Help, quickie

[glucose101]

I don't understand this on the sweater's pattern that I'm in the process of making:

"Next row (RS) Work 41 sts, join 2nd ball of tarn and work to end"

I'm not out of yarn....I'm probably not understand this direction properly. :rollseyes:

[Jenelle]

Is the second ball a different color??

[Ingrid]

You're probably going to be putting the center stitches on a holder for the back of the neck and you'll need the second strand to work the two shoulders separately. Just drop the first strand, and knit with the second. It will all make sense soon enough.

[glucose101]

I dont' really understand what to do....lol:-\

[Ingrid]

Just knit with the yarn you've been using for 41 stitches. Drop that strand, and start knitting with a new ball for the rest of the row.

Check the next line in the directions. I bet they say something to the effect that you're to purl back 41, put X amount of stitches on a holder, and then, with the other strand you left behind, you'll purl to the end of that side.

Now you have your two shoulders on the needles, each with their own strand of yarn, since they're no longer connected.

[glucose101]

Here is the pattern

[meg]

does this piece split into 2? b/c by using 2 balls of yarn you are creating a slit. . do you have a pic of the sweater or at least the part the directions are referring to? (aka, the front, back etc??) it would help. :)

[Ingrid]

OK, so this looks like it's the front since they refer to making it the same length as the back.

It does look like there's either a slit in the front, unless the number of stitches doesn't work out. Do the two sides have an equal number of stitches? Does the front have a slit that buttons at the top or something?

[glucose101]

the front has a slit for the zipper, I think.

So I NECESSARILY need another yarn of the same color (I have one that is tangled:-\)?

[glucose101]

the front has a slit for the zipper, I think.

So I NECESSARILY need another yarn of the same color (I have one that is tangled:-\)?

[Ingrid]

You COULD work one side at a time. Just keep track of how many rows you do on each side so they're even.

[glucose101]

How do you stop in the middle and then go back.....I'm a semi-beginner

Thanks Ingrid and folk

[Ingrid]

Just knit halfway across and then turn and purl back the other way. You might want to put the other half on a stitch holder or strand a piece of yarn through the stitches and then take them off the needle if they get in the way.

[glucose101]

I dont' knit in both directions?

[Ingrid]

Work the stitches however you have been. I said purl back just because I assumed it was in stockinette stitch. Just do what you've been doing, back and forth on half the stitches.

[glucose101]

Thanks...lol, you were scaring me for a minute. :heart:

:-) Thanks again...!

P.S. I still haven't seen you!

[glucose101]

I don't understand this part:

"same length as back to armhole"

[glucose101]

I don't understand this part:

"same length as back to armhole"

[Ingrid]

Measure the length of the back from the cast on edge to the armhole--where you first cast off. That's the measurement they're looking for.

[glucose101]

I put half on a stitch holder string, and knitted back on the row I previously did and so on...but when I finish the required amount, how do I get back to the lower half and start?

[Ingrid]

Put your needle in the stitches there, and knit. You can use any of Amy's ways to attach yarn, and if your tail is on the working end, even easier to attach.

[glucose101]

So I've got the high side (~3-4 cm higher than the other side) with the yarn ball connected to to the end of the row. How do I get down to the lower row without there being a long string that crosses?

[glucose101]

So I've got the high side (~3-4 cm higher than the other side) with the yarn ball connected to to the end of the row. How do I get down to the lower row without there being a long string that crosses?

[glucose101]

Ingrid? :-)

[glucose101]

Ingrid? :-)

[Ingrid]

Once that shoulder is done, cut the yarn and knit the other shoulder with it.

Can you believe other people in the house have the nerve to want to use the computer, too. :rofling:

[glucose101]

This might clear up my question:

http://artpad.art.com/?iv0lr51d5yzc

[Ingrid]

That is sooooo cool! I wish everyone could demonstrate their questions like that.

You start knitting with a new ball for the stitches on the holder. Just start knitting and you can tighten up that first stitch and weave in the end later.

[glucose101]

Do I have to have a new ball? How bad would it be to use the other end of the yarn on the other side?

[Ingrid]

Well, you're done with the first shoulder. Just cut the yarn, leave a tail, and use that.

