Help on shaping left front of vest

How-to Questions
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I’m knitting the “Garter Ridge Vest” from a Nashua Handknits booklet. I do not understand these directions on the armhole and v-neck shaping which states:
"Next row (RS): Bind off 6 sts, work to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1 (neck edge). Cont. to shape armhole at side edge as for back, AT SAME TIME, dec 1 st at neck edge every 4th row 13 times more–15 sts. Work even, bind off.

I understant bind off 6 sts, work to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1 (neck edge). It’s the rest that I am lost on.

Here’s the back armhole shaping:

“Bind off 6 sts at beg of next 2 rows, 2 sts at beg of next 4 rows. Dec. row (RS): k1,ssk, work to last 3 sts, k2tog, k1. Repeat dec row every other row 3 times more. Work even for 8”. Bind off.

Can someone explain this shaping please? I had no trouble on the back armhole shaping.

Thanks in advance,

Knitaholic:shrug:

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Work the beginning armhole decreases as you did for the back, but end the row with the neck edge decreases.

So you’ll bind off 6 as stated in the directions and work to the neck edge and work the decrease.

Work one row even.

Bind off 2 stitches, work to end

One row even

Bind off 2 stitches, work to end and dec at neck (this happens every 4 rows)

One row even

Bind off 2 stitches. . .

One row even

k1, ssk every other row, work to end, decreasing at neck edge when necessary.

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Thank you, Ingrid for your quick response. You always make things seem so simple. I don’t know why, but I have difficulty understanding shaping (unless it’s written out sentence by sentence). When directions are vague or not written out, I just don’t get it. Maybe, eventually, with more experience, it’ll get easier.

Thanks again,

Knitaholic:hug: