Pattern Reading..

[tufflillangel]

Sorry, I should have asked this in my earlier post but just thought of it, Im sure some of you will be thinking is she serious?? lol
Anyways, I was reading a pattern today(still trying to get used to that too,lol) it stated row5 st 20 row6 st 10 and so forth, can someone tell me in simple minds,lol does this mean on the 5th peg you stitch 20 rows of stitches and on the 6th peg you only stitch 10? or am I reading that wrong? I would think that would make whatever your making lopsided. I know this is probably a totally silly ? to those that have been doing this awhile but sure has me puzzled. Everything I have made so far has been just by winging it but now I want to start reading patterns and learn how to loom correctly, thanks! Hugs Lori

[grizzelt]

If I read this correctly
row5 you work 20stitches
then on the next row (row 6) you work only 10 stitches?
Isobel

[Chelle]

That is how I am reading it as well.

[tufflillangel]

Thanks, slowly learning patterns but its coming around to me

[eljay]

hmm, I'm curious<G> Is this pattern to make loops? Or is refering to decreases? I'm not doing it, so no hurry on the answer. I am just trying to picture the phrases about the rows and pegs and number of stitches.

What ever you are working on, Good Luck!!
LindaJ

[eliea]

Sounds like decreases will be needed if row five says to do X number of stitches and row six is less.

[tufflillangel]

I was referring to a pattern for the heel of socks, guess that would of helped huh?

[eljay]

I'm still confused,LOL!! I have trouble reading patterns also and have to seperate out each sentence or row sometimes to make it click. If you still need help on your heel's Isela has a video on her site that shows how to do short rows, I think. There are a couple of other sites, that if you give me a teeny tad of time, I could look them up for you-as they explain how to do heels.
LindaJ