Flatter me vest pattern

Can anyone help with the above pattern please. I’m stuck on the neck shaping. !IMG_9743

I have put the 20 stitches onto a holder , but not sure how/ where to join the 2nd ball of yarn as I still have stitches on both needles either side of the stitches on the holder ?? Thanks

One side should have your working yarn still attached and you’ll use that yarn on that side. The other side, after the bind off will get the new yarn. Attach new yarn and work across the stitches presumably on the RS. I’m just going by experience. Reading photos of parts of patterns is hard for me on my laptop.

What pattern are you using? A link would be fantastic but with the name of the pattern and designer chances are we can find it.

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The pattern is Maddy Laine ML 164 Flatter me Vest , I’ll try to find a link .

Thanks

Very pretty.

That’s it!

Not sure if this photo is bright enough. The yarn is attached to the stitches on the right and in the middle are the stitches put on a holder ( couldn’t find mine , so on the other needles )
I’ve no idea how to continue, as it doesn’t tell me to bind off anywhere, and where to join the new yarn ?

It’s as GG posted but instead of binding off the center sts, those sts go on hold. You’ve got that with your sts on the spare needle. The new end of yarn attaches to the second shoulder at the left end of the held sts.


You’ll work on this second shoulder and shape the neck at the beginning of a subsequent row.
The sts on hold will become part of the collar or neckband. If you look under finishing or collar at the end of the pattern you’ll see how they are used.

So do I need another pair of needles, (as the original yarn is still attached to the right hand needle and shoulder?) to work on the left shoulder, as I’m assuming that’s where I work on next?

You can use the main needles that you have been using (the ones with the black cord). Ignore the sts for the first shoulder and finish up the second shoulder (the one on the left in your photo).

If you prefer, you can work both shoulders at the same time. Each has its own yarn ball of yarn. Be clear on where the bind offs occur, the neck edge or the armhole edge.

This pattern is a little awkward in my opinion. The best reason for outing up with the (minor) added hassle of having 2 balls of yarn attached at once, is the benefit of being able to work both shoulders at once (which salmjnmac has mentioned). Personally I’d either attach the second ball and work both shoulders at once, or I would first work the side where the yarn is already attached and leave all the other stitches on hold to return to later. It just seems a faff to have 2 balls attached but then only work on he second shoulder and not the first.

The stitches for the neck that you have on hold, you might want to put stoppers or elastic bands on those needle tips to prevent the stitches sliding off while you work the shoulders. Or you can use a length of yarn as a holder which might get in the way less than the spare needle which might poke into your knitting or tangle with your 2 balls of yarn.

I think I’m actually getting it now !! Thank you. I’m sure I’ll be back at some point though!!

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Please don’t hesitate to come back either to ask a question or to comment or best of all, post a photo of the finished vest. Have fun with this project!

Thank you:)

Hi again, I’m on the neckband now and a bit confused on picking up stitches off the holder and down neck edge ….

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Any advice would be very welcome:)

Good going! This is one of the finishing touches. Here’s a video for picking up and knitting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htAHtNnuE7Q
About halfway through Stacy demonstrates how to pick up at the end of rows. I find that it helps to use markers to divide some of the areas so that I pick up fairly evenly across a length rather than having sts bunched up in one place. For the sts on hold, you’ll knit off the holder or spare needle and continue picking up.
It also helps me to make a drawing of the neckline with the pick ups noted. Just keeps me on track.
KH4
I used the numbers from the smallest size but if you need the drawing translated to your size, just let me know. Start at the small circle on the leftt (right as you wear the vest)

Ahh thank you ! I’ll give it a go :slight_smile:

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Hi again,
I’ve not been attempting the jumper for a while and am totally lost as to where I am :flushed:
I’m looking at the drawing and have watched the video through the link. Any help advice again would be greatly appreciated . Thank you

Are you at the point of starting to pick up sts or have you already done that? If it would help you could practice picking up sts along a swatch. Up one side and across some held sts.
You’re so close to finishing.I suspect that this is going to be easier than you think. Anyway, come back if it isn’t clear.