Hi. I am ready to make up this sweater. There are the stitches up the right front(61) for the size I’m making. I can’t figure out the next stitches from the front neck holder and then it says pick up and knit 9 up right front. I have the stitches on the safety pin. I’m confused.
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Welcome to KnittingHelp!
There should be stitches on hold from the right side (right as you would wear the jacket) of the center neck approximately where the yellow line is in this photo.
Knit the stitches including the decrease directly from the holder or slip them from the safety pin onto a dpn or the other end of a circular needle. Then you can continue to pick up sts up the right front line where you decreased in order to shape the neck.
I’ve made this sweater and love the results.
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Thank you so much! I don’t know what I was thinking! Now that I look at this again I can totally see it.
Carol
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That’s great. We’d love to see a photo when you finish!
I’ll try to do that. I’m actually making 2 for twin boys so I’ve alternated the main and cuff colors. I’m trying to work on these while my brother is in hospital so I guess my mind was elsewhere. When I looked back it was so obvious and simple.
Thanks again!
Carol
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Just looking at the same directions with a fresh mind helps enormously.
I hope your brother is doing well and out of the hospital soon.
Hi. Well I finally got them finished! Thanks again so much for your
help and for replying so quickly so I could get on with things. This
pattern is definitely a keeper. I have done some other Debbie Bliss
patterns that are nice as well.
I have attached a photo.
Carol
(Attachment Debbie Bliss Baseball Jacket is missing)
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Fabulous, they will be loved!
They are delightful! You knit them beautifully and found the perfect buttons.
Absolutely gorgeous! You made these so well.
Very impressive. Your knitting looks flawless
This is very confusing. I have picked up the sts up the R side, picked up and knit off the holder, and did the sts from the safety pin. Now what? Do I continue picking up on sleeve? Or is this the point where I join the back neck and eventually the LF? Any help is welcome.
Confusion is not unusual in these patterns. I’ve made this jacket and I agree with Creations that it’s much easier to seam the sleeves to the fronts and back first. That lines up the different pieces.
Once you’ve worked the sts from the safety pin (no small achievement) go on to the sleeve sts and work the sequence “[k2tog, k6(8:10:12:14:16), k2tog]” across the sleeve top. Then you’ll work the sts of the back neck, the left sleeve top and finally all the sts at the left neck and end by picking up sts down the left front.
You’ll be connecting all the pieces if you haven’t already seamed the raglan edges of the sleeves and body.
It’s a lot of held sts to work through and there are yarn ends to then weave in but the results are very sweet and satisfying.
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Your diagram helped a lot. Thank you so much
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