Casting on stitches in the middle of a pattern

#1

Hello there :slight_smile:

Iā€™m working on these Bellaā€™s Mittens and in row 56 (the last row of the gussets) it says:
[I]k2, M1, k12, place all stitches between markers on holder, cast on 2 stitches, k2, p1, k12, p1[/I]

The thing Iā€™m struggling with is the cast on 2 stitchesā€¦
How does one do that right in the middle of a row of stitches?

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#2

Well hi, Karen! Welcome back!

Try using the backward loop increase. Itā€™s in the video section.

#3

thanks for the quick reply Jan! And you didnā€™t even need a link to the pattern Iā€™m talking about (I just added it because I forgot to in my original post, sorry :oops:)

Iā€™ll give it a try tonight :slight_smile:

#4

Adding stitches in the middle of the pattern is pretty common with mittens. Thatā€™s why I didnā€™t need a link to see it this time. :wink:

#5

one last question: what does the word ā€œcinchā€ mean?

it is used like this: [I]ā€œbreak your thread and thread it through the remaining live stitches. Cinch and tie offā€[/I]

#6

Pull it tight to close the hole. :slight_smile:

#7

that I can do! :thumbsup:

#8

It would be like a drawstring that ā€˜cinchesā€™ a bag closed. And for a mitten top, you do the same thing.