start a new row…check to see what position the yarn falls to before you knit with it…sometimes, if a purl stitch isn’t in the right position at the beginning of a row it will form a ‘U’ which looks like 2 stitches. But, if you fiddle it down into proper position you will see it’s only one stitch.

5

Now that I’ve looked at it, I think it is the position of the yarn like Brenda and Old Kintter said. When I have that U when beginning the next row, am I supposed to knit it like it is one stitch?? Thanks for the help!

6

If you are bringing your yarn to the back to begin your next row you have to make sure you are bringing under and behind the needle not up and over. If you bring it up and over it looks like there is an extra stitch there and it ends up creating a yarn over. :muah:

7

Take your yarn end and pull it down in front of your knitting and needle, then around the edge and begin knitting the next row.

sue

8

FYI, anytime you are doing lace knitting, it is a good idea to count the number of stitches you have on a row before going on to the next row. You only need to do this for the pattern rows not any all knit or all purl rows. This will save you a lot of grief later on. It is very common for people to forget a YO or put one in where it doesn’t belong. If you count your stitches after each pattern row you will be able to catch your mistakes right away.