Knitting - help!

It wasn't the underarm decrease then? It may not make a y difference there.

I don't know if it's me missing something, but those instructions are not asking you to cast off at the end of a row - it says 'cast off at the beginning of the next 2 rows'.

Those are the instructions in both of my patterns, Doodledog.

I'm not sure what the OP's pattern said.

Ah, I see .

Those are the instructions I would expect to see, to be honest, unless there were stitches in the middle (between the cast off ones) that were going to be used later.

The baby could be wearing it by now!!

I hope @Bluecat comes back. I am desperate to know how she got on . Also I would like to see the finished bolero.

Sorry I have not been back. When I submitted my query, it said "access denied", so I thought it hadn't been posted!

The instructions are "decrease 3 stitches at the beginning and end of the next row." The only way I could think of getting rid of 3 stitches at the beginning of the row was to cast them off but I couldn't think how to do the other end. It is very frustrating, as I have knitted the damn thing twice before and should know what to do.

I was thinking of casting off 3 at the beginning of the next row, which should give me the same shape both sides. I suspect I must have done that before, but I can't remember.

I will probably be back for advice when I reach the part where I have to switch to circular needles and pick up stitches. I do know I found that hard on the previous occasions and I think I resorted to YouTube in the end.

Thanks very much for your helpful suggestions. They were very encouraging.

That is quite odd . I wonder if it means knit two together three times .

That is odd, I’ve never come across it before. I’d also knit two stitches together three times, I think. Good luck, OP!

I may have knit this pattern (twice) and thought 'never again'!
Perhaps I will have to search through my stash of patterns to see what it said.

So how do you do it - I mean the best way?

I’ve never been faced with this, but having applied my decrepit little grey cells (at some length I might add) I’ve worked out that what I’d do is knit (or purl) to the last 4 stitches.
And then,
1. Knit the first 2 together (1 decrease)
2. Knit that combined stitch and the next together. (2nd decrease)
3. Knit that combined stitch and the last together. (3rd decrease.
Is there a more professional way? I now feel compelled to try it out on a few rows of a bit of stash and see whether it looks a mess!

I still think casting off 3 stitches at beginning of the next two rows gives the best, least bulky finish, especially for a garment for a baby.
It gives a level edge and the extra row can easily be lost when inserting the sleeves.

There should be a corresponding decrease on the sleeves so they will match up with the fronts and back.

Hello everyone , I am left handed and crochet , can do blankets but find it impossible to follow pattern , where am I going wrong ?

Bicycle I can only do a couple of crochet stitches so far but taught myself from YouTube videos.

I've not attempted a pattern yet, only squares etc so I shall be interested in any replies too.
Attempts over the years ended up in triangular shaped pieces, not squares but there are lots of helpful videos online and there must be some for left handers too.