I am a beginning knitter and am working on my first “adult” project, other than washcloths! It is from the Better Homes and Gardens and is called Knitting for Babies and Kids.
I am up to the arm hole and I think I am about to start the straps that will make the neck as well. I have 45 sts on the needle and it is telling me to knit 15 then turn, leaving the remaining sts on a spare needle. Then I am to dec 1 st at the neck edge of the next 4 rows -11 sts.
I am a bit confused as to what they mean by “turn”. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! I am sure it is something easy, but until you have done it, it sounds weird…
By “turn”, it just means that you are going to act as though you are at the end of a row, even though there are still stitches left unworked. You will turn your work around like you were starting a new row, and work only on that half of your stitches for now. The remaining stitches will later be worked as the other side of the neckline.
Figured it would be something as simple as that! So I will have 15 sts that I am pretending are a whole new row because I am pretty much shaping the neck and arms, if I understand it correctly. I thought maybe I was going to twist or something… almost glad that it is that simple!
One more thing, After I knit the 15 sts and turn, I am going to dec 1 st on the next row which is a purl row. Is there a nice way to dec on a purl row? I have only dec on knit rows up to this point.