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Track rows and repeat cycles

Record the last completed row, not the row you intend to start. Keep the overall count separate from the position within a repeat.

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Record the last completed row, not the row you intend to start. Keep the overall count separate from the position within a repeat.

Before you start

Have the complete instructions, a short list of unfamiliar actions and the materials for a trial. Separate the trial from the final project.

Try this example

After 19 completed rows in a four-row repeat, three rows of the fifth cycle are complete. Mark row 4 as next, and cross-check a physical marker before resuming.

Check your result

  • Try the unfamiliar action before committing the main material. If the instructions leave a necessary choice unresolved, write down the missing information and resolve it first.
  • A planning exercise is not a complete tested pattern. Project fit, construction and quantities still need their own instructions.

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Illustration: A close view of a marker identifying the start of a crochet round and another identifying a repeat boundary on knitting, with a movable paper row guide.

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