Hello! I’m knitting the Daytripper in a size L so I CO 67. I have 6 steek stitches which means I have 61 yoke stitches. I’m starting the colorwork section of the yoke
which uses a 4 stitch repeat but 61 is not evenly divisible by 4. What do I do with the single remaining stitch???
I have read and re-read the pattern and nowhere was I to decrease a stitch. Please help! Thanks!
The pattern is a multiple of four, with one extra stitch worked at the end, prior to the steek to balance the motif.
If you look at the chart, there is an outline with that final stitch all the way at the left, outside of the line.
Note there is also a yoke steek chart that you use on both side fronts, hence the six stitches. Once you cut it and I wrapped the steek stitches behind the ribbon, the pattern on the two sides match up.
I am struggling with this same pattern issue and wonder why there is no explanation! So there is just one spare stitch thrown in at the end of every round and not a spare at the beg of round?
The spare stitch at the end echos the first stitch and creates a completion of the motif.
It is a very common detail in many stitch patterns that are knit flat - this way the beginning matches the end.
thank you so much for your reply. i find the directions kind of spare, so i appreciate your explanation. i’m not new to charted color work, but am new to steeking.