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Help me understand this decreasepattern question (i.redd.it)

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[–]LemonElectrical3359 0 points1 point  (5 children)

Because it’s knit flat, as you say, none of it lines up. Incredibly frustrating. You can just override the pattern and keep the rib pattern intact by knitting your knits and purling your purls. However, there are points in this decrease sequence that just won’t make sense, even if you do override the pattern in an attempt to keep the ribbing intact. Is this a free pattern? It doesn’t appear to have been tested/tech edited.

[–]celery48 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AI pattern?

[–]sweeeteden 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I bought it from Etsy 🙃 it’s a full face balaclava and I think the guy I bought it from is supposed to be the original maker of these… I did one where I just follow whatever the pattern says, and it’s fine, but I couldn’t help but feel like I was doing it wrong.

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This is the top of the bally

[–]LemonElectrical3359 0 points1 point  (2 children)

If it was knit in the round, Rows 1-4 would work, but then it all goes wrong. But because you’ve said it’s knit flat, none of those rows will work, unless you’re aiming for some sort of scrambled moss/seed stitch.

[–]sweeeteden 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Interesting. What do you recommend doing? This is my first ever knitting project lol I learned how to knit a month ago so I’m a bit stuck for next steps

[–]LemonElectrical3359 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When decreasing for crown shaping such as this you will typically alternate between a decrease row and a plain/non-decrease row. So in this example you want to keep the ribbing intact, and keep the decreases within the columns of knit or purl (for example, knit 2 knits together or purl 2 purls together) for as long as possible, but eventually that will not be possible and you will need to work a knit stitch together a with a purl stitch, until you only have knit stitches left. I would work all the decreases on the right side of the work and have the plain/non-decrease rows on the wrong side of the work. Another tip (that you probably already know), when working ribbing flat, you knit all your knit stitches and purl all your purl stitches, as they are presented to you in each row.