I’m making this wacky hat! The stitches around the face frame are held on each side and I’m about the pick them up to do the ribbing. Why would I slip on just one side of the held stitches, pickup around the face, and then knit the other side of the held stitches? Why wouldn’t I just slip them on, too? Thanks so much in advance.
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What a cute balaclava!
You wouldn’t want to just slip the second set of stitches as they need working along with the other stitches for several rows. The first set of stitches which are to be slipped might have been worked 1 row more than the other side during a previous instruction before being put on hold, or if you have the working yarn currently sitting after these stitches that could be a reason to slip them ready to work on the wrong side in the following row. If neither of these possibilities are the case then it could just be that the pattern writer felt the holder opens at one end and stitches end up being slipped in that direction so for convenience they have just said to slip them rather than work them. In any case you will be working all the stitches on the second row.
Maybe others have ideas but those are the only reasons I can think of.
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That’s an adorable, cozy little hood!
It could also be that the designer wants a beginning of round marker after the slipped sts and before the pick up of sts as this may be knit in the round. As long as you can continue the yarn strand from the picked up sts through the other side held sts you should be ok and the reason for the slip vs knit sts may become clear.
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This is such helpful insight! Thank you so much!
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