This is my first sweater project (I’m making size S using the stitch numbers before the /), and I need some help understanding how to shape the neck and shoulders at the same time. I have just gotten to the point where my knitting measures 23" and I start to shape the shoulder. At this point, I ended on a RS row and was just about to start “work 3 rows even” starting with a WS row.
I understand that my next move needs to be binding off 9 st on this next WS row. But my question is: after this first step of shaping the shoulder, do I go back to the ‘right side’ instructions and finish “work 3 rows even, then bind of 1 st…” before returning to finish shaping the shoulder? Or would the binding off 9 st on the WS row for ‘shape shoulder’ instructions count towards the first row of “work 3 rows even” in the ‘right side’ instructions?
Just trying to get a grasp on the sequence of steps and what rows count towards which instructions now that they are starting to be performed in tandem. Thank you!
For your measurements, the bind off of 9sts counts toward the “work 3 rows even” as do the following shoulder shaping directions. These shoulder shaping directions are meant to be worked on the ws rows at the same time as the neck shaping is worked on the rs rows. Is there a measurement given for when to begin the neck shaping?
There’s discussion of the stitch numbers for this neck and shoulder shaping on Ravelry and here on the forum as there are errors either in the total number of sts for the shoulders or the bind offs at the shoulder.
ETA: There is a link to errata for this pattern. I see the answer to my question about the beginning of the neck shaping (20.5").
I had a moment of confusion, reading “Right Side: Work 1 WS row…”
It would have been clearer for them to write “Right Shoulder: Work 1 WS row…”
It might be helpful to write out all of the rows, to keep the assorted decreases straight. You could even make a kind of chart that would show you which rows get decreases. It would make it easier to do the left shoulder, which most likely says to “reverse directions”.
I agree, a chart or a small diagram of the decreases (or increases) is an aid to sanity is working these “at the same time” directions.
For all the imprecision with the directions, the pattern errata actually does give the directions for the left shoulder (stupor mundi)!
Yes, it is unbelievable but pattern magazines seem to be cutting back on editors and test knitters. It’s a classic sweater with a twist. Have fun knitting!
hard to believe that no one at Lang caught some of the other errors before the pattern was published