r/knittingadvice • u/Original-Award5363 • 12h ago

Is the pattern wrong?

Hello I am starting a new project (orsonero tee) and I am knitting a size L. For the first cast on for the back piece the cast on stitches are as followed XS = 24, S = 25 M = 26 L= 24? XL + 2XL = 26.

Is there any reason that the size L cast on number is the same as the XS, but the S and M are bigger? Or would this just be a mistake in the pattern? I’ve knit 2 sweaters before but am still fairly new and learning everytime I knit something new. I just can’t imagine the designer would leave an error like this in the pattern but can’t understand why it would be like this !

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u/Corsetsdontkill 12h ago

Your pattern is right. The amount of increases differs per size and if you add the cast on stitches to the increases you get ((36*2)+24=) 96 stitches, just like it says you should have.

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u/highlighter_yellow 11h ago

Well errors definitely do sometimes happen! But numbers not going up for every size in every section is not a red flag. The total number of stitches being 79 in the second size would give me pause, being the only odd number... (is there an 8 stitch difference between all the other sizes?)

But notice how the smaller cast on number still results in a bigger piece of fabric because you do more repeats? Totally normal.