"The purpose of the yo at that point is to create a lacey edging that does not pucker."

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"You will always rely on the gauge in the pattern, never rely on the notated gauge of a website that hosts the pattern. The gauge stated in the pattern is On Size 6 needles before smocking - 11 sts to 2 inches 7 rows to 1 inch, so 22 sts to 4" and 14 rows to 4"."

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"The website that this pattern links to is no longer free, she has started charging a membership fee to see or use her patterns, many of her patterns are featured on this website but should not be any longer now that they are a paid subscription."

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"Thank you"

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"All needle sizes are recommended, what is essential in knitting is to obtain the gauge, so you can use whatever size needle is necessary to do that. For me it was a 4mm needle to obtain gauge and I've made many for friends, family and donated quite a few to the local shelters."

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