Join MC to work STs saved to a ST holder

How-to Questions
1

So I’m knitting the Harry Bear from http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/harry/harrybear.html and have found the pattern remarkably easy and well-detailed. Tho I’ve had to scour the knitting videos to figure out how to do some of the increases and casting-on additional stitches at the end of a row, I’m not sure how to start on the 2nd ear in the last line of these instructions:

1st Ear: Purl 5.
Row 1 (RS): (Inc 1, k1) twice, Inc 1 – 8 sts.
Row 2: Purl.
Row 3: Knit – 8 sts.
Row 4: P2 tog, p4, p2 tog – 6 sts.
Row 5: K2 tog, k2, k2 tog – 4 sts.
Row 6: Bind off as follows: K2 tog twice. Bind off last 2 sts.
[B]2nd Ear: With WS facing, [U]join MC [/U]and purl 5 sts from holder.[/B]
Work same as for 1st ear.
[I](emphasis mine)[/I]

The working yarn is on the first ear, bound-off and cut. How do I start purling the 5 sts on the holder? Do I start with the independent working MC looped around my finger and weave the tail into that just-worked row? Do I need to twist anything? Do I have it totally wrong? Am I not holding my mouth right?
:knitting:

TIA!!

Mike

2

You leave a tail and just start purling the sts. You can weave it in later.

3

you do it just like you said. hold the yarn, start purling and deal with the tail when your all finished . easy as pie

4

Thanks, you two! I suspected but didn’t think it’d be that easy! It’s silly to needlessly complicate things!

m