[glucose101]

I don't get it:-\

LOL...I'm SOOO clueless, I'm sorry!

:doh:

I'm at the bottom of the armpit, in order to get to the next side to make the other armpit on the other side, I leave like 6 inches and go to the other side. So I weave in the 6 inches? I do the other side until they are the same height, and knit all the way? Then decrease?

AHHHH!!!! :crying:

[Ingrid]

I'm at the bottom of the armpit, in order to get to the next side to make the other armpit on the other side, I leave like 6 inches and go to the other side. So I weave in the 6 inches? I do the other side until they are the same height, and knit all the way? Then decrease?

Yes!

[glucose101]

So....do I finish ALL of the side that I'm on before I cut a 6 inch tail and weave it in and go to the next side and finish that whole side?

How would I start the next row on the other side when I complete the whole other side? Like there would be no trailing yarn to continue.

[glucose101]

I've got pics! :-D

Hope this helps mucho!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75/passions_song/MVC-001S.jpg

[Ingrid]

Since you're working one side at a time, finish that one side all the way to the end and cut your yarn.

Then put the stitches back on the needle from the other side. You can just start knitting with the end of your yarn skein. It will be loose for the first few stitches, but you can tighten it and weave in that tail. It's not a big deal and is done all the time.

It's looking good!

[glucose101]

Here

[Ingrid]

Since you're working one side at a time, finish that one side all the way to the end and cut your yarn.

Then put the stitches back on the needle from the other side. You can just start knitting with the end of your yarn skein. It will be loose for the first few stitches, but you can tighten it and weave in that tail. It's not a big deal and is done all the time.

It's looking good!

[glucose101]

I feel so incompetent :-(

I'm sorry, and thank you!~

So when the side is done you cast off (I assume) and put your needles in th the other side....but how do you start to knit again? Like how do you have string?

[Ingrid]

You don't at the moment have a strand attached. That's true. This happens all the time in projects. You will put your stitches on the needles and just start knitting with a strand of yarn. That's all it takes. That first stitch will be a little loose, but you can tug it tight and when you weave in the end, it won't show.

[glucose101]

It says follow what you did for the back...but the thing is, it decreases/binds off on both sides because you are doing 2 armpits. Do I still follow the pattern, or don't decrease on the zipper part, and only decrease on the armpit part (one side).

[Ingrid]

You follow the length for the back, but only decrease on the armpit side.

[glucose101]

It says to follow the pattern of the back. But I don't do it for the next row (because it would be the other side/armpit if it were the back). When it says "bind off 3 sts at beg of next 2 rows" does this really mean then that I just do it once, and knit the other row?

[Ingrid]

Yes! Since you're only working the one side, you bind off the three stitches once. You're getting it!!

[glucose101]

What does this mean:

Bind off each from neck's edge 4 sts once, 3 sts once, dec 1 st every other row, AT SAME TIME, when same length as back to shoulders, shape shoulders same as back.

[glucose101]

What does this mean:

Bind off each from neck's edge 4 sts once, 3 sts once, dec 1 st every other row, AT SAME TIME, when same length as back to shoulders, shape shoulders same as back.

Also, are the 4 sts, 3 st dec 1 all on one line?

[Ingrid]

On the first row, you bind off 4 at the neck edge and finish the row. Knit the next row without doing anything. You're now at the neck edge again, so bind off 3 stitches and finish the row. Knit your way back. On the next row, knit two together at the neck edge, and do this every other row.

You also have to keep comparing the front to the back so you can start the shoulder shaping at the same point you did on the back.

[glucose101]

Yay...I did it like you said. :happydance:

Question though now, again, lol....

I don't see the part were it is gray again.

http://artpad.art.com/?iv9m2d1higs0

[Ingrid]

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "where it is gray again." There's nothing on your little art pad, either, if there's supposed to be. :thinking:

[glucose101]

darn\

lol

[glucose101]

Ok guys, question, again!!! LOL...

On doing the sleeves, if I added 18 sts to the original count for the front and back, do I add it to the sleeves or not? I didn't alter the amounts on the bind offs to make the armpit.

[Ingrid]

If you want the sleeves wider, then add more stitches. If your wondering if the sleeves will fit as written, they should since you didn't change the size of the armhole.