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Hi seema,

I don’t know exactly what you’re doing, but hopefully this will help you work the numbers out.

When you start the herringbone w/moss stitch border pattern you should have 49 stitches.

p1, k1, p1 (3 stitches worked)

[k2tog, k2, inc 1, k2] (6 more stitches worked — the k2tog and the inc 1 offset each other — 9 stitches total)

[k2tog, k2, inc 1, k2] (6 more stitches worked — 15 stitches total)

[k2tog, k2, inc 1, k2] (6 more stitches worked — 21 stitches total)

[k2tog, k2, inc 1, k2] (6 more stitches worked — 27 stitches total)

[k2tog, k2, inc 1, k2] (6 more stitches worked — 33 stitches total)

[k2tog, k2, inc 1, k2] (6 more stitches worked — 39 stitches total)

[k2tog, k2, inc 1, k2] (6 more stitches worked — 45 stitches total, 4 stitches left)

k1, p1, k1, p1 (4 stitches worked — 49 stitches total)

You’ll be doing the six-stitch repeat 7 times total, for 42 stitches, and make sure not to forget the k1 after you finish the repeats before you go back to the moss stitch border.