Because if you don't have purling down, the whole "Dec 1 st at neck edge every 2nd row 8(5,2) times. Then dec 1 at neck edge every 4th row. At the same time, when piece measures 7 inches...."
Oh my God, that looks frighteningly like a word problem in my eighth grade math book. I would SO cry. Most of my scant number of knitting lessons have been with my mom or grandma, whose instructions are something like, "Do this now. No, I don't know why. Just do it."
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Date: 2009-01-25 07:28 pm (UTC)Oh my God, that looks frighteningly like a word problem in my eighth grade math book. I would SO cry. Most of my scant number of knitting lessons have been with my mom or grandma, whose instructions are something like, "Do this now. No, I don't know why. Just do it."
And pretty is an excellent motivator. ^_^