help on Einstein coat

[knitaholic]

I need someone who has knitted the Einstein coat to help me understand something:
UPPER RIGHT FRONT:
pick up and k 1 st in cast-on row of Lower Body Piece and then in the back of sl sts to 41 sts on needle.
Turn work.
Work garter st with sl-edge, ending with 34 ridges.
Bind off.

My question is:
Do I use the cast on edge for picking up, and, if so, which way do I turn? I'm sure this is simple, but I don't understand. If I turn like normal at the end of the row, it doesn't look like it's going in the right direction and the pick up is at the narrow end. I hope I'm making sense. Can someone guide me on this?

Knitaholic

[DorothyDot]

I've done the Einstein coat, but it's been years.

My best suggestion is to look at the picture. The bottom runs with the ridges in one direction - I think up and down. So turn your already-knitted bottom to the same direction. Put the two edges that'll form the front opening towards you. Now look at where you need to put the front top. It'll be starting at one of the opening edges and gets knitted from stitches you'll pick up along the side of your knitted bottom - the side that starts at the opening and goes to about where the future armhole will be aligned with... in other words, about 1/4 of the bottom.

Hope this helps. A hint: when picking