colouring outside of the lines ([info]light_the_sky76) wrote in [info]brit_knits,
@ 2008-07-12 12:38:00
Previous Entry  Add to memories!  Tell a Friend!  Next Entry
Current mood: confused

Stumped
I have a pattern for a baby jumper and the for the front section after the 8 rows of ribbing it says to:

P1 *m1, p2 pass m1 over the previous p2, p2 from * to last st, p1

What does it mean by pass m1 over the previous p2?

I make one stitch then pass it over the two pearl stitches I've just done on the right hand needle or pass the made stitch over the pearl stitches from the ribbing on the left hand needle.

Does that make sense?!?

Can anyone clear this up for me please?

Thanks


Advertisement

(Post a new comment)


[info]evel_lin
2008-07-12 12:13 pm UTC (link)
You pass the M1 over the two p2's you just knitted, so on the right needle

(Reply to this)

[info]msknit
2008-07-12 12:19 pm UTC (link)
Okay here goes, there is something wrong with the way it's written here is why....

purl one (it transfers to your right needle), *make one, (that make one is still on your left needle), purl 2 (this means you purl the make one and the next stitch which now transfers over to your right needle), pass make one over the previous purl 2. Well here is the problem right there. The make one is now purled and there is one more purl after that on your right needle. You can't pass the make one over two purls when there is only one purl stitch. So there's something wrong.

Perhaps it should read thus. p1, "yo, p2, pass yo over p2? This would make sense because you have the yo, and the two purl stitches all on the right needle and then you would pass the yo over the 2 purl stitches.

The only other way it would work is to make one by lifting the strand between the needles and instead of placing it on your left needle, place it on your right needle and then purl 2. Then you can lift the make one over the purl stitches.

Who wrote this pattern?

(Reply to this)(Thread)

[info]light_the_sky76
2008-07-12 12:35 pm UTC (link)
I found it online on a website for a charity that sends baby clothes and blankets to Africa

To be honest, I'm not sure what the m1 and passing over is for, if it's just decorative I think I might skip it.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

[info]lnr
2008-07-12 12:38 pm UTC (link)
It's definitely just decorative: you end up with the same number of stitches at the end of the row as you started with, so you could just purl the whole row. You'll end up with a very plain jumper though, and I guess it might hang differently to the decorative one.

(Reply to this)(Parent)

[info]lnr
2008-07-12 12:36 pm UTC (link)
They mean to move the m1 you already made over the two purled stitches and off the needle, a bit like if you were casting off.

Does it tell you its preferred way of doing m1 earlier in the pattern?

Unlike msknit I'd always assumed an m1 ends up on the right needle rather than the left one, which would make the pattern work.

(Reply to this)

[info]nitoda
2008-07-12 09:56 pm UTC (link)
If it's a British pattern, then M1 would mean pick up the yarn between the stitch you've just completed and the one you are about to knit *and knit into (the back of) it* - this would leave you with a stitch on the right hand needle that you could then pass over the two purl stitches just fine. I'm not entirely sure but I think this would make a more solid pattern than yarn overs which would make definite holes in the fabric.

(Reply to this)

Create an Account
Forgot your login?
Login w/ OpenID
English • Español • Deutsch • Русский…