Help! Translation needed!
This sweater, the Sunshine Wrap from August's Knit 'N Style Magazine, is my first project for myself in a long time. I am a little nervous because it needs to fit and I don't know anything about fitting patterns. But I loved the crossover tie and decided it might provide enough adjustment to counteract my shortcomings on that front.
I'm not making it in yellow, but in a lovely russet yarn our buddy Barbara Bretton gave me. I cast on and have navigated the first set of instructions without too much angst. However, I was reading ahead (as my teachers trained me to do in school) and came across this sentence and I am confused.
"Cont in St st, inc 1 st at each end of next and every foll 4th row twice, every RSR 4 times."
Could someone please tell me how many rows I'm supposed to increase on? I keep rereading this and I can't figure it out.
(Also any advice on the best increase method would be much appreciated. I feel like I read somewhere that it's better to increase on the second stitch of a row--but maybe that was in reference to decreasing instead.)
I'm depending on the experts here to unbefuddle me.
Labels: good advice, Knit N Style, sunshine wrap
posted by Nancy Herkness at 4:10 PM
6 Comments:
Let's see if we can't figure this out:
"Continue in stockinette stitch, increasing one stitch at each end of next and every following 4th row twice, every RIGHT SIDE ROW 4 times"
The way I'm reading it you will increase 3 times and then 4 times on on the right side rows.
A total of 7 increase rows
How Sara wrote it. That's what it means to me too. The punctuation is really important.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! That was one of my many confused interpretations but I wasn't at all sure I was right. Why couldn't they say "a total of 7 increase rows"? That would have made it perfectly clear!!!
Re: Increases, often people suggest increasing into or before the second stitch because it can make it easier during the sewing up process.
Between would be this increase: http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2007/03/two-handy-knitted-increases-one.html
into would be this increase
http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2008/12/useful-increase-knit-into-front-knit.html
I always increase or decrease in the 2nd stitch from the edge. My take is: work increase row, *work 3 rows even, work increase row; rep. from * 1 time; then every right side row 4 times working the wrong side row even. Adding a total of 14 stitches over 7 increase rows.
I knew I could count on my fellow Yarnies for good advice. You guys are the best! Thanks so much for all the great explanations and info.
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