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Pockets

7Sew inside facing down. Then sew tho narrow edges on, using invisible stitch. Alternately catch 2 horizontal threads of tho front and...

8...of the pocket facing. The seam runs between the selvedge stitch and the first knit stitch of tho facing.

9 The pocket does not ride up even with a double facing, and it looks perfect.

Pocket Knit On in Cable Pattern

For rhi> pocket. the stitc hes lor the facing arc put on ;i stitch holder ;ii the desired length, and the stitchcs ot the inside pocket arc inserted into the work. The pocket facing is worked last.

For cable pattems that tighten, stitchcs have to he decreased—i.e., knit tugether—for the pocket facing. For narrow cables, I decrease is getierally enough: lor widc cahles. you generally need todeerease 2 to i stitchcs per cable.

In the example on the righr. the narrow cables contimie in the facing, while 2 stitches are purled together twicc ovcr the widc cables. Ihis means that the pud rihs next ((> the cables don't have to he offset.

For the double facing. cast on a selvcdge stitch on lv«rh sides in the tirst row. When the facing has reached the desired length. conrinue iii stockinette stitch on needles one Stże smnller. Hinding off rhe selvoJge stitchcs in the first row of .stockinette stitch and knitting 2 stitches together oncc over each of the narrow cables.

IPut the stitches for the pocket facing on a stitch holder or a piece of heavy yarn in accordance with the pattern.

3Match the outside facing to the pattern as closely as possible. Work the inside facing in stockin-otte stitch on smaller needles

into the work in place of the stitches on the stitch holder. Con-tinue working over all the stitches.

The pocket facing matches the pattern of the cardigan even better when it includes smali cables.

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