Stuck on Baby Cardigan

[Maureen1302]

Good Day:

I am knitting a D.Bliss pattern pg 87 baby cardigan(Cotton Knits for All Seasons). The back is almost complete with a total of 72 stitches . However, patt reads knit next 21 sts,turn work this set of sts only. Cont until 10 3/4 in then bind off. Take next 30 stitches join yarn cont in patt until 10 3/4 ins. Now I have three separate pieces when I believe the back should be one piece (or at least that's the way it looks in the book). So confused...any suggestions?Thank you

Maureen

[suzeeq]

No, it's not just the back, it sounds like 2 fronts and the back so there should be 3 sections. The whole body was in one piece, but at the underarms you work the back and fronts separately, then join at the shoulders.