Can someone help me with these Knitting Instructions?
It says:
FRONT-Cast on 100 stitches. Work 100 rows starting with a knit row.
SHAPE ARMHOLES-Bind off 2 stitches at beginning of next 2 rows.
3RD ROW-K3, SSK, k to last 5 sts, k2tog, k3
Repeat this 3rd row every RS row until 8 sts in total decreased each side. 84 sts remaining on needle.
-Not part of the pattern, but part of the question: After I bound of the 2 sts and did the third row, I got confused. If I am only decreasing on one side, how I am supposed to evenly decrease 8 on each side. Can someone please explain this to me? It would have my full appreciation.
You’re actually decreasing at both sides of each knit row after the two bind-off rows. The first bind-off row is a knit row. Since you can’t bind off at the *end* of a row, you then bind off at the beginning of the purl row–the 1-row imbalance will not be noticed. After that, you decrease on knit rows, both sides:
Row 101 (Row 1 of shaping) Bind off 2 stitches. 98 sts left
Row 102 (Row 2 of shaping) Bind off 2 stitches. 96 sts left
Row 103 (Row 3 of shaping) Decrease 1 st 3 sts from each edge. The K3, SSK to begin the row creates a left-leaning border of stitches for an attractively shaped edge decrease, and the K2tog, K3 matches it on the other end of the row with a right-leaning border. 94 sts left
Row 104 (Row 4 of shaping) Purl, probably–this is a stockinette stitch pattern, isn’t it? 94 sts
Row 105 (Row 5 of shaping) Repeat the 3rd shaping row–begin K3, SSK for the left-leaning border, and end K2tog, K3 for the corresponding right-leaning border. 92 sts left
Row 106 (Row 6 of shaping) Purl. 92 sts.
Row 107 (Row 7 of shaping) Repeat the 3rd shaping row–begin K3, SSK for the left-leaning border, and end K2tog, K3 for the corresponding right-leaning border. 90 sts left
Row 108 (Row 8 of shaping) Purl. 90 sts.
Row 109 (Row 9 of shaping) Repeat the 3rd shaping row–begin K3, SSK for the left-leaning border, and end K2tog, K3 for the corresponding right-leaning border. 88 sts left
Row 110 (Row 10 of shaping) Purl. 88 sts.
Row 111 (Row 11 of shaping) Repeat the 3rd shaping row–begin K3, SSK for the left-leaning border, and end K2tog, K3 for the corresponding right-leaning border. 86 sts left
Row 112 (Row 12 of shaping) Purl. 86 sts.
Row 113 (Row 13 of shaping) Repeat the 3rd shaping row–begin K3, SSK for the left-leaning border, and end K2tog, K3 for the corresponding right-leaning border. 84 sts left
Cast on Knitting Instructions: Butterfly Method