Am I doing this right?

[llnmaw]

So I'm venturing out into a BIG project for the first time and want to be clear that I understand the pattern! What cracks me up is that the pattern says *easy*....uh...easy for who I asked myself - who has knit 2 hats, countless dishcloths and 3/4 of a sock?!

I'm doing this pattern:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...sy-cardigan-2#

Here is what I THINK I should do:
c/o 44
knit 2, pm (place marker)
knit 9, pm
knit 22, pm
knit 9, pm
knit 2

purl next row

knit starting with a kfb and then kfb before and after marker (knit the marked stitch? or should there be no stitch as I'm just doing to kfb in a row? This part is confusing to me) end with kfb. If i understand this correctly at the beginning there will often be kfb,kfb,marker, kfb. Right?

purl next row

repeat knit as above for 10 rows and continue on with the kfb before and after markers for additional 16 rows. (I'm not really clear here on how to work the 2 parts at the same time here.)

Then knit/purl until piece measures 6 inches total.

Am I close?

Related. Why am I knitting this on circs when it is being knitted flat? Is this the pattern writers choice or something I don't yet understand about where this pattern will take me? I do get that the sleeves are going to be on dpns - which I'm a 'pro' at since I made 3/4 of a sock!

Thanks!
~L.

[bremen]

the link isn't working for me, it is jsut bringing me to the site's mainpage.
but in many of my projects, the first row of increases often has kfb's together
so in my pattern here, stitches are * and the new increases are ^, and markers are m
m^^^^m^^********^^m^^, etc. so the next row will be
m^^**^^m^^**********^^m^^

so each row, they will get spaced out more.
it feels really odd wehn you are getting started, but my first big project in december turned out fine. i knit pants after only having knit scarves and a few hats until then

[gingerstar]

She linked to the Daisy Cardigan which I know flapjack has knitted.
Helen?

[iowaorganic]

OK- your marker is where your raglan 'seam' is. So 4 raglan seams- 4 markers. kfb on each side of the markers on each knit row. There isn't really a marked stitch- the marker is just between 2 stitches. On each knit row you are actually increasing 10 stitches. one at the beginning- 1 before and after each marker, and one at the end.

You will only kfb at the beginning and end for what- 10-11 rows and you will kfb on each side of the markers for 16 rows....

The circular needle thing isn't really necessary I guess- except that you might have too many stitches to use straights. Personally I don't even own any straights- I just use circs or dpns.

that sweater is adorable! I might just have to make one for DD!

(you could always pm Helen if you run into trouble...)

[llnmaw]

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[llnmaw]

Originally Posted by gingerstar

She linked to the Daisy Cardigan which I know flapjack has knitted.
Helen?

Thanks for making the link work!

Originally Posted by iowaorganic

OK- your marker is where your raglan 'seam' is. So 4 raglan seams- 4 markers. kfb on each side of the markers on each knit row. There isn't really a marked stitch- the marker is just between 2 stitches. On each knit row you are actually increasing 10 stitches. one at the beginning- 1 before and after each marker, and one at the end.

You will only kfb at the beginning and end for what- 10-11 rows and you will kfb on each side of the markers for 16 rows....

The circular needle thing isn't really necessary I guess- except that you might have too many stitches to use straights. Personally I don't even own any straights- I just use circs or dpns.

that sweater is adorable! I might just have to make one for DD!

(you could always pm Helen if you run into trouble...)

I think I get it! Thank you so much. I was adding an extra stitch, as in marking one and doing the increase on either side. You cleared it up perfectly.

Wish me luck!!!

~L.

[flapjack]

You can do it on straights, but its a pain in the ass. Because it's a top-down raglan, you are actually knitting in three dimensions so it's easier if you knit back-and-forwards on a nice long needle. Honest.
You're increasing with the kfb at the ends of the rows to create a v-neck, whereas the four markers with an increase on both sides are creating the shoulder shape. If I can be serious, just trust the pattern (for this bit, anyhow.) Knit it exactly as it's written, don't think at all, the pattern is right. It's a really nice into to sweater knitting.



I'm here if you want a hand.

[llnmaw]

Originally Posted by flapjack

You can do it on straights, but its a pain in the ass. Because it's a top-down raglan, you are actually knitting in three dimensions so it's easier if you knit back-and-forwards on a nice long needle. Honest.
You're increasing with the kfb at the ends of the rows to create a v-neck, whereas the four markers with an increase on both sides are creating the shoulder shape. If I can be serious, just trust the pattern (for this bit, anyhow.) Knit it exactly as it's written, don't think at all, the pattern is right. It's a really nice into to sweater knitting.



I'm here if you want a hand.

Thank you! I'm on my way...but have a question again.

I've tried 3 times to write out the question but can't be clear!!

Here we go: I've done a row with the increases, a purl row, another increase row and another purl row. Have I done 4 of 10 or would it be row 2 of 10? I think it would be 4 of 10 right?

Gosh this brings me to another question. For my 10 rows, do I count the cast on and set up row or my 10 rows start with the first purl row? Or with the first increase row?

Patterns make me c-r-a-z-y!!!

Yikes...picot bind off is looming in the distant future.....I'm scared!

[flapjack]

Never count the cast on. Your first knit row is your first row. Oh, and use a lifeline when you bind off. That way you can do it as many times as you need to until you get it right

[llnmaw]

So in the above case, I would have done 5 of my 10 needed rows according to the pattern (this 5 includes the set up row, excludes the cast on row). Yes?

lifeline...hmmm...is this google-able? Not sure what that is.

~L.

[flapjack]

Take a yarn needle, put a long length of scrap yarn on it and feed it through all of the stitches on your needle and then tie the ends together. You'll use the technique once on this cardigan anyhow, when you place the stitches for the arms on a scrap of yarn as a stitch holder, but you can continue knitting with that scrap in place. To be cautious, you could also place a lifeline on the body above the increases, and then one just above the cast off row, so that if you do have to go back you haven't lost loads of work.