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Trouble understanding Knitting Pattern - Dog Coat

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I've recently starting "re-learning" knitting after a MANY years break. I picked a dog sweater because we moved to Sweden and my dog needs one. It lied and said it was easy!

I've just bound off 2 sections for leg holes (which they advise will be worked later - all 4 at the same time) and now I'm lost. I have 11 stiches, 10 bind off, 80 stitches, 10 bind off, and 11 stitches. The next direction says"Beg with a purl row, work 2 1/2" in stocking st from bound off sts, ending with RS facing for next row".

Am I doing 2 1/2 inches of the 11 stitches at the end or what? I'm so confused!! I'm sure it's very simple and I'm making it hard but I'm not very good at undoing stitches made at this point and would wind up tearing it all out and starting again. Thanks to anyone that reads these better than I do!!

Mary

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we4davis
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You could be doing all sections at once, just with a different strand of yarn for each. Your piece looks somthing like this:

vvvvvv______vvvvvvvvvv80stsvvvv______vvvvvv

So turn your work over and purl back, when you get to the first bound off section, drop that yarn and purl the sts on the other side of it with a new strand, then drop it when you come to the 2nd set of bound off sts and use another new end for those sts. Or you can work each section of sts separately.

sue

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suzee

Catherine Who is knitting socks for the first time ever, I think!!

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:Hi Pecan - I've scanned the pattern and would love to send it to you but have no idea what your address is or how to find it! Sigh...I've never felt so technologically challenged as I do right now!

Mary

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:> Hi Pecan -

Ahh, if you were reading this group on Usenet on a newsreader, her address would be easier to find.

sue

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It would appear to me that you are doing this sort of thing ___ _______ ___ | | | | | | | |_| |_| | | | hoping this comes out correctly...I've made dog coat patterns (free download at

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with pictures of my dogs) This would be working up to the cutouts, then you start to knit across the whole lot which closes the gaps but leaves holes for the front paws to go into, then you dec a bit and work in a rib for the collar..if there is one. so it looks sort of like this....only the bit which now looks like a _____________ / \ /_______________\ | | | | | | | |_| |_| | | |house roof will be ribbed...if you see what I mean

hth....Cher

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