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Date Posted: 05:25:25 09/15/15 Tue
Author: Lisa Hamblin
Author Host/IP: host-209-97-79-37.newwavecomm.net / 209.97.79.37
Subject: Re: Help understanding pattern
In reply to: Judy Huff 's message, "Help understanding pattern" on 11:44:09 09/01/15 Tue

>I am trying to crochet the Charlotte Bronte Cape and
>don't understand the pattern when it says (in Row 2):
>"2 dc in the NEXT dc."
>Is the "NEXT dc" the dc that the chain is in or is it
>the next dc? Seems so simple, but I can't seem to get
>the pattern to work.
>
>Here are the first four rows:
>Ch 46.
>
>Row 1: Dc in 4th ch from hook,
>*2 dc in next ch, dc in each of next 2 ch;
>rep from * to end of row (57 dc).
>
>Row 2: Ch 3 (beg ch counts as first dc on this row
>and on all following rows), turn,
>*2 dc in next dc, dc in next 4 dc;
>rep from * to last st;
>2 dc in last dc, (69 dc).
>
>Row 3: Ch 3, turn
>*2 dc in next dc, dc in next 4 dc;
>rep from * to last (3) dc, dc in each st to end of row
> (82 dc ).
>
>Row 4: Ch 3, turn, dc in each dc to end of row.

I believe the designer literally means the "next stitch"... instead of the base of the beginning chains.

For the first Row I ended up with 58 stitches total but that includes the turning chain at the beginning.

Since the designer apparently isn't counting the turning chain as a stitch on Row 1...

Row 2 seems off at the end to me because that stitch isn't worked into at the end.

Lisa Hamblin CNM/MBA

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