Knit the Kneck Help

How-to Questions
1

I’m a new knitter and have never made a sweater so I bit the bullet on Friday and started the “garter pullover” in Knit Simple Magazine, page 91…if you just happen to have it. I’m up to the Shape Neck and the directions follow: ‘Work 37 sts, join 2nd ball of yarn and bind off center 10 sts, work to end’…I did that. Now, here is where I am confused ‘Working both sides at once’ (???) ‘bind off from each neck edge 2 sts once, dec 1 st every other row, every 4th row once–33 sts on each side’. Now…I have sts on one needle w/ a ball of yarn, the hole in the center for the neck opening, and then on the left of the hole, the other needle w/ a ball of yarn. How do I work both sides at once if one needle is on the right w/ sts on it and the other needle is on the left w/ sts on it?
Can someone tell me what the heck I should be doing now…before I unravel this little sweater and hang myself w/ the yarn:shrug:
Thanks much,
Knew2Knit

2

I recall a question here along similar lines so perhaps you could use the search option and see if you can locate the topic BUT if memory serves correctly all it means is doing the same thing on the other side (other needle). So, what you do on one end you do on the other. One after the other. But wait until someone more experienced confirms this :slight_smile:

3

That’s right, you work on both sides of the shoulder at the same time using two balls of yarn. Or you can just do one side at a time.

sue

4

Thank you but one more thing…
I have 30+ stitches on the right needle, 10 sts binded off and another 30+ sts on the left needle. So I would then have to get another needle and knit the right and then knit the left…is that what you are saying??
thx,
knew2knotknit:shrug:

5

No, you can knit them with just the two needles you have. What you do is knit across one shoulder, drop that strand of yarn and pick up the 2nd strand, knit the other stitches, then turn, knit back, drop the yarn, pick up the other yarn and knit the other set of stitches. It really makes more sense when you’re doing it than when you’re trying to picture it.

sue