Comments on: Decreasing Gracefully http://blog.berroco.com/2012/04/02/decreasing-gracefully/ a blog hosted by norah gaughan & amanda keep Fri, 24 May 2013 12:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Denyse McClure http://blog.berroco.com/2012/04/02/decreasing-gracefully/#comment-4900 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 19:17:56 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=2299#comment-4900 Hi Amanda,

Thank you so much for the explanation. I must confess that I always eyeballed the decreases-I just didn’t want to take the time to figure it out (kind of like swatching!) I really appreciate your tutorial. It was very easy to understand and my decreases (I’m working on the Mamere sweater) came out perfectly. Now I feel a little more like a professional knitter!

All the best to you!

Denyse McClure

]]> By: Deb http://blog.berroco.com/2012/04/02/decreasing-gracefully/#comment-4781 Tue, 08 May 2012 15:01:49 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=2299#comment-4781 Thanks so much! It’s fantastic to get help with this!
With Appreciation -
Deb

]]> By: amandakeep http://blog.berroco.com/2012/04/02/decreasing-gracefully/#comment-4779 Tue, 08 May 2012 13:26:42 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=2299#comment-4779 It sounds like you’re making lots of progress on your first real pattern! I think the best person to help you will be Donna, at dyacino@berroco.com. Shoot her an email describing exactly which part of the pattern you’re on, and she’ll be able to help you get the row sorted out. Then you’ll be on your way!

]]> By: Deb http://blog.berroco.com/2012/04/02/decreasing-gracefully/#comment-4778 Tue, 08 May 2012 13:09:14 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=2299#comment-4778 Thanks so much for the MATH! I’m working my first “real” pattern, and have pages and pages of lllll slash marks to figure it out. UGH! However, I’m still stuck on one set of instructions and have not found any pattern corrections for this specific step, but the instructions say:
Decrease 45 evenly across row. The total number of stitches across the row is 65.
I was positive this had to be a pattern mistake, but evidently it’s not. How do you figure this out?
Booklet 319 Linsey Geometry: Pattern “monge”; My stitch count up to this “Dec Row 4 (RS) instruction is correct, but this part throws it all out of skew. Should I just “infringe” into either side of the decrease portion of the row (before and after both markers) to steal the stitches needed to make 45 decreases? I’m stumped in Vermont!

]]> By: Carol http://blog.berroco.com/2012/04/02/decreasing-gracefully/#comment-4738 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:32:44 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=2299#comment-4738 Me too! I can do the math and have done it that way, but find it easier to divide in half or thirds and visually mark of the correct number of spaces and mark with stich markers. Works every time!

]]> By: P. Sawyer http://blog.berroco.com/2012/04/02/decreasing-gracefully/#comment-4729 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:45:51 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=2299#comment-4729 The author of this post is trying to explain something that a lot of knitters find challenging, and I think it was explained wonderfully!

]]> By: Leisa http://blog.berroco.com/2012/04/02/decreasing-gracefully/#comment-4724 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:59:49 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=2299#comment-4724 Thank you! I have not encountered this lately but I am sure I will, so I have saved your instructions in an app and I’ll be able to refer to it every time I need it!

]]> By: Janet http://blog.berroco.com/2012/04/02/decreasing-gracefully/#comment-4723 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:17:23 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=2299#comment-4723 This was incredibly helpful. Every time I tried to do the math, it never came out correctly – I wasn’t multiplying by 2. This is much quicker than the visual methods described in other comments, with the added advantage of knowing how you will end the row before you get there.

As with all knitting, there are no wrong ways to knit. We can pick and choose what works best for each of us depending on the project and our personal knitting styles. This is an incredibly useful tool to have. Thank-you very much for sharing this.

]]> By: Linda http://blog.berroco.com/2012/04/02/decreasing-gracefully/#comment-4722 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:51:33 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=2299#comment-4722 Do you have this for crochet, too?

]]> By: Patches http://blog.berroco.com/2012/04/02/decreasing-gracefully/#comment-4721 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:27:47 +0000 http://blog.berroco.com/?p=2299#comment-4721 Exactly! Why not just include the instructions in the pattern, seeing as they’ve already made the article and have the answer. Duh.

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