Yikes Stripes
– a free pattern from Yarn-Madness
Available languages: English, Swedish
Available sizes: Nb, 3m, 6m, 12m, 2y, 4y, 5y, 6y, 8y
My first baby design – a simple top down baby cardigan with assymetric intarsia stripes and contrasting star stitch!
Yarn weight: DK
5 stitches = 1 inch in Stockinette
US 4 – 3.5 mm
160 – 440 yards (146 – 402 m)
Hi, I am knitting your Yet to be Named baby cardigan. I am at the row where I start the star stitch. I am totally confused. I have taken it out several times. It seems like the way it is explained, I will lose stitches.
I think what I am not understanding is after the parentheses you have “in the same 3 stitches”. If I am purling 3 stitches together twice, I feel I am losing stitches.
Could you please clarify for me?
Thank you for the free pattern, it is lovely.
Barbara
Barbarahua55@gmail.com
Hi!
You should work it like this: Purl 3 together, without dropping the 3 sts off the needle, yo, then purl those same 3 stitches again. Then you will have made 3 new sts into those 3 🙂
Happy knitting!!