Question about Clapotis pattern
I'm working on my first clapotis. I'm almost halfway into the straight section, and it's going fine (other than one mistake where I somehow managed to drop 2 columns of stitches instead of just one; it's on the edge, so it's a short section of drops, so I'm leaving it).
Anyway, when I work patterns, I don't just blindly follow the instructions; I try to understand the purpose of the stitch patterns. Partly because it helps me to memorize a pattern better as I'm working it, and partly so I can use that knowledge to adjust things in patterns I'm working on, or (in the future, when I'm better) even to design my own patterns.
Soooo, I'm curious about this part of the pattern:
P1, k tbl, [k1, k tbl, k3, k tbl] to last marker, k1, k tbl, k3, ssk, pm, yo, kfb.
I know the ssk is a decrease, and the yo is an increase. So why work a decrease immediately followed by an increase? Can someone enlighten me? I'm thinking maybe the ssk does something to hold the "boundaries" of the dropped stitch portion together later, but I can't quite see in my head how that would be, or if that's even the case.
ETA: The pattern snippet is row 6 of the straight rows section. Here's the pattern.
Anyway, when I work patterns, I don't just blindly follow the instructions; I try to understand the purpose of the stitch patterns. Partly because it helps me to memorize a pattern better as I'm working it, and partly so I can use that knowledge to adjust things in patterns I'm working on, or (in the future, when I'm better) even to design my own patterns.
Soooo, I'm curious about this part of the pattern:
P1, k tbl, [k1, k tbl, k3, k tbl] to last marker, k1, k tbl, k3, ssk, pm, yo, kfb.
I know the ssk is a decrease, and the yo is an increase. So why work a decrease immediately followed by an increase? Can someone enlighten me? I'm thinking maybe the ssk does something to hold the "boundaries" of the dropped stitch portion together later, but I can't quite see in my head how that would be, or if that's even the case.
ETA: The pattern snippet is row 6 of the straight rows section. Here's the pattern.