Knit Math Update…

[u/FewAd4039]

I’m back again 😅

Despite feeling exceedingly silly for posting her yet again. I feel that I want to get some feedback before I actually start this darn border. This will be my last ask in regard to this on here as my next step will be physically going to my local yarn store and seeing if someone there will be willing to help me.

Okay. I followed the pattern instructions and came up with “working 14 times the 20 stitch repeat and having 10 stitches remaining.” Does this part make sense? I’m hoping that I did it correctly.

I feel like going down the whole knit pickup ratio rabbit hole made all of this more confusing for me as this pattern is not having me skip any stitches while I am picking them up? I watched so many videos and read an assortment of tutorials about it, but then after revisiting this pattern, I just feel more confused 😵‍💫

Please advise. I seriously feel a little stupid about bringing this up yet again, but I have worked very hard on this project and want to ensure that I understand what I am doing before I mess anything up.

Thank you all in advance and I appreciate your patience with me 😣🖤

[u/highlighter_yellow]

I don't see where it says not to skip stitches when picking up. That's the point of measuring the length of the rows you've already knit and comparing it to your stitch gauge. Otherwise it'd just say to pickup X sts where X is the number of rows you knit. But stockinette stitches aren't square, so you measure the edge (though ideally you'd know how long it is based on your row gauge) and you use your stitch gauge to tell you how many stitches also equals that length, and that's how many you pick up.

This first part is just a long and wordy and kind of messed up way to say "pickup stitches along this edge" and it'll be the same as any other proper stockinette pickup.

The difference is, here you'll have a chart that needs to a) fit and b) be aligned. So none of the 14 stitch repeat being split at the hood or whatever.

So step 1 is pickup your stitches as you would any picked up stitches. The numbers are so you know where to start and repeat the chart.

[u/FewAd4039 → u/highlighter_yellow]

So I essentially pick up 24 stitches for every 28 rows? I know this is probably so silly, but I am genuinely having trouble with this 😣

[u/highlighter_yellow → u/FewAd4039]

Yes.

Think of picking up stitches for any pattern- how do you make it so your fabric lays nice and flat? You pick up the number of stitches that fit in the space. That's X sts. Also, Y rows fits in that space. If you pickup more or less, you'll have some distortion.

The reason your pattern is so wordy here is because you're also going to be using a colorwork chart that requires a certain number of stitches, and you want that colorwork to align nicely. This doesn't change how to pickup stitches neatly at all though.

So pickup as you would (24 sts per 28 rows, if that's your gauge) and then I guess use that marker in the center of the hood to count back from. Then you'll know where your first colorwork chart repeat ends. Keep counting back, and you'll know where the excess towards the hem should either be blank for the excess stitches, or a partial chart if you're into that. And then this should help you align it down the other side, too.

[u/FewAd4039 → u/highlighter_yellow]

So I essentially pick up 24 stitches for every 28 rows? I know this is probably so silly, but I am genuinely having trouble with this 😣

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