Topic: knit a longs
Thanks to Sheila, we think Deb from PA will FINALLY be saved from insanity.
The cast on number needs to be an odd one to get the neckband to work out correctly.
So, subtract one from all the cast on #s and you are good to go.
However, we need that stitch put back in on the last row of the neckband to make the yoke numbers work out properly, so add it back just before the Double Eyelet Cable pattern by knitting in the front and back of the same stitch. Yes, I know that the stitch to be worked should be a Purl 1, so just change it to the above and all will be well.
I get by with the help of my friends.
The corrected numbers are now on the original post. If you already made a copy, go back and mark the new changes on it.
An explanation (although there is never an excuse for inaccuracy): I originally used an odd number for the cast on. In the final edit, I was totally embroiled in getting the body stitches to separate from the yoke stitches evenly and I arbitrarily reassigned even numbers to the neckline completely forgetting about the need for oddness. I do remember wondering at how easy it seemed after all my agonies from previous sessions crunching the numbers. Goes to show ...the easy path is seldom the right one. (quoted by my Virgo husband)
