Autumn Cape 2016 A long Term Project Sleeves Part 3

Autumn Cape 2016 A long Term Project

Sleeves Part 3

I have now knitted down to 60 Rows (30 Knit and 30 Purl). This completes another A4 Page. I am now going to do a decrease row. I should have 120 Stitches on the needle but I have lost 3. So therefore I only have 117 Stitches on the needle.

I want to decrease to 100 Stitches. I need to remove 17 Stitches from the Sleeve. This I shall do by decreasing as near as I can to the Seam.

I will decrease 9 Stitches at the beginning of the knitting and decrease 8 at the end of the knitting. I am knitting 3 stitches then slipping the second stitch over the third.

I now have 100 Stitches on the needle. At this point I have to alter the Pictorial Chart.

Pictorial Chart First Decrease 100 Stitches

After the decrease on the knit row I carried on knitting and purling as usual until I reached 70 Rows (35 Knit and 35 Purl). I then decreased again on Row 71 only this time I decreased by 10 Stitches (5 Stitches at each end).

Pictorial Chart Second Decrease 90 Stitches

I on carried knitting until I reached 80 Rows (40 Knit and 40 Purl). I then decreased again on Row 81 and again I decreased by 10 Stitches (5 Stitches at each end).

Pictorial Chart Third Decrease 80 Stitches

I on carried knitting until I reached 90 Rows (45 Knit and 45 Purl).  I decreased by 10 Stitches on 91^st Row.

Pictorial Chart Fourth Decrease 70 Stitches

If you look at the above photograph you will see that I have introduced a new colour. I am slowly going to fade out the other colours until it becomes completely green.

Also I have reached the bottom of the Pictorial Chart and have to begin on another chart. 

Pictorial Chart Fifth Decrease 50 Stitches

I decreased by 10 Stitches on 101^st and 111^th Row until I had completed 120 Rows. At that point I had 50 Stitches left on the needle. I then Cast Off

Sleeve 1 End of Written Chart

To recap I started with 120 Stitches which I picked up.  

I knitted 60 Rows (30 Knit and 30 Purl).

I decreased by 17 Stitches (it should have been 20 but I lost 3).

I had 100 Stitches left on needle.

I reached 70 Rows (35 Knit and 35 Purl). I then decreased by 10 Stitches (5 Stitches at each end) leaving 90 Stitches

After 80 Rows (40 Knit and 40 Purl) I decreased by 10 Stitches leaving 80 Stitches and also introduced the green wool.

That completed the First Pictorial Chart

After 90 Rows (45 Knit and 45 Purl) I decreased by 10 Stitches leaving 70 Stitches.

After 100 Rows (50 Knit and 50 Purl) I decreased by 10 Stitches leaving 60 Stitches.

After 110 Rows (55 Knit and 55 Purl) I decreased by 10 Stitches leaving 50 Stitches.

After 120 Rows (60 Knit and 60 Purl) I cast off.

Apart from the sewing up and embellishments that is the First Sleeve Complete.

Sleeve 1 Full Length