decrease as before and at the same time

by DALEEN
(ESSEX)

Hi

In this section i am supposed to end up with 6 stitches but end up with zero if I count the total no of rows to knit as 42 and and then count them in batches of 5 to decrease every 5th row.

Please help I don't know what to do. the pattern says:


SHAPE RAGLAN AND SHAPE FRONT EDGE
k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 28(31; 34; 36)sts
next row: purl
Last 2 rows set raglan shaping.

Keep continuity of raglan shaping rep last 2 rows 16(19,19,21 times) more, AT SAME TIME decrease front edge in 2nd and every foll 5th row. 5(4, 7, 6) sts

its the "at the same" time bit that is confusing

PLEASE HELP

DALEEN

YOUR ANSWER

Hi Daleen,

There are 44 rows in the pattern for the largest size, 2 rows plus 21 x 2 = 44.

I have written the instructions out row by row so that you can follow where the decreases are.

Hope this helps.

Row 1: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 28(31; 34; 36)sts
Row 2: purl

Row 3: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 27(30; 33; 35)sts
Row 4: p2tog, purl to end 26(29; 32; 34)sts

Row 5: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 25(28; 31; 33)sts
Row 6: purl

Row 7: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 24(27; 30; 32)sts
Row 8: purl

Row 9: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to last 2 sts k2 tog 22(25; 28; 30)sts
Row 10: purl

Row 11: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 21(22; 27; 29)sts
Row 12: purl

Row 13: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 20(21; 26; 28)sts
Row 14: p2tog purl to end of row 19(20; 25; 27)sts

Row 15: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 18(19; 24; 26)sts
Row 16: purl

Row 17: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 17(18; 23; 25)sts
Row 18: purl

Row 19: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to last 2 sts k2tog 15(16; 21; 23)sts
Row 20: purl

Row 21: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 14(15; 20; 22)sts
Row 22: purl

Row 23: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 13(14; 19; 21)sts
Row 24: p2 tog, purl to end of row 12(13; 18; 20)sts

Row 25: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 11(12; 17; 19)sts
Row 26: purl

Row 27: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 10(11; 16; 18)sts
Row 28: purl

Row 29: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to last 2 sts, k2tog 8(9; 14; 16)sts
Row 30: purl

Row 31: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 7(8; 13; 15)sts
Row 32: purl

Row 33: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end 6(7; 12; 14)sts
Row 34: p2tog, purl to end 5(6; 11; 13)sts

Three Largest Sizes Only:

Row 35: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end -(5; 10; 12)sts
Row 36: purl

Row 37: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end -(4; 9; 11)sts
Row 38: purl

Largest 2 sizes:

Row 39: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to last 2 sts k2tog --(-; 7; 9)sts
Row 40: purl

Largest Size ONly:

Row 41: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to end -(-; -; 8)sts
Row 42: purl

Row 43: k1, s1, k1, psso, k to last 2 sts k2tog -(-; -; 6)sts
Row 44: purl