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Necklines: Round and Square

Correct: Pick the neckband stitches up out of the whole stitches below the binding-off stitches,...

... because this is the only way you can have a noat transition to the neckbancl.

Incorrect: If the stitches are picked up out of the binding-off row, ...

...they look half a stitch off relative to the pattern of The piece itself.

A drawing of the neckline de crenses with "steps." The big steps over 3 stitches at the right edge of the neckline are clearty visible. The stitches shown in a different color show whero the neckband stitches should be picked up. Steps of 2 rows are evened out by picking the neckband stitches up, not out of the stitches in the top row. but rather the stitches 1 row farther down. in the case of the stitches before and after the steps.

Single and Double Neck Band

A “normal" neckband, with the sdtchcs houtnJ oft as they lic, i> ubout l '/V to 2" high.

lt your neckline eamc out too wide, you can snvc it l>y m.iking ir a double neckband. First work the i hi ter neckband. Then pick up the stitches for the second neckband on the inside, and work it to be ^ł/<" to -V higher than the tir>t one. On the double neckband shown herc, the stitches were bound off in kitchener nb (pages 46-49).