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can anyone give some advice doing a baby cardi raglan on the sleeves it says before shape raglans end on a purl row work two rows dec then work one row which puts you on a purl side but i should be on a knit side on the back it says work two rowsafter shaping raglan so should i do two or none on the sleeves!

jackjake - 04 August 2008 07:43 AM

can anyone give some advice doing a baby cardi raglan on the sleeves it says before shape raglans end on a purl row work two rows dec then work one row which puts you on a purl side but i should be on a knit side on the back it says work two rowsafter shaping raglan so should i do two or none on the sleeves!

HI.
You finish on purlrow and the next row to knit IS the knit row.
Then you do one k row one p row decreasing at both ends of each of them.
The next row is a k row then does the pattern tell you to p, so many sts of pattern OR knit.?
IF it tells you to purl then that will be right but if the next bit of pattern is knit then I would assume there is a mistake in the pattern, and you need to knit another row to bring you back to the right side facing you.

PS. on readng that again I hope you can follow it. I am not good on WRITTEN advice.

it is a knit row dec just checked pattern it is the same on the left front and right front pattern puts you on the wrong side so i am gonna do a different pattern after ihave a coffee break mny thanks

JUST ADD ONE EXTRA ROW. as long as you do the same on each piece so that they match you will not have a problem.  or even ONE LESS!!!

got baby cardi finished,showed pattern to my dads partner who used to knit a lot and she said mistake on the pattern so i dont feel stupid,now i need to finish my sons and grandsons jumpers so hopefully might get some spare time!as we all know there is not enough time for us women as there is always something to be done many thanks for advice hope everone having a good tues

Are you going to show us the cardie???