Poca Sweater: The Construction

I am so excited for the Poca Sweater KAL we are gearing up for in my Ravelry group!!!

It is pretty important for you to understand how Poca is knit, especially if you are thinking of making any adjustments to the pattern!
Poca is a seamless sweater constructed using my side-to-side Novus Construction. 

Step 1:  Cast on for the right side of the sweater. Work the sleeve, first with a seed stitch border and then with increases to start the shaping! with and then to cast on for the front and back and work them along with the already established sleeve stitches. Next, you’ll be splitting your stitches for the neckline, working neckline shaping and separating the shoulder from the front and back. When finished the sts are put onto scrap yarn and held.
Step 2:  Provisionally cast on sts for the front and back of your sweater and begin to work the dolman shaping by slowly starting to integrate these sts into the sleeve.
Step 3:  Then you'll work across all the sts, back, sleeve, front and pocket and work the shoulder rows to the neckline split. Next, you’ll be splitting your stitches for the neckline, working neckline shaping and separating the shoulder from the front and back.   Your back sts get put on a holder while your front sts get worked with neckline shaping towards the center front.  You'll continue building your pocket sts while you work the front!
Step 4:  The pocket sts are "folded" up and worked into the center front, and then the front sts are put onto a holder!
Step 5:     Next work the left half just like the right!
Step 6:  Place all back held sts onto one long circular needle and cast onto left needle tip ready to work back panel!
Step 7:  Work back panel from bottom of sweater to collar. As you work through the Back Panel, RS rows decrease st(s) from the Left Back, and WS rows decrease st(s) from the Right Back.
Step 8:  Time for some Origami... fold your sweater in half at the shoulder!
Step 9:  Pick up stitches along each edge of a sleeve and coordinating side seam and then work a side panel in the same fashion as  the back panel. At the same time you do this you'll be folding up the pocket and integrating the pocket sts in with the side panel sts.
Step 10:  Finally, place your front stitches back onto the needle, pick up a few stitches along the neckline decreases, replace the shoulder and back panel stitches on the needle, and then pick up more stitches on the left neckline decreases and finally put the left front stitches back on the needle. Now you are ready to work the I-Cord edging... WAHOO, you are done!!

PLEASE COME POCA WITH US!!!