Pattern question

I am beginning a new sweater that starts with stockinette and switches to garter for the sleeves. The directions for selvage stitches state to knit the first and last stitches on every row - easy enough. Here’s where I’m a little unclear:

"Maintaining selvadge stitches, work in St st until piece measures 36 cm from cast-on, ending with a WS row. Shape sleeves: Cast on 32sts at the beg of next 2 rows. Work the newly cast-on sts in garter st. Work even and AT THE SAME TIME, work 1 more st in garter st at beg and end of every RS row for raglan “shaping.”

What exactly does that mean? Will I have two selvadge stitches on each end of every RS row? How will they even be different from regular stitches since I’ll be knitting every row anyway at that point, won’t I?

Thanks for any help you may be able to provide.

Best,
Marcia Keyts

Hello
I think this is just telling you to maintain the garter stitch pattern as you work increases. The increase won’t be producing 2 selvedge stitches, rather the outermost stitch is the selvedge and the other increased stitches are just part of shaping of the fabric. You can make the increase a stitch in from the edge if you like, some people prefer to as it makes an easier edge to seam later.

You’re right, they will look the same anyway. The difference is earlier on when you have a selvedge stitch in garter on a stockinette fabric.
I think you have understood the pattern.

Thank you so much!!!

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Thank you!