Hi all,
New to knitting sweaters and I am getting stuck on this part and don´t want to mess up. Can someone please explain to a newbie what exactly this means?
Thanks for supporting a male knitter :-)
michael

Shoulders: Cast off 30 sts beg next 2 rows. Leave rem 35 (35-37-39-39) sts on a st holder.

does this mean cast off 30 on the right side -knit the rest of the row
then cast off 30 on the left side- until I reach the neck (rem 35 st)

full pattern- http://www.bernat.com/pattern.php?PID=216&cps=21191

step 16 cont. in same manner increasing 8 sts on next and every following alt row to 89 sts. i don't understand exactly what to do. thank you for any help.

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Hi everyone. I'm knitting my first sweater, and can't work out the "work both sides at once" bit. First, though, I was wondering if anyone knew a good source for a video or diagram, so I can understand the explanations I'm finding. Here's the part of the pattern I'm unsure of:

"...join a 2nd ball of yarn and bind off center
24 sts, work to end. Working both
sides at once, bind off 4 sts from each
neck edge twice..."

Any help would be great. Thanks, everyone!

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Thank you in advance!

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