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Perfect DetaiLs

length of the pocket facing in your calculation Thon cut o stitch in the middle of the marked section.

of the marker. The yarn ends will be sewn in on the wrong side of the work.

Pocket Worked In Later

1’ockcis worked in afterwards luw .1 grcat adwintagc: Thcy can be worked prccisely to your measuremems—

1 lrther up if your anns aiv drort, łanher down il thev are long. You can nlso dcrcrminc rhc preciM; width. For patlemed cardigan>, you diould pay atlcntion that you don*t inter-rupt the partem at an łnapproprlatc point. For example, undoing a row with crossed stitches wnuki make your work unneces>arilv diffictiit.

A fast solution: a rolled edge

Instead of making a pocket fac-ing in ribbing, you can also knit on a rollod edge that is about HV long. If the edge is worked in stockinotte stitch, it will roli to the outside (top photo). If it is worked in revorse stockinette stitch, it will roli to the insidc (bottom photo).

stitches. Also pick up on the top

edge the "half' stitches on both sides. You will have 1 stitch morę on the top noedle.

In the first row, cast on a solvedge stitch on both sides. Make surę that

the number of stitches is uneven, and work a knit stitch noxt to the selvedge stitches on both sides.

needles 1 size smaller and 1 row less than the facing worked in ribbing. In tbo First stockinette stitch row, bind the sełvedge stitches off on both sides.

6Now work the inside pocket in stockinette stitch over the stitches on the top needle.

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