Decrease step help!

[Babyduck87]

well so far ive needed help on about every step of this cardigan

http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/70205A.html

but i absolutely love it and im totally enchanted with it and i want it to turn out good bc its a gift..so i wanted a little clarification on this step:

knit 1 row dec 3 (5, 3, 5 7) sts evenly spaced across row

i'm doing the 1 yr old size so ill need to dec 5 sts. Thanks guys!

[DorothyDot]

I'm not sure what you're asking... but I'll assume you know how to decrease.

Spacing x number of decreases across a row sometimes can be slightly intimidating. What you do is, divide your row/stitches in half. Now divide your number of decreases in half.

Okay, you have 5 decreases to do. This means in the first half of your row, you'll decrease 2 stitches - one close to the edge, one fairly close to half-way through your first half.

When you come to the half-way point, decrease a 3rd time.

Then work half-way through the second half of your row, do the 4th decrease.

End up with the final decrease fairly close to the end of your row.

Dot

[Babyduck87]

Thanks so much! That was just what i needed!

[cam90066]

The other way to calculate.....you're starting with 163 sts. Need five decs. Subtract one dec because that's worked at the beginning. Divide: 163/4=40. So dec every 40 sts, with the last one at the end.

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