Captains Fisherman Sweater pattern confusion

Hi,

Below are the pattern instructions. I have completed knitting the back and front of my sweater (through raglan armholes and front), and am confused about the Neck. I now have 54 sts on holder for back, and 64 sts on needle for front. Am I joining the front and back at this point? Do I follow these instructions for both the back and front? The next steps are the sleeves.

Thank you for your help.

Sally

Raglan Armholes: Bind off 4 (5-6-7) at beg of next 2 rows.
Row 3: K2, k2tog, work to last 4 sts, sl1, k1, psso, k2.
Row 4: K4, work Pat to last 4 sts, k4.
Rep last 2 rows 29 (31-32-34) times more. Place 38 (40-48-54) sts on holder.
Front: Work same as Back until there are 25 (27-28-30) raglan decs and 48 (50-58-64) sts on needle, ending with a dec row.

Neck: Work 15 (15-17-19) sts, place center 18 (20-24-26) on holder, join 2nd ball yarn, work to end. Working each side with separate yarn, continue to dec for armholes 5 times more and at the same time, bind off 2 (2-4-4) sts from neck edges once. Dec 1 st at neck edges every row 7 (7-7-9) times. Fasten off last st.

Hello Sally Breslin,

Really you have shared a very informative details which will be very suitable for me and of course will be for the other readers.

Maybe this one.

Not joining front to back yet. The sleeves are worked next. Usually these sweaters join front to sleeves, then back to sleeves before adding the collar band. In your directions the center 26sts will go on a holder for the front of the collar.

For the front, work 19sts in pattern, place the next (the center) 26sts on a holder for the neck join a second ball of yarn, work to the end. You can work each side of the neck (the shoulders) with a separate ball of yarn as recommended in the instructions or work one side, finish it and then work the second side.

Yes, that’s my pattern. Thank you! So, I follow instructions for front only. I then complete sleeves. From there, do I follow the Neck instructions for the back (Shape Cap) using 12 sts on holder? When do I join the back and front of neck?

Again, thank you very much; I’ve been struggling with this.

For the back, hold the 54sts. For the front the center 26sts will be on a holder. When you finish the right and left sides of the neck, they will stick up like little ears on either side of the held 26sts.

You can quote a couple of rows of the Neck instructions if you like. (Not a large portion of the pattern due to designer copyright please.) The Cap is an unusual usage unless it refers to the top of the sleeve. See how many sts are on hold at the top of each sleeve.

Back and front of neck are usually not joined to each other but are joined to the sleeves first. That way you’ll end up with front-sleeve-back-sleeve joined in a circle.

See especially 1.:15min in this video.

Super! This has been tremendously helpful; the haze is beginning to clear. THANK YOU!

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