New to Knitting

[Patchesgirl]

What is meant by worked over a multiple of 8 + 3?? Any help is welcome. I am a self taught knitter. I knit with a help book beside me all the time. Thank You C

[newamy]

It's instructions for a stitch pattern. So the pattern has 8 stitches to make the design, the + 3 balances it out to look right for flat knitting so it might be 64 stitches +3. Eight repeats of an 8 stitch pattern 8X8 = 64 + 3. Or it could be 40 + 3; 5 x 8 =40 + 3.
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