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Has anyone knitted this pattern? I can not get past row 8 of the lace pattern. I do not understand the link between the "side seam shaping" row instruction and the chart.

Can anyone help me?

Hi Knitgirl,

I am sorry to see you've had so many views and no replies What pattern is it specifically and I'll try help you. Was it a loose pattern that came in the mag?

Dreamy

Hi there,
I'd love to help, but lace is beyond me I'm afraid, I'm sure Dreamy or someone else will manage to help you. Failing that, if you contact Let's Knit they should also be able to help.
Good luck!
x

I started this jumper just after Christmas and found the instructions very confusing. In the end I decided to "do my own thing" which was working well but I then got waylaid by two chunky jumpers and haven't done any more on Pop for a few weeks and now can't remember what "do my own thing" was. If I remember I'll be in touch, or I'll go and have a look and see what I made of it!

Sorry, that's not very helpful, I think I wanted you to know you were not alone!

Will write again when I work it out.

All the best

Victoria

Hi Knitgirl,

I'm Adrienne, the Deputy Editor at LK. Sorry to hear you're having trouble. Hmmm, it does seem a bit confusing. I'm going to have to take a closer look at the pattern and see if I can work it out. It was originally an extract from Rowan but they don't have anything about it in their amendments on the website so hopefully it's just a case of us getting our heads around it rather than it being an error.

I am looking into it so hopefully we can come up with an answer for you soon

Thanks

Adrienne x

Hi Knitgirl,

Can you let me know what size you are making?

Thanks

Hi Knitgirl,

I'm sorry to say the answer is that it's not easy. You have to work out each row quite carefully to keep the lace pattern looking correct.

I'm going to confess to not being a lace knitter myself but I've done some research and most of the time I think you work the first and last four sts of the pattern (where you're decreasing) as though they were plain stocking stitch stitches and then continue the pattern as normal. In sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 the decrease section covers a yfwd and it's respective decrease so you then just continue the lace pattern as written. However for size 18 the first four stitches include only half a yfwd/dec pair so here treat the first five sts as stocking st.

In the following row you will have distorted the pattern so if you don't have enough sts to keep the first part of the lace pattern correct, work those stitches as stocking stitch stitches, then join in with the pattern again.

Here is the article I used to work things out. It may help for you to take a look at it while you work.

It's quite confusing, hopefully you can make something out of my response and the article. Let me know if it still doesn't make sense.

Good luck with it!

Adrienne x

Thank you all for your help here. i will have a look at the article and see if that helps. I am making the size 8.

The bit I am finding most confusing is:

In row 9, should I work the first 4 stitches as k2, sl1, k1, psso and then continue as in the chart to last 4 stitches then k2tog, k2

or

knit row 9 as per the chart?

Hi

I think you knit the first four stitches k2, sl1, k1, psso in place of the the first four indicated in the chart, regardless of whether the chart says any of those stitches they should have been yfwds or whatever, then continue from the chart and when you get to the last four stitches work k2tog, k2 instead of the last four shown in the chart.

x

I'll try that and see what happens

Thaks Adrienne
I ripped back to the start of the chart tonight and got to row 15 without too much trouble.

Phew

Having had a rest from this project to relieve my frustration, I have returned to row 15 and re-knitted this row now several times. Each time I end up with 111 stitches rather than 109. What am I doing wrong? I really want to finish this jumper soon as I am knitting it for my daughter. Help!!!

Hi Knitgirl,

How frustrating! This chart is tricky isn't it?! This is my take on it.

On Row 15, I think you need to employ the idea that if there isn't a decrease to counter balance the increase on the motif, you just pretend it's not there and knit that st as normal st st.

On Row 15 your decrease is sl1, k2tog, psso which is decreasing two sts, so you need two yfwds to counterbalance this. So looking at the chart, each upsidedown V needs a circle on both sides to complete the motif. If that's not there, then don't do any of them.
One complete motif = yfwd, k3, sl1, k2tog, psso, k3, yfwd.

So, starting reading the row from right to left at size 8, you ignore the first yfwd (partly because it's in the first four sts where you're shaping and partly because there is no decrease for that motif in size 8 - it's the wrong side of the line).
The second motif is complete so thats fine
On the next one the dec falls in the section that you don't do on size 8 (between the lines for the sizes) so therefore you don't do the yfwd before or after as there's no counterbalancing dec. Instead, work in st st over these sts.

Is this making sense?

The next six motifs are complete, then you get to the same situation with the sizes again so work in st st over the whole motif.
The next one is complete, then work in st st in place of the last yfwd on the row.

If my calculations are correct this means you should have the same number of increases and decreases so shouldn't have any extra sts anywhere.

If this doesn't work out, I think I'll have to direct you to Rowan as I'm afraid I'm out of ideas!

Let me know how you get on - sorry this pattern is proving so problematic!!

Adrienne

"On Row 15, I think you need to employ the idea that if there isn't a decrease to counter balance the increase on the motif, you just pretend it's not there and knit that st as normal st st."

Yes, that's how I'm doing it and it seems to work well.

Victoria

Adrienne and Victoria
Thnaks for your help with this. I was getting confused becuase the chart says one thing for row 8 which is diferent to the written instructions. I have persevered with the jumper and have now learnt the pattern and don't really need to look at the chart, completed the back and started on the front. It is actually moving along quite quickly now.

Thanks again

Yvonne