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Joining the zipper facing & the live stitches
WS - beginning of the row
Work ZF-sts, k1 (= 4 sts worked).
Coming from right to left, go through the next selvedge st of the zipper facing ...
... and kwise through the live st on the needle.
Finish k both sts together. The facing is now joined with the rest at that point.
WS - end of the row
Work until there are 5 sts left.
From right to left, go through the next selvedge st of the zipper facing ...
... and kwise through your next live st on the needle.
Finish k both sts together.
The facing will continue to be connected to the rest of the garment.
In the RS row, the facing is joined to the rest in the same way, but instead of going through the selvedge st first, you go pwise through the active sts first and then into the selvedge sts of the zipper facing. They are then p together.
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