Beginner Knitting Question

[noradog]

Hi Y'all - I'm having some trouble with a beginners knitting pattern and was wondering if someone here can help.  I get stuck around row 4.  These are the instructions:
Cast on 1 stitch (additional question: Is this just the slip knot on the needle, or is there more to it?)
Row 1: KFB
Row 2: K1, KFB
Row 3: K1, KFB, K1
Row 4: K2, KFB, K1
Row 5: K1, KFB, K2TOG, K1

By the time I get to row 5 I don't have the correct amount of stitches. 

Can anyone tell me what's going on?

[statgirl]

Dec 7, 2020 15:46:19 GMT -5 noradog said:

Hi Y'all - I'm having some trouble with a beginners knitting pattern and was wondering if someone here can help.  I get stuck around row 4.  These are the instructions:
Cast on 1 stitch (additional question: Is this just the slip knot on the needle, or is there more to it?)
Row 1: KFB
Row 2: K1, KFB
Row 3: K1, KFB, K1
Row 4: K2, KFB, K1
Row 5: K1, KFB, K2TOG, K1

By the time I get to row 5 I don't have the correct amount of stitches. 

Can anyone tell me what's going on?

Each row you are adding one stitch so you should start rows 1 to 4 with 1 to 4 stitches respectively and end row 4 with 5 stitches.

Row 5 has 5 stitches to start and 5 to end (you add 1 with the KFB and decrease 1 with the K2Tog).

You can use your slip knot as your first stitch but I usually don’t. I’m lazy and don’t actually slip knot.

[cmeon]

If you get stuck again, share a picture! We should be able to tell what's going on. If you haven't been counting your slipknot at cast-on as a stitch, that's probably your issue, though (it does count, so you start with only the knot on your needle).

[noradog]

Ok -  I think I've added pics of rows 1-5.  I think row 5 is messed up bc I end up with 6 stitches.  All help appreciated. (If the pics are super big, I'm sorry)


Couldn't post pics here, but the link for them works below.

[noradog]

imgur.com/a/JEGDO34

[aprilsails]

It looks to me as though you’ve done an accidental YO (yarn over) between the KFB and the K2Tog since you didn’t bring your yarn back to the front under your left needle after you’ve done the stitch in the back (I’m hoping that makes sense). I could be wrong though.

[noradog]

Thank you! That helps! Looking into YO now.

[cmeon]

Yep, definitely a YO that popped up between the KFB and K2TOG. You likely accidentally brought the yarn up front before you entered the K2TOG, so it looped around the needle when you made that stitch (YO!), totally easy mistake to make when you're still learning where the hell the yarn should be.

It's a useful stitch to have in your arsenal, just doesn't belong there.

[schrodinger]

Looks like the help has been covered. Just popping in to say that I love the colors of the skein, very pretty!

[noradog]

That is exactly what I'm doing. I just haven't figured out when I'm doing it or how to stop! lol

[oregonpachey]

Do you have any knitter friends who could help in person? Or even over Zoom. I could help you if you can't find anyone. As long as you don't mind a stranger and potentially socially awkward person