help with the start of a pattern

How-to Questions
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Hi, I would like to make my first raglan sweater and have just completed the neck ribbing. The next direction says "Switch to a circular needle size 4.5 mm, work 1 rnd and pm
as follows:. My question is, do I knit 1more round of ribbing with the 4.5 and PM or 1 knit round? Or do I go directly to down below where it says SM at BOR?

Please note that the bolded instructions from now on
highlight the ribbed raglan seam portions.
Sleeve A

sm at BOR (the BOR is between the back of the sweater
and the left sleeve),
k1, p1, k1, pm 2, k17 (19) 21 (25) 27 (29) 33 (33) 35, pm
3, (k1, p1) 2 times, k1;

Thank you to anyone who could possibly help!

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What is the name of your pattern and designer?
Knit the next round on the 4.5mm needles placing the markers as indicated. Work the ribbed section of the raglans as you come to them.

3

okay, thank you so much!

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oh, sorry I forgot to mention the pattern and designer - it is the Before the Fall by Liv Ulven. I did the knitted next round but now am stuck again on the next part. I think I won’t be continuing unfortunately, because I don’t have a clue about how to do the “moss stitch instructions” part and have no knitting store/grandma to help! The pattern says to start the sweater with circulars, but then in the boxed instructions section mentions rs and wrong side. I will look for another pattern that has more information as I’ve never done a raglan before. thanks again for your answer!

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Thank you so much for taking the time to answer! Instead of “work” it would have saved so much angst if the designer simply wrote what you both have just said. It would be great if designers had more beginners test knit their patterns! Thank you again!

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Oh, I like the contrast between the moss stitch body and stockinette sleeves! It should be easy to tell which part you’re working, once you get to the sleeves.

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They use “work” when you just continue with whatever stitch or stitches you’re doing at any point in the pattern. It might be a holdover from when patterns were all printed and the publisher wanted to save paper or space.

When you get up to the raglan area, “work” could mean to do a whole round, using the various stitches for the different sections, rather than them having to specify “knit moss stitch for X stitches, then the raglan stitches, then stockinette for X stitches, then raglan stitches
”