Okay, it seems that 'work 57 rows in patt dec 1 st at each end of every 14th row' means concurrently, not consecutively. I would have known this without thinking ten years ago, but now... and after a 18 months of editing and mentally putting periods into the middle of run-on sentences... well.
I've ripped out the 19.5" I knitted this week and have cast on again and worked up to the first decrease row. It's not like I can write this weekend anyway, because I have a friend visiting and I'm not going to be burying myself in my laptop when I only get a few days to fit in six months' worth of chat, right? Plus, if I'm working concurrently, the sweater will take half as long to make as I thought. So I can still be done by next weekend, maybe.
I'm going to start writing again on Monday, though. Two weeks off is plenty.
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Hmph. I still think that is one darned unclearly written instruction. I don't know if I would have understood it, either.
I'm with Karen- there's a reason that the words *at the same time* were invented...
Well, bless you folks! I must say that after the LYS person's response to my asking, "Are you telling me that the 57 rows and 10 decrases are meant to be concurrent?" was "Of COURSE; they're ALWAYS written that way," I decided never, ever to shop there again. I figure humiliating the customer is not high on the list of service and support points, ya know? But it's good to know I'm not just petty, or even entirely stoopid ;^)
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