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I have 6 rows of the pattern done, and am tempted to frog and use the yarn for something else. The designer must be a genius or something. I have continued to this point knowing that some projects are difficult and look weird until you are really into it, but this one seems hopeless. If someone has made this and can encourage me, I'll go on. Thanks
 
I've not made it but would love to see a picture of what you have so far if possible. I plan to do it but have to get some WIPs out of time out and otn first.
 
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First, thank you for the help. I watched the video on stacked increases. I have been doing it right, and she did say it would look funny (I'm not laughing!). So l will trudge on. I can't seem to figure out how to add a picture, but there are many pictures on YouTube, revelry, and Craftsy. Hope you'll take a look.
 
Well that's certainly encouraging. Glad you got the info and directions you needed. Now just hang in and persevere. Bet you'll get it, because it sounds like you've been doing it correctly all along. The recognizable pattern will become apparent soon enough. So much of knitting is like that. Just when you're about to throw your work and your needles across the room, surprise, there it is. ????
 
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That's the one that kept me going. I'll work again in the morning when I'm fresher. I've taught myself in every medium l have done. This is the first time I have needed so much help, and it is so nice that you all are here..
 
Wow that does look like a challenge, love to see when you've finished
 
Don't give up yet - I'd think this pattern needs more then 6 rows to start looking like something. Even a simple ribbing can take more then 6 rows to look well-established.
 
The designer, a lovely young lady (recent college grad) came and spoke to a Brooklyn Knit and Crochet Guild meeting last year. She showed us how to do the stacked increases, etc. Definitely not easy, but the results are beautiful.
 
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I was doing the kyok alright, but had lots of difficulty with k5 together. I had been using new needles that are very slick, and dropped stitches at one of these multiples. It was impossible to retrieve them. So, I have put it aside. Now working on something moronic until my blood pressure comes down.
 
I agree, the Fox Paws designer is a genius. Can't imagine how she figured it out, but am glad she did. (Or he? I forget.) Anyway, I have been working on it a while, have finished 15 pattern repeats (1/3 done), and am quite happy with it. The key is persistence. As soon as you finish one repeat, through row 16, you will be able to see how it all works. The problem with getting even that far is that it takes practice to get comfortable with all the K5 togs and multiple KYOK/SB2s. Once you do--which may take several repeats, so hang in there--you will find it goes much more easily. Just be VERY careful counting stitches. This pattern is as bad as lace for making a complete mess if the rows aren't lined up correctly.

Best of luck--and remember, if you screw up, you can always say (or shriek) "I made a faux pas with my Fox Paws!" Always makes me feel better.
 
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Thank you for the encouragement! The k5tog is the worst. I keep wondering if I could slip 4, k1, and p4 over. The design is also called Turkish Wave. I would like to put in stitch markers, but figuring out where makes me
Nutty (er).
 
You don't really need markers once you've done a few rows, because you can see the end of the pattern repeat where the SL2KPs line up on top of each other. So if you get to that point and you aren't getting ready to do another SL2KP, you know you've done something wrong over the last repeat. All you have to do is figure out what it was! Which has sometimes taken me an hour or more, and quite a bit of cussing.

Funny thing, I had more trouble with the KYOK/SB2s. All those extra stitches piling up at the end of the needles and doing their best to slip off. Not that the K5 tog is any picnic, though as I say, it does get easier with practice. In my copy of the pattern, it says that if you have trouble with it, you can slip three together knitwise, knit the next two stitches together, then pass the three slipped stitches over. I haven't tried it, but it might be easier for you.
 
Mema42 said:
Thank you for the encouragement! The k5tog is the worst. I keep wondering if I could slip 4, k1, and p4 over. The design is also called Turkish Wave. I would like to put in stitch markers, but figuring out where makes me
Nutty (er).
Here's how I do k5tog. It's easy Continental, I don't know about doing it with the yarn in the right hand
Lay the working yarn from front to back over the left needle and pass the next 5 stitches over it, move the new stitch to the right needle.

Bonus freebie, just because you deserve something extra for tackling Fox Paws and encouraging me to get to it. To p5tog: slip next 5 sts purlwise to right needle; lay yarn over right needle tip and pass the 5 slipped stitches over the yarn.

I just remembered I did some samples for comparison. I describe how I did each of the three for you even. "Normally" means I actually worked a k5tog as I would a k2tog. Once was enough. I might have used a crochet hook, I don't recall.

K5tog
Left: Yo L needle & pass next 5 sts over yo, sl new st to R needle.
Center: K5tog worked "normally"
Right: K5, pass 1st 4 sts one at a time over 5th st
 

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