Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 10

 Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 10

Finally on to the Decreasing of the Strap Stitches

Decrease to 28 Stitches

 

I Decreased the Stitches by 1 either end on the Knit Row.  I then Knitted 28 Purls Stitches. I turned the Bag around and did the same on the other Strap.

End of Decreasing

 

I changed Straps again then did another Row of Stocking Stitch. I repeated this until I had 20 Stitches left on both Straps

Straps coming along

 

Once I had 20 Stitches I carried on Knitting. I would Knit a Plain Row on one Strap then swap. I Knitted a Plain Row on the other Strap then Knitted a Purl Row on Both Straps.

The idea was by doing it this way I would keep the Straps even. Needless to say I got engrossed watching a programme and found that I had forgotten to swap. Therefore I had to put both Straps together back to back in order to measure the difference.

I had to add a couple of Rows until they were even again. The use of Stocking Stitch was causing the Straps to Curl. This will be sorted when I add the Backing.

Autumn Cape 2016 A long Term Project Hood Part 3

Autumn Cape 2016 A long Term Project Hood Part 3

Start of Decrease

Before making any decreasing you need to adjust the pattern. Find the middle of the Pictorial Chart. Mine has 228 Stitches so the middle will be 114 on the Chart. From now on the pattern will be designed from the middle to the edges. Leave a good 20 stitches at either end.

Hood Pictorial Chart Initial Decrease Pattern

How the Chart will look prior to addition of decreases is shown below.

Hood Pictorial Chart Initial Decrease Right

How you write the pattern will change slightly too.

Hood Page 2 Prior to Decrease

The First 5 Decrease Stitches Right

I knitted a few more stitches at the beginning that I needed so I did not disrupt the Selvedge.

Knit 5 Orange, slip one, Knit 1 Orange, slip one, Knit 3 Brown, slip one, Knit 2 Orange, (Yellow on pattern) slip one, Knit 2 Brown, slip one. Continue with pattern.

First Decrease On Page 2 Written Chart*

The photograph above shows the Initial decrease. This can now be added to the Pictorial Chart.

It might look a bit peculiar but otherwise you cannot see where the next row decrease should be.

Hood First Decrease Right Addition

The photograph above shows the addition of the first lot of decreases.

Hood Pictorial Chart Initial Decrease Left

First Decrease Left Up To Addition

One little point if you compare the above photograph with the one with the asterisk * the 4^th number has been altered from a 1 to a 2. That is because the next stitch was another Brown and if I put another 1 it would look like 11 stitches.

The First 5 Decrease Stitches Left

This is the decreases for the other end of the Row.

Knit 5 Yellow, Slip 1, Knit 1 Yellow, Knit 2 Brown, Knit 2 Yellow, Slip 1, Knit 2 Orange, Slip 1, Knit 2 Orange, Slip 1, Knit 3 Yellow, Slip 1, Knit 1 Yellow, Knit 1 Brown, Knit 3 Red

Hood Pictorial Chart Left Decrease Addition 

I started with 228 Stitches. I decrease by 5 on the Right Hand Side and a further 5 on the Left Hand Side. This decreased the Knit Row by 10 Stitches in total. I now have 218 Stitches left on the needle.

Hood Written Chart First Decrease Right Addition

Now the decreasing has been done on the Knit Row I turned and purled back. I shall decrease again on the next 4 Knit Rows. There are no decreases on the Purl Rows.

I continued decreasing by 10 stitches until I reached Row 80. From Row 81 to 90 I staggered the decreases. I decreased by 6 on a few Knit rows then dropped again until I was left with 100 Stitches on the needle. I had to tweak slightly to achieve this as I had lost a couple of stitches somewhere.

Written Chart 2 Decrease to 100 Stitches

On the next bit I will be changing to Moss Stitch