In need of some absolutely Fetching help

[madametj]

Ok, i need held from one of you fetching experts.

i'm at the part where it says "using waste yarn, k7, slip these sts back to left needle and k them again )using working yarn;"

i am so confused. so is this the thumb part? if so why do i k it again with the working yarn?

[Ingrid]

What you're creating here is a row of waste yarn which you will remove later so you'll have live stitches on both sides of the hole.

[madametj]

What you're creating here is a row of waste yarn which you will remove later so you'll have live stitches on both sides of the hole.

then why does it say to k it again with the working yarn?

[Ingrid]

The row you knit with the working yarn will create live stitches on top of the hole.

You'll have your stitches that are attached to the rest of the work, the row of waste, and the row of working yarn over that. When you remove the waste yarn, you'll have live stitches all the way around instead of having to bind off and then pick up stitches. A smoother transition.

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[madametj]

The row you knit with the working yarn will create live stitches on top of the hole.

You'll have your stitches that are attached to the rest of the work, the row of waste, and the row of working yarn over that. When you remove the waste yarn, you'll have live stitches all the way around instead of having to bind off and then pick up stitches. A smoother transition.

OOOOOOO
WWWWW
OOOOOOO

ok, i'm gonna sound really dumb, but....what hole?

so i leave the waste yarn in when i knit it with the working yarn?

[Ingrid]

The thumbhole. Leave the waste yarn in--kind of like a double sided stitch holder. Check later in the pattern for what you have to do with it and maybe it will make more sense.

[madametj]

The thumbhole. Leave the waste yarn in--kind of like a double sided stitch holder. Check later in the pattern for what you have to do with it and maybe it will make more sense.

after "using waste yarn, k7, slip these sts back to left needle and k them again )using working yarn;" is says "work in 4x1 Rib as set to end.

so in the

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WWWWWW
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w stands for "working yarn" and not "waste yarn"....right? (or does it stand for anything??")

[Sara]

The w's Ingrid drew are the waste yarn. The o's are the working yarn.

The hand is completed before you do the thumb, so the beauty of this pattern is that you use the waste yarn on the thumb hole area and then finish the hand with the working yarn. You go back afterward, remove the waste yarn as per the directions and knit the thumb using those live stitches that were on the waste yarn.

So take a different color yarn, k7, slip them back to the right needle and knit them with the working yarn as if you didn't switch colors at all.

[madametj]

The w's Ingrid drew are the waste yarn. The o's are the working yarn.

The hand is completed before you do the thumb, so the beauty of this pattern is that you use the waste yarn on the thumb hole area and then finish the hand with the working yarn. You go back afterward, remove the waste yarn as per the directions and knit the thumb using those live stitches that were on the waste yarn.

So take a different color yarn, k7, slip them back to the right needle and knit them with the working yarn as if you didn't switch colors at all.

ok, i think i'm begining to understand. so i just keep knitting afterwards? won't the waste yarn get trapped inside? how will i get it out to work the rest of the thumb?

[Ingrid]

It will get 'trapped.' It's supposed to. You take it out later.