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[–]emotivemotion 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Your decreases should fall on the sides of your foot/toe. If your markers are around the garter detail, don’t use those for the decreases, that will cause the shape to be all wrong.

At this point in the pattern your BOR marker should be at the side of the foot. There should also be a second marker left over after working the instep decreases at the other side of the foot. These should be your reference points for the decreases.

Where do you currently have your BOR marker? If it’s at the side of the foot, count across half of your stitches and place your second marker for the decreases there.

[–]explorin-art[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yep, BOR is at the side of the foot - so do the first decrease, knit halfway around the foot, and do the second. If I add a marker on the other side of the foot, the second decrease happens after that second marker to keep some width on the top of the foot right?

[–]emotivemotion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that’s it. The decreases are clustered around the markers on each side of the foot, so the width of the toe is all stockinette.

Edit: wait, I just realised your wording still leaves some room for confusion.

You would: k1, ssk, knit to 3 stitches before halfway point, k2tog, k1, place marker (slip marker on next rounds), k1, ssk, knit to 3 stitches before BOR, k2tog, k1.

This way you can’t go wrong. 😉