Help reading instructions

[MaggieL]

Any help is appreciated.

This is the back of a sweater getting ready to make the underarm.

Here’s the instructions:

Bind off 6 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows for underarm; decrease 1 st at each and every other row 4 times. Work even until piece measures 7 in from underarm. Bind off 7 sts at beginning of each of next 6 rows.

My problem: If I do this:

Rs: bo 6 k to end
Ws: p to end
Rs: bo 6 k to end
Ws: p to end

Then I’m lopsided.

If I:

Rs – bo 6, k to end
Ws – bo 6 p to end
Rs – dec 1 k to end
Ws – p
Rs – dec 1 k to end
Ws – p
Rs – dec 1 k to end
Ws – p
Rs – dec 1 k to end
Ws – pWork even.
rs – bo 7
ws – bo 7
rs – bo 7
ws – bo 7
rs – bo 7
ws – bo 7


Then the bolded section makes me lopsided. :doh:

What to I do?????? ***sending out S.O.S. signals*** :pray:

[Silver]

I'm pretty sure this should read:
Bind off 6 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows for underarm; decrease 1 st at each end every other row 4 times. Work even until piece measures 7 in from underarm. Bind off 7 sts at beginning of each of next 6 rows.

This is what you should be doing:

Rs – bo 6, k to end
Ws – bo 6 p to end
Rs – dec 1, k to last 2 stitches, dec
Ws – p
Rs – dec 1, k to last 2 stitches, dec
Ws – p
Rs – dec 1, k to last 2 stitches, dec
Ws – p
Rs – dec 1, k to last 2 stitches, dec
Ws – p
Work even.
rs – bo 7, k to end
ws – bo 7, p to end
rs – bo 7, k to end
ws – bo 7, p to end
rs – bo 7, k to end
ws – bo 7


Hope this helps!!

[HeatherFeather]

geesh, I know people make mistakes....but I am in AWE as to how many pattern corrections happen....

[MaggieL]

Thanks silver. Your instructions made sooo much more sense. I've already tried them and THEY WORK!!! YEAH!!!

Thanks again! :thumbsup:

[Hildegard_von_Knittin]

nice job silver!!! Thats a funky mistake; the "each and every" sounded wierd to me too... I was like "Well, duh, why not just say EVERY"?? Amazing how mistakes can happen... WTG!