Rosemary Sweater by Robyn Chachula

jamiewolfer@msn.com wrote

on Sep 15, 2008 10:34 AM

I'm having a problem with a few things.

Firstly, when I dc, I ch. 2 or 3 before each new row and skip the very first dc (which the chaining replaces); with this pattern and the Ldc (linked double crochet) I'm unsure if we do that or not.

Secondly, there are rows where it says to skip the first Ldc and continue across. Logically, to me, that means that with each row you would be decreasing by one Ldc. But when it tells you the Ldc count (number of stitches) it goes up?

Currently, I'm between the part with the Right neck shaping and the right-arm and -front shaping on the Back.

I'd really appreciate some help clearing up my confusion. Maybe I'm just not reading the pattern properly.

PaulineL wrote

on Sep 15, 2008 11:16 AM

I couldn't find the sweater in the link you gave.

jamiewolfer@msn.com wrote

on Sep 15, 2008 1:14 PM

Here's the ravelry link: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/rosemary-sweater

Thanks for responding!

- Mahatma Ghandi

PaulineL wrote

on Sep 15, 2008 2:21 PM

Got the pattern from http://www.knittingdailytv.com/blogs/kdtv/archive/2008/07/01/KDTV0110.aspx Thanks.

Reading both the stitch description and the row instructions, yes, you do a turning chain and ldc into the next st. The turning chain counts as an ldc.

Where are the counts increasing?

Pauline

PS - I like that sweater and I'm not sure I have that issue, so thanks! Not sure about the neckline, though, maybe too wide and too high in front?

jamiewolfer@msn.com wrote

on Sep 15, 2008 3:46 PM

Any clearer?

- Mahatma Ghandi

PaulineL wrote

on Sep 15, 2008 8:12 PM

"Row 2: [before the armhole shaping] Ch 3 (counts as first Ldc here and throughout), sk first Ldc, Ldc flo in each Ldc across, turn."

The first Ldc of the previous row actually has a stitch worked in it - the turning chain. So rows 2 thru 9 have the same number of stitches in each row since the turning chain is counted as the first Ldc.

"Row 4: [after the armhole shaping] Ch 3, sk first Ldc, Ldc flo across, turn." This is the same.

Now, on the first row of armhole shaping, row 1, not row 4, you work a chain 5 and an Ldc into the chain at the beginning and then 3 Ldc's into the last stitch. That's a 4-stitch increase. Do this for 3 rows and you'll get a 12-stitch increase which matches what the instructions say.

jamiewolfer@msn.com wrote

on Sep 16, 2008 4:04 PM

I'll update the forum maybe when I'm finished.

- Mahatma Ghandi