- MrsRevolutionize
- 4 years ago
- Wedding: August 2014
I’ve been knitting for a few years, but I’ve never done anything more complicated than a glove. That being said, I’ve found a pattern that I’d like to try knitting for my mother for Christmas–this pattern over at Ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/althea-gail)–but it includes short rows, which I’ve never dealt with before. From what I understand, a short row is when you turn your knitting, work for a few stitches going the opposite way, and then turn back, creating something like an internal increase (I could have mangled the meaning terribly, though!). So I guess it’s not the short rows that are confusing me as much as the instructions with the pattern:
“Row 1 (RS): sl1p wyif, k6 w&t, k7 turn, sl1p wyif, k7, sm, work r1 of chart, sm, k to eor
Row 2 (WS): sl1p wyif, k43, work r2 of chart, sm, k8
Row 3 (RS): sl1p wyif, k6 w&t, k7 turn, sl1p wyif, k7, sm, work r3 of chart, sm, k 29, w&t
Row 4 (WS): k29, sm, work r4 of chart, sm, k8
Row 5 (RS): sl1p wyif, k6 w&t, k7 turn, sl1p wyif, k7, sm, work r5 of chart, sm, k to eor
Row 6 (WS): sl1p wyif, k43, work r6 of chart, sm, k8
Row 7 (RS): sl1p wyif, k6 w&t, k7 turn, sl1p wyif, k7, sm, work r7 of chart, sm, k29
Row 8 (WS): k29, sm, work r8 of chart, sm, k8
Row 9 (RS): sl1p wyif, k6 w&t, k7 turn, sl1p wyif, k7, sm, work r9 of chart, sm, k to eor
Row 10 (WS): sl1p wyif, k43, work r10 of chart, sm, k8
On first and every odd repeat the short rows of the cape body will fall on rows 3 & 7.
On every even repeat the short rows of the cape body will fall on rows 1, 5 & 9.”
My brain just doesn’t seem to want to wrap logically around these lines. I can’t even begin to understand them, because whenever I think I’ve figured it out I realize I’m probably wrong. Anyone care to enlighten me?