Please help a newbie -how to read pattern

[MiriamR]

I started trying to make longies today and I'm already stuck - please help a very new knitter out. I started by casting on 84 stitches then worked K2 P2 for 3 rounds. The next round was K2tog, Yo and now I'm supposed to work K2 P2 for 4 rounds but this is where I'm stuck.

Do I go back to knitting all 84 stitches or do I knit just the 42 stitches I created after my last round? TIA!

[blueygh2]

Did you only to the k2tog? If I'm not mistaken, you were meant to do k2tog followed by a yarn over. That would keep the stitch count of 84 constant.
So I wouldn't see any worries for the next round.

Could that be it?

[MiriamR]

No I did the yarn over after I did the K2tog. Then, when I started the next round I did start knitting each stitch but after doing a few I looked back and it didn't look right.

Sorry if I don't explain well but there is a loop in 3 of my last stitches. It looks like they are all connected now and that's why I started second guessing myself thinking that maybe I was only supposed to knit 42 stitches instead. Do you think I just made a mistake somewhere along the way?

[blueygh2]

Sounds like a mistake to me, because everything makes perfect sense in my eyes, so I don't really see where your problem lies, sorry about that.

It might also be that I don't understand you really well.

If you do yarn overs, it's normal that they are connected to the next stitch and much looser than other stitches, if that should be a concern. (Have you ever made something with yarn overs before?)

[MiriamR]

Yeah I'm not sure I've got the language down right, so, sorry if I'm confusing you. Now that I'm talking it out I really think I just made a mistake on the last few stitches. I think I'll go look at the knitting tutorials to figure out how to undo my last stitches. Thanks for your help.

[blueygh2]

I'm sorry I couldn't help you ...