Understanding knitting pattern instructions--what they don't tell you that you need to know 

You’re welcome. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment

Yup!

You are so welcome!

You are welcome, Mary!

You are so welcome!

I’m so glad! 😊

I’m so glad it was helpful!

You are so welcome! I’m glad it was helpful

What a great idea! Maybe I can put together something

@@CrazyForEwe this would be a terrific idea and to be able to understand what you are reading I would be over the moon! thanks again J

Thank you, Louise. I’m so very glad it was helpful!

That is so sweet of you, Julie! I am absolutely delighted that this video helped you! Good luck with your knitted cardigan and congratulations on your beautiful grandson❤️

I’m laughing but I’m not, I usually write down everything. After row 12 it said change to 4mm but I kind of missed that line so I worked 46 rows in stockinette when I realized I forgot to change the needles 😩. Left front delete and start over. Would you happen to have a video on decreases in 1.1 ribbing? Pattern says: Rib1, rib2tog (rib5, rib2tog) 5 times, rib 2. Tackled it the best I could but it looked a bit weird. Some rib2tog is a knit then a purl and some a purl then a knit. It is the transition row to stockinette done on the WS side Is it as simple as k2tog or P2T so I maintain pattern🤷‍♀️ all the videos I watched they were decreasing by 2 sts at a time. Thank you!

@@juliecorbeil9060 Hi Julie-decreasing in 1x1 rib is tricky. it’s not as simple as it would seem. I’ll try to do a video on that for you.

Omg that would be so awesome. Thankfully for now it’s just the transition row from rib to stockinette where I decrease 6 stitches. Have an awesome day and thank you again

You are so welcome. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment 😀

You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful. Tell me what else you would like to see on my channel.😀

Thank you, Anne! It’s what I love to do.

Thank you!

I’m so happy this was helpful, Barbara!

Thank you! I’m so glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching out and for taking the time to comment 😊

Is it the short row section you’re having trouble with? Or are you unclear on how to work the increases into the ribbing?

It is new for me to not see "repeat rows 1 and 2" blank times. I assume it is 10 times? The first increase is at row 11 and every fouth row 5 x. Is how I understand it. Then on a wrong side we increase in the middle? Not on a stitch number? In my mind this would put me at row 32. I don't see what I am to do for row 33 and 34. I assume the rib? But the next row listed is Row 35. I am going to make a journal page like you showed to figure it out. It's funny because some of my knitting friends expressed Rowan patterns as "too daunting!" sigh. Thanks for your support.@@CrazyForEwe

Hi Joyce! It sounds like that might be only part of the neckline pick up instructions. The instructions are having you pick up 16 stitches along the rows that angle from your front neck to the sleeve. I’m assuming the sleeves are still on a holder. Then you would pick up along the rows that angle from the sleeve down to the back neckline stitches. Your pattern should instruct you to pick up your back next stitches, which may already be bound off, or may be on a holder. You would then pick up the stitches that angle from the end of your back next stitches up to your left sleeve. Then you would pick up the left sleeve stitches and then pick up along the rows that angle down from your left sleeve to your left front neckline, and finally you would pick up your front neck stitches. Unless, of course this is a V-neck. Without seeing the pattern, I can’t say for sure, but this is typically how finishing is done for a yoke sweater. Do you know how to pick up stitches? That might be part of the problem as well.

@@CrazyForEwe thank you for getting back to me. you have helped me already this is a yoke finishing, also completely confused what it meant to pick up the stitches as well . I thought make the stitches or that it was already part of the stitches that are already there. thank you so much you have made my day!

Well, that depends. I am devoted to the long tail cast on for most projects because it’s attractive, flexible, and easy to do. Same with the German twisted which is just a variant of long tail. But for casting on stitches under the arm, I use the thumb method (e-wrap). If you need a firm cast on, like for a buttonhole, I like cable cast on. For lace, you want a very stretchy loose cast on, so many people like the knitted cast on for that. I think maybe I need to make a video on this!!! Thanks for your question 😀

Instructions do not include a seam allowance. I have never added an extra selvage stitch because knitwear is stretchy and pretty forgiving

Hi Sand! I’m so sorry you’ve had trouble with the hat patterns. I’ll take a look at doing a live on adjusting or designing hats to fit. You do want some negative ease in a hat, but it definitely should be too tight to get around your head! Did you check your gauge? I’m sure you know this, but if you knit more tightly than the pattern gauge, it will be smaller than described.

An Asterix typically identifies a place that you’re going to repeat. For instance, it might say, repeat between ** There is usually a single Asterix first, and then a double one, if they have another set of instructions within

That means that you complete a wrong side row and you are ready to work the Public side next time. If you are working in stockinette, that means that you end with a purl row and are ready to do a knit row.

Thank you for your comment

IMHO she speaks perfectly clearly.

IMHO she speaks perfectly clearly.