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Monday, February 19, 2007

Heart Lace - Row 38 Walk Through

The pattern to my Heart Lace Cloth is correct. I know many people have successfully knitted the cloth, while others have had difficulties with stitch count on row 38. Here's something that may help.

Let's walk through row 38 together ... instruction by instruction, while keeping track of how many stitches are worked from the left needle and how many stitches end up on the right needle. I'm going to assume you cast on for the wider 39 stitch cloth. (See below for 37 stitches)

Begin my counting your stitches and confirming that you do indeed have 39 stitches on your needle. :-)

Row 38: B3, K5(4), M1, YO, SSK, YO, D4, YO, K2Tog, YO, M1, K1, M1, YO, SSK, YO, D4, YO, K2Tog, YO, M1, K5(4), B3

B3 -- worked on 3 sts from left needle, results in 3 sts on right needle (3 sts worked from left needle so far; 3 sts on right needle so far)
K5 -- worked on 5 sts, results in 5 sts (8 sts worked from left needle; 8 sts on right needle)
M1 -- worked on 1 st, results in 2 sts (9 sts worked from left needle; 10 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (9 sts worked from left needle; 11 sts on right needle)
SSK -- worked on 2 sts, results in 1 st (11 sts worked from left needle; 12 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (11 sts worked from left needle; 13 sts on right needle)
D4 -- worked on 5 sts, results in 1 st (16 sts worked from left needle; 14 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (16 sts worked from left needle; 15 sts on right needle)
K2Tog -- worked on 2 sts, results in 1 st (18 sts worked from left needle; 16 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (18 sts worked from left needle; 17 sts on right needle)
M1 -- worked on 1 st, results in 2 sts (19 sts worked from left needle; 19 sts on right needle)
K1 -- worked on 1 st, results in 1 st (20 sts worked from left needle; 20 sts on right needle)
M1 -- worked on 1 st, results in 2 sts (21 sts worked from left needle; 22 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (21 sts worked from left needle; 23 sts on right needle)
SSK -- worked on 2 sts, results in 1 st (23 sts worked from left needle; 24 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (23 sts worked from left needle; 25 sts on right needle)
D4 -- worked on 5 sts, results in 1 st (28 sts worked from left needle; 26 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (28 sts worked from left needle; 27 sts on right needle)
K2Tog -- worked on 2 sts, results in 1 st (30 sts worked from left needle; 28 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (30 sts worked from left needle; 29 sts on right needle)
M1 -- worked on 1 st, results in 2 sts (31 sts worked from left needle; 31 sts on right needle)
K5 -- worked on 5 sts, results in 5 sts (36 sts worked from left needle; 36 sts on right needle)
B3 -- worked on 3 sts, results in 3 sts (39 sts worked from left needle; 39 sts on right needle)

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If you have cast on with 37 stitches, the walk through is as follows:

Begin my counting your stitches and confirming that you do indeed have 37 stitches on your needle. :-)

Row 38: B3, K5(4), M1, YO, SSK, YO, D4, YO, K2Tog, YO, M1, K1, M1, YO, SSK, YO, D4, YO, K2Tog, YO, M1, K5(4), B3

B3 -- worked on 3 sts from left needle, results in 3 sts on right needle (3 sts worked from left needle so far; 3 sts on right needle so far)
K4 -- worked on 4 sts, results in 4 sts (7 sts worked from left needle; 7 sts on right needle)
M1 -- worked on 1 st, results in 2 sts (8 sts worked from left needle; 9 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (8 sts worked from left needle; 10 sts on right needle)
SSK -- worked on 2 sts, results in 1 st (10 sts worked from left needle; 11 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (10 sts worked from left needle; 12 sts on right needle)
D4 -- worked on 5 sts, results in 1 st (15 sts worked from left needle; 13 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (15 sts worked from left needle; 14 sts on right needle)
K2Tog -- worked on 2 sts, results in 1 st (17 sts worked from left needle; 15 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (17 sts worked from left needle; 16 sts on right needle)
M1 -- worked on 1 st, results in 2 sts (18 sts worked from left needle; 18 sts on right needle)
K1 -- worked on 1 st, results in 1 st (19 sts worked from left needle; 19 sts on right needle)
M1 -- worked on 1 st, results in 2 sts (20 sts worked from left needle; 21 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (20 sts worked from left needle; 22 sts on right needle)
SSK -- worked on 2 sts, results in 1 st (22 sts worked from left needle; 23 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (22 sts worked from left needle; 24 sts on right needle)
D4 -- worked on 5 sts, results in 1 st (27 sts worked from left needle; 25 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (27 sts worked from left needle; 26 sts on right needle)
K2Tog -- worked on 2 sts, results in 1 st (29 sts worked from left needle; 27 sts on right needle)
YO -- worked on 0 sts, results in 1 st (29 sts worked from left needle; 28 sts on right needle)
M1 -- worked on 1 st, results in 2 sts (30 sts worked from left needle; 30 sts on right needle)
K4 -- worked on 4 sts, results in 4 sts (34 sts worked from left needle; 34 sts on right needle)
B3 -- worked on 3 sts, results in 3 sts (37 sts worked from left needle; 37 sts on right needle)

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Here's a visual walk through of doing D4. You may want to take a lookie to verify that you are doing it correctly... :-)

http://smariek.blogspot.com/2007/02/d4-quadruple-decrease.html


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2 stitch(es):

Anonymous said...

I have knit 2 of these cloths and the pattern is perfect. You really need to watch your yo's but other than that...it is a joy to knit from such great directions. Thanks for posting all your patterns, they are awesome! I look forward to knitting many more of them...great work!
Karen in MN

Manda said...

I've knit two as well, and the only difficulty I've had is with your m1 which is different than the m1's I've done before. It's clearly explained in the Notes, but I get a little impatient sometimes. :)