Abbreviation help

VickiIL · 05-18-2005, 09:24 PM

I am getting ready to start a poncho and was pre-reading the pattern. There is an abbreviation I am not sure if I am understanding correctly. The directions are

*K20, kpk in next stitch* repeat 3 times (end at the beginning)
ok I don't get this. Is kpk knit, purl, knit? If so I am actually increasing 2 instead of 1 correct. Also what does she mean by end at the beginning?
:thinking:

KellyK · 05-19-2005, 04:14 AM

kpk does mean knit purl knit...Im not sure about ending at the beginning...sounds like something you'd hear from the White Rabbit at the Mad Hatters' Tea!

ekgheiy · 05-19-2005, 04:10 PM

Yeah ... I'm not sure about that "end at the beginning'".

:thinking: Not unless you're knitting in the round, in which case, you would be ending at the beginning.

VickiIL · 05-22-2005, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by ekgheiy

Yeah ... I'm not sure about that "end at the beginning'".

:thinking: Not unless you're knitting in the round, in which case, you would be ending at the beginning.

OH I wonder if that is it. It does say to use a circular needles but since it never said to knit in the round I thought it would be because after all those increases it would be too large for straight needles. I'm going to re-read the pattern to see if this could be it.