Knitting question - can anyone help with this pattern, please?

Cal, you can't knit markers - they are solid 'things' (mine are either rubber or metal), which sit on the needle between the stitches.

I've used short pieces of yarn and threaded them through a crochet stitch when marking out a row.

But it's probably not an approved method

Very cheap, though, and easy to remove and store. I was given some very pretty ones one Christmas - a dozen, each with a different coloured pearl bead on it so you could mark several places. Then you just had to remember which was which.

A Google search shows masses of different ones - handy present for a knitter. www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=decorative+stitch+markers

I'm not sure what German shirt rows are but if it means you only work on part of the row, this would mean that you knit rows of 119 stitches, leaving the rest (stitches 120-135) until it tells you to knit them. Hope this makes sense. Maybe try it out and see if it works. Apologies if I've misunderstood what is meant by short rows.

I have lots of stitch markers and know how to use them, but thanks for the suggestions. The short rows don’t start until after the set-up row, which is basically placing markers between the stitches I have cast on. German, Japanese or English-I can do them all, and they won’t affect the stitch count on the first row, as the short rows don’t start until after that row is worked.

I have been out tonight but will try again tomorrow with 119 stitches and see if that works. If the designer gets back to you I’ll feed back so you know the solution- thanks for all your replies.

As others have said, it looks like a mistake in the cast on numbers.

This style of garment usually grows the yoke by increasing 8 stitches each increase round, one stitch either side of the sets of 2 which form the faux raglan seams.

Therefore you can double check what the starting number of stitches should be by looking ahead in the pattern to see what the stitch count should be just before you put the sleeve stitches onto a holder.

Say, for example, that you are instructed to work 20 rounds of increases, the 119 will increase to 127, 135, 143 … up to 279.

Oh dear....another thread highlighting so much I know nothing about. How can I have got to almost 75 and know so little about so many things??

Sometimes I despair of myself and there's not enough time left!!! I shall make myself a list to day of my skills....well that won't take long.

Elegran

If you don't have any stitch markers, paperclips are handy and cheap. They can be hung on the wool between stitches and removed when no longer needed by sliding them off. You can even get mixed coloured ones.

I just use a short length of different-colour yarn tied on with a single knot, so easy to remove later.

HelterSkelter1

Oh dear....another thread highlighting so much I know nothing about. How can I have got to almost 75 and know so little about so many things??

Sometimes I despair of myself and there's not enough time left!!! I shall make myself a list to day of my skills....well that won't take long.

Oh please don’t give up Helter, there are so many YouTube videos that will explain everything! I knitted all of the yoke section of my first ranunculus sweater following a tutorial on Sundragon - you’ll be surprised at how much you do know!!

Thanks DamaskRose. I think in the Springtime I shall join a knit and natter club and ask a kindly expert to teach me to knit. I managed a string dishcloth at junior school and stopped there.

The craft gene passed me by sadly !!!! I read the sewing threads with awe and amazement. It's like a foreign language

It is a Ravelry pattern, and I have messaged the designer to see if she can help

I hope the designer has come back with an answer - let us know, Doodledog 🙂

The Ravelry community is very helpful too.

Sadly not. I don't suppose they sit on their computers waiting for messages though, so I will try to be patient

Doodledog

Sadly not. I don't suppose they sit on their computers waiting for messages though, so I will try to be patient

Too busy knitting and crocheting!

It's certainly a puzzle.

I have had a reply!

As suspected, the numbers in the set-up row are correct and the cast-on numbers are a typo. The designer is going to correct it when she gets to her computer.

Thank you all for your help - I’m pleased I am not losing the ability to read a pattern

Oh, good!

I was beginning to think I had no idea how to follow a pattern, or even add up on my fingers!

I looked at this question but wrote no reply, as I had no answer. Now I have constant e-Mail updates. Why?

Email updates? I only get an email if someone has sent me a pm.

I have had four so far about this question !!! Not from anyone, just to tell me someone has posted on the thread. ……Strange

Weird.

Have you clicked on 'watch this thread'? I have done this before by accident, as the button is in a different place depending on whether you are using a laptop a phone or an iPad.

I have now ‘unsubscribed’