A Math Question

[Biblereader]

A Hard Math Question

(hard for me, cause I'm pretty dumb at math)
Here's the problem: I have a pattern for a blanket.
I got the pattern from here: http://www.knitting-crochet.com/babbla.html

What I want to do is make a small swatch of it, first.
Like, the size of a large bookmark.


So, how many stitches do I need to cast on, to make a small version of this?

The first and last 5 stitches are border stitches, so, they aren't really a part of the pattern.
Also, when it says YO, that means to make a hole, by doing a yarn over, and the K2tog means
to knit 2 stitches together.

Romans 10:9-12

 

[Vic C.]

:o Me? I'd drop back 10 yards and punt... or visit the local "Linens n Things". :-D

Ask Newton; I think you need to know calculus to make that anyway! :

 

[lovely]

I wish I could help you Biblereader...I don't knit. And, anytime I have a question like this about the other things I actually do...I call my aunt Faye. :wink:

Sorry. The Lord bless you.

 

[Biblereader]

:o Me? I'd drop back 10 yards and punt... or visit the local "Linens n Things". :-D

Ask Newton; I think you need to know calculus to make that anyway! :

ha ha!
Oh well, thanks for replying, at least.
I'm thinking that this number of stitches she says to cast on is wrong. The knit 1, yo and k2tog pattern is a multiple of 5 stitches, but she says to cast on 127.
And, 127 divided by 5 is 25.4, which would not make the blanket turn out right.

 

[Biblereader]

I wish I could help you Biblereader...I don't knit. And, anytime I have a question like this about the other things I actually do...I call my aunt Faye. :wink:

Sorry. The Lord bless you.

Hey, can you ask your Aunt Faye if she knows a knitter, and, if she thinks that pattern is wrong?
I sure don't want to knit this, and end up with a mess.

 

[DavidLee]

:o Me? I'd drop back 10 yards and punt... or visit the local "Linens n Things". :-D

Ask Newton; I think you need to know calculus to make that anyway! :

ha ha!
Oh well, thanks for replying, at least.
I'm thinking that this number of stitches she says to cast on is wrong. The knit 1, yo and k2tog pattern is a multiple of 5 stitches, but she says to cast on 127.
And, 127 divided by 5 is 25.4, which would not make the blanket turn out right.

My lovely wife says:
It's a multiple of three, since the border is not part of the stitch pattern. You're left with three stitches in the pattern (K1 = 1, YO = 1, K2TOG = 1).
So however many stitches you want the border to be and however wide you want the pattern to be in a multiple of three.
If you know your gauge, you can use that to figure out how wide it will be (ie. 5 stitches per inch).
I hope this helps you.

 

[lovely]

Davidlee, I am so impressed that you wife new that.

 

[DavidLee]

Davidlee, I am so impressed that you wife new that.

She's an impressive lady. :D