Shoulder and neck shaping

[Audreyj]

I am confused by the following directions: "Bind off 13 sts at beg of next 6 rows, AT SAME TIME, bind off center 29 sts and working both sides at once, bind off 5 sts from each neck edge twice." Should I bind off the 29 stitches as I bind off the first 13 stitches, or at some other point and at what point do I bind off those 5 sts twice? This is a Vogue pattern. Also, when I measure the armhole length, do I lay the piece flat and measure from the bottom of the first decrease or measure the curve as part of the length? Thank you.

[Ingrid]

I would bind off the first 13, attach a new ball of yarn, bind off the center 29 and finish the row. Now you'll have a strand of yarn for each side so you can work the decreases at the same time on each shoulder.

Then, as you get to where the beginning edge of the neck is, you bind off the 5 stitches.

So on the next row, you'll bind off the first 13 on that side and work to the end. Bind off the first 5 on the other side and work to the end. Turn the work, bind off another 13, work to end. Then bind off 5 at the opposite neck edge.

You have to bind off at the beginning of the rows, so bind off at either the shoulder edge or the neck edge when you're at the beginning of the rows.

To measure the armhole depth,