Help, please, with knitty toe-up socks formula

Sep 07, 2006 2 Replies
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Maybe it's the migraine drugs, but

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me confused: Determine number of sts at end of Toe and Heel: Multiply D by 0.4. If D is odd, round to nearest odd number; if D is even, round to nearest even number: _______ (E)



If it is odd, round to the nearest odd number? Doesn't that just mean add 2?



Also, the number I got was 16.8. Does that mean call it 17 and round to



19, or what?

TIA...


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Dear Georgia, thank you. You mean that since D = 42 and so D x 0.4 is

16.8, I should round it to the 16 rather than to the 18? (Sorry to need it spelled out > It's the migraine; D is not the same as D multiplied by 0.4. Actually, what
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It's the migraine; D is not the same as D multiplied by 0.4. Actually, what I guess they mean is, if you started with an odd number, stay odd, and if you started with an even number, stay even, and you can round up or down.

Georgia

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