beccauk Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Hi im knitting a cardigan for my nephew and am having a blank moment , you make it in one sides and back then add in the sleeves and continue to knit im now stuck as have gone blank to think what they are asking me to do. work 13 rows dec 1 st at neck edges as before in next and every foll 4th row AT SAME TIME dec 1 st at raglan seams as before in next and every foll alt row . also just to confirm dec on every 4th row means il dec the 1st , 4th, 8th and 12th ive been learning to quilt and havent been knitting since last christmas maybe hope you can help ive been abit slow worried my newphew will grow before its finished, which has happened before lol becca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 No I'd do 1st, 5th, 9th, and 13th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beccauk Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Hi yes of course I was going every 3, which part would be the raglan that im decreasing the neck edge I assume is the edges that the boarder for buttons and button holes goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Best look at the picture on the pattern. You either pick up stitches for it or make a separate strip I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 'Raglan' means where the sleeves join the neck so yes, 'neck edge' would presumably be the front and 'raglan seams' the shoulder/sleeve joins. Because you say this is knitted all in one, back and sides together, I'm assuming there is an obvious point somewhere, where the sleeve seams are? Usually they indicate how many stitches you should have left after the bit of pattern, can you calculate back e.g. the difference between number of stitches after the 13 rows and before, divided by 4, will show you how many you have to decrease on each of those rows; 2 of those decreases will be the neck edge, and the others (I assume 2 or 4) will be the raglan seams. Sorry that probably isn't very clear, I can picture it in my mind but I think this may be one of those cases where you have to knit a bit and see if it looks right, and if not frog it and start back. If you think this might happen, it's worth running a length of different-coloured wool through your stitches before you start the decreases. If the worst comes to the worst, you will be able to undo it and get back to the start point without any difficulty and without losing stitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
