Pink Fix??!! Fix Pia??!!

I'm way behind on posting some pink pics, but don't think for a minute that my love for pink has waned. This is not a fad, it is true love. Remember if you have any pretty pink pics lying around on your hard drive send them my way. Pinku always needs pink.

spring pink in Japan

It might have been Kim's sayonara party, but I ended up with a hot pink hairdryer. Thanks Kim!!

pink bowling shoes - does it get any better than this

ok. now the knitting update and cry for help. I do love Pia (from Rowan 35) and I was on the way to finishing the front when I looked at the back again and decided that the decreases could have been done better. I think I have mastered the pattern and the type of decreases to do, BUT I can't understand when to decrease and how many times to do it. Japanese patterns always have the number of rows that you will complete when you do decreases, but the Rowan patterns don't. I have already posted for help on the Knitty board, but if you can help me.....please do. I tried to write it all down and work it out mathematically....but I am still lost.

Here's Pia so far:

So, here's what it says in the pattern:

dec 1 st at each end of next 3 rows, then on foll 2 alt rows, then on every foll 4th row until 26 sts rem.

Then work 13 rows, ending with a WS.

So before you start those decreases you have 40 stitches - you want 26 stitches, therefore you must lose 14 stitches, right?? I also figure that you must decrease evenly (dec 7sts on each side) at both the end of the RS and WS to create the right shape fabric.

Here's what I have worked out:

Row 1 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 39 sts
Row 2 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 38 sts
Row 3 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 37 sts
Row 4 (WS) no dec
Row 5 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 36 sts
Row 6 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 35 sts
Row 7 (RS) no dec
Row 8 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 34 sts
Row 9 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 33 sts
Row 10 (WS) no dec
Row 11 (RS) no dec
Row 12 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 32 sts
Row 13 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 31 sts
Row 14 (WS) no dec
Row 15 (RS) no dec
Row 16 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 30 sts
Row 17 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 29 sts
Row 18 (WS) no dec
Row 19 (RS) no dec
Row 20 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 28 sts
Row 21 (RS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 27 sts
Row 22 (WS) no dec
Row 23 (RS) no dec
Row 24 (WS) dec 1 st at end of row - now 26 sts

So now there are 26 sts, but if I knit another 13 rows I finish on a RS row with the wrong side facing - aghhhh!!

Comments

[waterlily]

the pink bowling shoes are so cute!!!

just wanted you to know that i have you linked because you live in Japan and that's one of my places to visit in the future. my husband and i are in love with all.things.Japan. i love your pictures! i read on another Japan blog that Japan is highly documented. he was right. all the Japan blogs i've looked at were highly decorated with pictures they've taken with their cell phones, digi cameras, etc. reading Japan blogs makes me feel like i'm living there. thanks for this!

[talloh]

i came upon this person's website who knit the same top. she may be able to help you. she helped me out before when i asked her a question.

http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/photos.htm

[Kinki]

Oooh, you are truly mad! Lookin' good with the pink hairdryer, hon. Natsukashiiiiiii!

[sharlyn]

I did all of my decreases slightly different, I decreased at each end, instead of doing a decrease on the purl row. In the end, it's the same thing. I think this might be why you end up finishing with a RS row with the wrong side facing you.

[kat]

thanks for the advice. sharlyn, since your pia turned out so well, I'm going to do what you did and do the decreases all on the RS row. thanks!!!!!

[frangipani]

i have a heap of pink pics for you, stay tuned, hopefully over the weekend i'll pull them together.....

[Louise]

I did the same thing that Sharlyn did. I did all my decreases on the RS. Even so this has turned out to be a nightmare project for me. Just started the front side. Hope things turn out better now that I know the pattern.
Good luck.