Help with instructions

#1

Hello I am knitting a vest from Amy Herzog’s book “You can Knit That”, the pattern name is “Corner Office Vest”. I have a question regarding an instruction on bind off.

The pattern says, “Next row (RS):BO 9 sts at each armhole edge once, then sts once.” - This is from the Shape Shoulder (Back) section.
The 2 shoulders are attached to 2 separate balls of yarn and there is a stretch of BO in the middle which would be the neck.
Now when I BO on the right shoulder on the armhole edge it works just fine, but the problem occurs on the left shoulder. As when I BO near the armhole edge there is a single stitch remaining on the needle and I am not sure what to do with it.

Any insight will be appreciated.

TIA
Tania

#2

Unless you want to look up how to do the bo at the end of the row on the RS (it can be done without cutting yarn but IMO not worth the bother) work to the end of the row, turn the work, then bo on the WS. I’ve seen video to do the bo at the end but I never saw a reason to go to the trouble. I don’t recall how it was done.

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#3

I see, so do you mean to BO the right shoulder only on the RS and then BO the left shoulder on the WS?

#4

Yes that’s it.
BO at shoulder at beg of row, work all the way across (bind off for neck if needed on this row), turn, BO for shoulder at beg of row, work across.
On the wrong side you can bind off purlwise to make them match.

It does make the bind off and shaping a row different on each side but this is very common/normal for patterns.
Unless you are using a super chunky yarn you won’t notice a row difference.
Super chunky yarn would be more obvious and one shoulder can be worked first and the new yarn for the other shoulder reattached at the beginning of the wrong side row, putting bind offs on the same row. That’s one way to get them on the same row, h other way GG mentions I agree, I see no real point to it.

#5

Good point about really fat yarn! This calls for aran. Nice pattern.

#6

Thank you GrumpyGramma and Creations for your help :grinning:

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#7

You’re most welcome. Funny thing, when we learn something we like to have the chance to share that bit of knowledge with others. At least I do.

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#8

You’re welcome. Enjoy your project.

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