In my patterns, I write something that I don’t “read” in my head. I’ll try to explain it here! Does anyone else do it this way?
On even numbered inc/dec rows where I could just write “4sc, inc”, I instead stagger the stitches so that the inc/dec of the project aren’t all stacked on each other from row to row. If you don’t. it makes little “lines” of texture up the sides of the project. You can think of these staggered rows as if you split the sc part of the sequence between your first and last stitch of the round. For example a “4sc, inc” row will start and end with 2sc. It’s easier for me to think “break the 4sc in half and then do 4sc, inc around” than to think “2sc, inc, 2sc” like its literally written.
So, the pattern will say:
“4sc, inc”
But in my head I hear:
“2sc, inc, repeat (4sc, inc) until the last 2 stitches, then 2sc”