I am a teenager, and so most people might not expect me to know much about knitting, but I've been knitting since I was about 5. I've made sweaters and many other things, and I've never really had a problem with patterns. But now, I'm working on a sweater for my mother and I cannot figure out what it means. I talked to my grandmother about it (I usually use her as a knitting dictionary) and even she doesn't know. I've looked on the internet and couldn't find the help I need, and then I found this site and I'm hoping I can get some help! Any advice would be great....
The problem I'm having has to do with shaping the shoulders of the sweater. It's the back side (the only side I've worked on so far) and it tells me to P16, then wrap next st, turn work, and K16.
What does it mean when I have to wrap work? Do I have to wrap the yarn around the needle? It tells me to do this a few times, then to pick up the wraps when I'm done. I don't know what it means to pick up the wraps.
Also, it tells me to purl on a knit side, and knit on a purl side, which completely ruins the whole look of the sweater. The pictures don't show the shoulders looking different...what is going on?
~Addison