Can you link the pattern or post the chart? Also, look through the directions. There may be borders beyond the chart (like a few columns of seed stitch).
That being said, if the chart is only 24 stitches, you probably have to repeat the chart several times in the horizontal direction (ie, you get little charts next to each other). Usually a chart will have thick black lines which indicate which parts of the middle to repeat, and then both ends, either going up and down or side to side. The repeat 6 times may mean to do the 'repeated part' 6 times, or it may mean to do 'the whole chart' 6 times (as in if it had 5 rows, you would end up with thirty rows).
I can't really say more until I know a) what you are making and b) what the chart looks like.
You do row 1 six times (on the first round). Then you do row 2 six times (on the second round). Then you do row 3 six times (on the third round). The changes in stitch number come from the K2tog and ssk.
(The numbers may work out as these decreases are in the first row. Each repeat of row 1 decreases 8 times (4 k2togs, 4 ssks), so with 6 repeats, you'll lose 48 stitches on that round. However, you also have 6 yarnovers, so you create 36 stitches with each round. Net result: each repeat decreases 8 times, and increases 6 times, leading to a net decrease of 2 stitches. Time 6 repeats, this is 12 stitches less.)
I am very tired, but I'm pretty sure 156-144 is 12. Just follow the row 6 times and it should work out.
Yeppers, nawilla is correct. Your decreases are included in the chart, and everything does work as stated-- row one's repeated section six times, row two's repeated section six times, like so-- B = border and R = repeat:
Round 1: B R R R R R R B Round 2: B R R R R R R B
...with any decreases included in-pattern. Everything works out as it should, honest-- don't be afraid to trust your pattern! 8)
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That being said, if the chart is only 24 stitches, you probably have to repeat the chart several times in the horizontal direction (ie, you get little charts next to each other). Usually a chart will have thick black lines which indicate which parts of the middle to repeat, and then both ends, either going up and down or side to side. The repeat 6 times may mean to do the 'repeated part' 6 times, or it may mean to do 'the whole chart' 6 times (as in if it had 5 rows, you would end up with thirty rows).
I can't really say more until I know a) what you are making and b) what the chart looks like.
Good luck.
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http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTicequeen.html
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You do row 1 six times (on the first round). Then you do row 2 six times (on the second round). Then you do row 3 six times (on the third round). The changes in stitch number come from the K2tog and ssk.
(The numbers may work out as these decreases are in the first row. Each repeat of row 1 decreases 8 times (4 k2togs, 4 ssks), so with 6 repeats, you'll lose 48 stitches on that round. However, you also have 6 yarnovers, so you create 36 stitches with each round. Net result: each repeat decreases 8 times, and increases 6 times, leading to a net decrease of 2 stitches. Time 6 repeats, this is 12 stitches less.)
I am very tired, but I'm pretty sure 156-144 is 12. Just follow the row 6 times and it should work out.
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Having knit lace on both sides of the knitting, I am now relatively confident of my ability to read ANYTHING in a chart.
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Round 1: B R R R R R R B
Round 2: B R R R R R R B
...with any decreases included in-pattern. Everything works out as it should, honest-- don't be afraid to trust your pattern! 8)
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