My name is Nina and I have recently entered the world of knitting and boy do I love it!!!
I had just finished a scarf and I now am on two projects, a sock with 4 needles and a baby tank top jumper from sirdir!
In regards to the tank top I have just finished the back of it as it tells me to cast off the remaining 17 sts. After that it says FRONT and says to cast on 58.
Now this might sound silly so forgive me but do I cut off the yarn after I have casted off the back or do I carry on and cast on the 58 for the front side?
Do most patterns tell you to do the parts separately and then have them join it altogether?
Hi and welcome to knitting and to Knitting Help!
Yes, you should cut the yarn after you cast off for the back. Leave about a 6 inch tail so that you can weave it in later when the pieces are put together. It’s very common for patterns to be written in several pieces. But because we like to knit and not so much to sew things together, there are also patterns that are knit in one piece or just a few pieces. Good luck with the sweater and come back if you have more questions.
I was expecting a reply in hours lol that was super fast!
Thank you so much Ingrid and Salmonmac!!!
Now I can get on to the front yeeey!
I don’t know if anyone has this pattern???.. If so, I don’t see where it says how to put it together or perhaps it does I have just probably missed it or misunderstood…?
It may have a heading called “Finishing” that will tell you to do something like seam the shoulders together and seam the front and back at the sides. Maybe you’ll pick up sts around the neck and armholes. Usually there are some directions for this at the end.
There is something that says ‘To make up’… I wonder if that is the finishing? It mentions joining and also covering with damp cloths, lol this will be interesting.
Yes, that would be the finishing. The damp cloth thing is to flatten out the pieces. It may not be absolutely necessary, depending on the yarn you’re using.
Turn is just what you always do when you get to the end of a row. Take the needle with the stitches from your right hand to your left hand and knit or purl the sts. This time you’re only working 19stitches and then turning to work back on those same 19sts. Don’t worry about the other 20sts (putting them on a stitch holder or some scrap yarn will keep them out of your way). You’ll get to them later. Right now you’re working on one side of the shoulder and neck.
You really are making progress!
Speed comes with practice, but I’m often slower than some people or in some situations. It doesn’t matter. It’s not a race. If something has a time frame you just start earlier.
Thank you everyone! It is so encouraging to read those words. I am very slow and I hope I get faster, I looked online on youtube video but only ended up with the yarn twisted around my fingers
I am actually stuck on my pattern. If anyone could advise me as to what to do, it would be so brilliant!
I have on shaping the shoulder (only the right side) The other side has a stitch holder which I think I will be working on soon.
It says:
Cast of rem 6 sts in patt. (this is what I am currently working on)
With rs facing, working on rem 20 sts, slip 1 st onto a safety pin, rejoin yarn to rem 19 sts and knit to end.
What is right-side and how do I know this? When I slip 1 onto a safety pin, is this the first one next to the neck or the one nearest to the shoulders?
I feel very guilty as all I am ever doing is asking about such and such…
I am stuck on the neckband.
It says:
Join right shoulder seam. With rs facing, using 3 1/4mm needles pick up and knit 32 sts evenly along left side of neck, knit st left on a safety pin at centre of V, pick up and knit 32 sts evenly along right side of neck and 20 sts from 17 cast off sts at back of neck. 85 sts.
So I understand the rs facing but what do they mean by pick up and then to knit 32 sts? Do I pick up the last stitch on the seam? Also it says left side of the neck… does this mean that when I pick up the stitch I have to turn it around which then means I am knitting on the left of the neck.
So sorry about this, it just all seems so confusing to me. Perhaps I have picked something too tricky? It did say easy knit on the paper though lol
Yes, we’re here to help people and if you don’t understand something, you need it explained.
To pick up and knit sounds like it should be 2 steps and at one time it was done that way. But it’s much easier and faster if you do it in one step. The left neck is as you wear the sweater, not as you look at it. Hold the edge and pretend it’s your left needle. Insert the right needle into a stitch on the edge (pick up) then wrap the yarn around it and draw through (knit). Continue around the neckline then turn and do the next row.
