miffy Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I have been knitting a top for YS, but I have a mental block......what do I do when it says dec at armhole edge? I can remember K2 tog, cast off, K back of stitch etc but not dec, please take pity on a wreck of a woman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Dec means decrease either knit 2 together or purl 2 together as appropriate (as in dec 1 stitch) Hope this helps.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miffy Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 of course it does thanks Mrs Webmuppet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 No problem................the lovely lady in my local wool shop always reads any pattern through before I buy it to make sure I understand all the abbreviations, before she even considers letting me near the wool dept. ( she is about 150 years old and I am one of the younger customers ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 No problem................the lovely lady in my local wool shop always reads any pattern through before I buy it to make sure I understand all the abbreviations, before she even considers letting me near the wool dept. ( she is about 150 years old and I am one of the younger customers ) I'd be tempted, for a laugh, to get one wrong and see if she lets you buy it or tells you to go away and not come back until you them all back to front . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I bought a pattern the other week that had cables running down the front ( it was a Sirdar pattern and they are pretty idiot proof)...........she was very concerned that I might not be capable ( I have been knitting on and off for about twenty odd years!) she took some convincing that I was more than capable! One of my friends wants me to knit the same jumper for her little'un so I wrote on a piece of paper exactly which wool and how many balls she needs to get..............and told her to hand the piece of paper to the lady in the shop.............she hasn't felt brave enough to venture in there yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Love it - you have to earn the right to be a customer. Old fashioned values eh? There's not many wool shops around now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
