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February 26, 2016 5:11 PM Subscribe
Craftfilter: Help me parse & translate this pattern instruction?
I crochet, at an intermediate-beginner level, but have rarely needed to decrease. I'm making easter favors, and love this pattern, but I cannot for the life of me, parse the decrease instructions.
I know that sc2tog means "decrease by single crocheting two stitches together", and I can find all kinds of tutorials on how to do it. I am fine through round 8 and then... I don't get it.
Here is the relevant section of the pattern:
I've spent all afternoon trying to figure it out and am out of patience. Help!
I crochet, at an intermediate-beginner level, but have rarely needed to decrease. I'm making easter favors, and love this pattern, but I cannot for the life of me, parse the decrease instructions.
I know that sc2tog means "decrease by single crocheting two stitches together", and I can find all kinds of tutorials on how to do it. I am fine through round 8 and then... I don't get it.
Here is the relevant section of the pattern:
Round 9: *sc 2 tog, 1 sc in each of the next 3 sts, sc2tog, 1 sc in each of the next 4 sts, rep from * 1 more time — 18 sts.It seems like the two instructions in round 9 are the same. And, not only are they the same, but I don't understand how the instruction in round 12 is different than the rounds before.
Round 10: *sc 2 tog, 1 sc in each of the next 2 sts, sc2tog, 1 sc in each of the next 3 sts, rep from * 1 more time — 14 sts.
Round 11: *sc 2 tog, 1 sc in next st, sc2tog, 1 sc in each of the next 2 sts, rep from * 1 more time — 10 sts.
Round 12: sc 2 tog around — 5 sts.
I've spent all afternoon trying to figure it out and am out of patience. Help!
clavicle's interpretation is correct. The number of stitches given in your pattern is a way of error checking yourself before you move onto the next round -- e.g. if you end up with 18 stitches in round 9, for example, then you've done the correct number of decreases.
posted by telegraph at 5:26 PM on February 26, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by telegraph at 5:26 PM on February 26, 2016 [3 favorites]
Thirding clavicle. This kind of round notation is pretty standard in written crochet patterns but I can see how it would look weird if you hadn't encountered it before. This is why I greatly prefer charted crochet patterns!
posted by arrmatie at 5:33 PM on February 26, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by arrmatie at 5:33 PM on February 26, 2016 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: THANK YOU!
I'm used to patterns that make use of commas and semicolons, to mark what's together and what's next.
Thank you again!
posted by ApathyGirl at 9:20 PM on February 26, 2016
I'm used to patterns that make use of commas and semicolons, to mark what's together and what's next.
Thank you again!
posted by ApathyGirl at 9:20 PM on February 26, 2016
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Round 9 goes: sc2tog sc sc sc sc2tog sc sc sc sc, then do all of the above one more time.
Round 10 goes: sc2tog sc sc sc2tog sc sc sc , then do all of the above one more time.
Round 11 goes: sc2tog sc sc2tog sc sc, then do all of the above one more time.
Round 12 goes: sc2tog sc2tog sc2tog sc2tog sc2tog
posted by clavicle at 5:18 PM on February 26, 2016 [8 favorites]