Knitting pattern help

PinkChick

I am knitting a baby's Cardigan. Am a beginner so apologies for the basic question. It says inc 1 st at each end of 5th and every foll 12th row to 26 stitches. This is my 7 th row. What does it mean? Pls help me

panda708

Suppose you cast on 20 stitches on row 5 you increased one at each end so you now have 22 stitches.
Knit 11 more rows. On the following row, inc one at each end so you have 24 stitches. Repeat this again so knit another 11 rows and on the 12th row inc one at each end so you have 26 stitches.
You're better off to write out each row before you start like this:
Cast on 20 for example
1
2
3
4
5 inc one at each end (22 stitches)
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17 inc one at each end (24 stitches)
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29 inc one at each end (26 Stitches)
and then mark off each row as you do it.

Hope this helps.