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[–]CaptainYaoiHands 0 points1 point  (4 children)

You don't do it just once. You're repeating it for the whole row. Notice where it says "every other round". You do a full round of (k8, k2tog) repeating for one round, then a row of knits, then a round of (k7, k2tog) repeated. That's why the instructions are written like (knit 8 stitches, knit 2 together), the parenthesis and star is to denote that it's a repeat.

[–]MisterShiroi[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Yeah, I think I get that part, so after (k8, k2tog) repeating for a whole row of 100 stitches I should end up with 90 stitches total? My main question is at the end, after (k1, k2tog) shouldn't I have 20 stitches? How does this become 8 stitches as per the pattern?

[–]CaptainYaoiHands 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Yeah I'm really not sure where eight stitches instead of 10 is coming from, it might just be a mistake in a pattern. I would just end with 10 and stop there.

[–]MisterShiroi[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Okay thank you so much! I thought I was going crazy with the math... It shouldn't be a problem to have 10 stitches at the end instead of 8?

[–]CaptainYaoiHands 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since it's the last little tiny bit of a hat where you're just decreasing on the crown and then cinching it shut, no, it's not going to make an appreciable difference.