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Interval calculator

Interval calculator

Spread N shaping operations over M rows, with no awkward remainder and no odd interval when shaping at both ends.

Settings

The depth over which the shaping is spread.

Number of decreases or increases, per side.

Row counter reading at the first row of the shaped section.

Direction

Sides

Shaping at both ends happens on the same row, so the interval must be even for the carriage to return to the right side.

Rhythms

Two rhythms at most — that is all a whole-number distribution can ever produce.

Repeats12
Interval4row
Stitches1st
Repeats4
Interval6row
Stitches1st
Operations placed32
Stitches worked32st
Rows spanned72row
Sound distribution: no odd interval, no row used twice.

Interval sequence

The two rhythms are INTERLEAVED, not stacked: the edge climbs evenly from the first row to the last.

Spread out

First row 1Last row 72

Grouped — avoid

The same counts with every short interval first: the edge breaks where the rhythm changes.

Intervals, in order

4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 6

Written out

Decrease 1 stitch at each end of every following 4th row, 12 times, then of every following 6th row, 4 times.

Row table

You only shape the edge OPPOSITE the carriage: the carriage sets the order.

Row table
OperationSpacingAbsolute rowSideCarriage
133LeftCOR
214RightCOL
337LeftCOR
418RightCOL
5311LeftCOR
6112RightCOL
7517LeftCOR
8118RightCOL
9321LeftCOR
10122RightCOL
11325LeftCOR
12126RightCOL
13329LeftCOR
14130RightCOL
15535LeftCOR
16136RightCOL
17339LeftCOR
18140RightCOL
19343LeftCOR
20144RightCOL
21347LeftCOR
22148RightCOL
23553LeftCOR
24154RightCOL
25357LeftCOR
26158RightCOL
27361LeftCOR
28162RightCOL
29365LeftCOR
30166RightCOL
31571LeftCOR
32172RightCOL