Question about provisional cast on

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Hello everyone, I hope you’re well. I am no expert knitter and I don’t understand well the beginning of a pattern, and I was hoping maybe you could help me.
The pattern starts with: “ With a provisional Cast On of your choice and some waste yarn, cast on 136 sts.
Work back and forth in St st for 25 cm (9,8”), ending with a WS row.
On the RS row knit to end, then pick up the stitches on the provisional CO and
knit to end. You now have 272 sts on needle and you are at the beginning of the
round.”

I would like to envision it before starting, and I don’t understand how the stitches mount up to 272 from the initial 136 with the provisional CO. If I understand correctly, the provisional CO is only the first round and then I start the second round with the main colour, is that correct?

Thank you in advance.

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Welcome to KH!
What is the name of your pattern and designer?
Good idea to envision where the instructions are leading. The idea of the provisional cast on is that you can remove the waste yarn used to make it and be left with live loops to place on the needle.
Yes, the provisional can be the first row with the sts then knit with you project yarn. When you’ve knit the 25cm needed ending with a WS row you’re ready to knit across the 136sts then unzip the provisional and pick up those sts so that you end with 272sts total (that’s the original 136 plus the 136 new sts released from the provisional cast on). You will have to fold over the section you just knit in stockinette so that you can connect the original 136 to the new sts just released. You’ll then be knitting these sts in the round.
Here’s a video for the provisional which shows you a neat way to unzip and pick up those live sts.

There are several ways to work a provisional so you may have a different way to work it than that shown in the video.

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Ah, I see! Thank you very much!! The pattern is called “Summer Breezy Shrug” by Luisa Puccini on Ravelry, I emailed her but maybe the email listed on the pattern is no longer on use because I got no response. Thank you again, you’ve helped me a lot!
Best,
Nefer

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Have fun working this beautiful shrug!

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