AboutLesley Arnold-Hopkins Expertise I can answer questions on all types of knitting on needles (ie not loom knitting) including Fairisle, intarsia, lace and basic knitwear design. I can also answer on crochet, including tapestry crochet, but I do not have sufficient knowledge of toys or stuffed animals to call myself an expert.
Experience I've been knitting and crocheting for over 35 years. In that time I have made a variety of items, incorporating a range of stitch techniques and have designed my own garments. I have had patterns published in the UK (crochet and knitting) and teach both crafts.
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Education/Credentials BA(Hons)Open (not related to knitting or crochet, but shows my highest level of education)
Question I'm making a buttonhole band with k1,p1 ribbing. It has 55 stitches. First, I want to reverse it from boy to girl, which I thought I had done successfully. However, I can't get it to work. One of the buttonholes will go in the neckband later. I need to put 4 holes in those 55 stitches. For a girl the directions say to rib 5 stitches,*yarn over, knit 2 together, rib 11, repeat from * 2 times more, yarn over, knit 2 together, rib to end of row. I ribbed 9 stitches, yarn over, knit 2 together ribbed 11, and it worked until I got to the next group. Then I had either 2 knits or 2 purls together. What am I doing wrong? One time I seemed to make it work on the right side, but when I turned it over it wasn't correct for ribbing.
Answer Hi Janet,
Thank you for your question.
Your method of calculation looks fine. Because there is an odd number of stitches between the buttonholes, the holes themselves will alternately be followed by a K1 or a P1 to keep the rib correct.
Personally, I would still do a yo, K2tog to make the buttonhole, and then bring the rib back into line on the next row.
I hope that this makes sense, but please come back to me if anything is unclear.
