RIBBING Comedy Series Mystery Series 3, BLOCK I c . 2015 Margaret Macli Usual supplies preamble, etc. Stitches and Abbreviations
sl 1: slip a stitch from left needle to right needle as if to purl (unless otherwise stated) S.s. 5: Seed Stitch 5 stitches as follows: (k1, p1) x 2, k1 you, toward you) wyif: with yarn in forward work (regardless if you are on the show ornon-showside,yarnforwardmeanstoputtheyarnclosestto wyib: with yarn in back of work (regardless if you are on the show or non-show side, yarn back means to put the yarn away from you) RS: right or show side WS: wrong or non-show side ncrease—place axis stitch from row below on left hand needle, purl it and the stitch Slip cable: this again, sounds harder than it is. Slip the next st off the needle and leave it hanging there to the front (on a stitch marker if you feel uncomfortable with that). Slip the next 2 stitches after that (as if to purl but don't) to the right needle. Slip the next stitch after that off the needle and leave it hanging by its buddy (on a separate marker, if you must..) Take the FIRST stitch that's hanging, and put it back on the left needle, without twisting it. Now slip the 2 sts from the right needle back to the left needle. NOW, pick up the lonely hanging stitch, and put it on the left needle. The goal in the end is to have the slipped left stitch cross over in front of the slipped right stitch, with the two garter stitches between them. Then, k7 or as many as the pattern instructs. PM: place stitch marker
Instructions
Cast on 33 stitches
Odd numbered rows are Rs, even numbered rows are WS Rows 1-5: Note: if from previous experience, you find my 55 rows too many or too few, work 3 (7) rows here and at the end (for 51-59 rows total). Seed stitch (k1, p1) x 16, k1 ow 6: WS prep row (need 39 stitches, 10 for edges, and 29 for 4 pattern repeats + 1 NOTE: Remember that Vinc and pVinc use a stitch. S.S. 5 for edge border, PM; pattern prep p3, (Vinc, p1, pVinc, p2) once, (k2, p1, pVinc, p2) once, (Vinc, p2, pVinc, p1) once, Vinc, p3; PM, S.S. 5 (39 sts) Row 7: S.S. 5; knit 29 sts; S.S. 5 Row 8: S.s. 5; p3, (k2, p5) 3 times, k2, p3; S.S. 5 Row 9 rep Row 7 Row 10: rep Row 8 Row 11: rep Row 7 / 12: S.s. 5; k2, (wyif/sl 1, k2, wyif/sl 1\*, k3) 3 times, work a 4th rep to \* only, k2; S.S. Row 13: (slipping this time is wyib as normal, slip pwise) S.s. 5; k2, (sl 1, k2, sl 1\*, k3) 3 times, work a 4th rep to \* only, k2; S.s. 5 Row 14: rep Row 12
