The pattern has raglan sleeves but it’s knitted in flat pieces and then pieced together. I am knitting it flat, in one piece

Starting on Right Side front, CO 8 stitches, pm, CO 21 (that’s the pattern section) pm, CO 8 pm (pattern says that this equals 37 stitches) pm, CO 74 (for the back) pm, CO 8, pm, CO 21 (pattern), pm, CO 8 (total of 148 CO sts).

I placed different colored markers on and denoted the left and right side placket facings. And made a note of the right side facing. For instances, I used yellow and black markers. Yellow was the left side facing, and I knew that was the right side of the fabric when I started a round. if I started with the black marker, that was the right side facing, and it was the wrong side of the fabric.

work back and forth following the Back instructions until the piece measures 17-1/2 inches - do decreases as suggested on the back section

Follow body and fronts directions until this piece measures 17-1/2 inches from CO. Finish on a right-sided row. Work a wrong-side row, purl row, put 5 sts (at the beg rnd) on a stitch holder and then the rem 4 sts (at the end rnd) on the same stitch holder.

Make sleeves; work in St st until piece measures 9-1/2 inches from CO. Move 9 sts to needle holder – 5 at the beginning of the rnd (knit these sts first, then slip them) and 4 at the end of the rnd.

Attach sleeves on the right-side. Start front as established, come to side seam marker, slip this marker, add sleeve. Work “back” stitches and before side seam marker, add sleeve, slip marker and work front as established.

Once sleeves are connected – start raglan shaping

Read, follow and chart out directions “Beg raglan shaping” and chart out

I figured out that I had 42 rounds left to knit. 30 rows for front sections, 42 rows for sleeves and back. I charted all decs – each on separate piece of paper for the back, sleeves, and front. I wrote out each round - then I merged these decs onto one piece of paper, row by row.

For instance: Row 1, fronts dec, sleeves dec, back dec. Row 2 – purl.

Once the decs on the 2 fronts reach the lace pattern – Work right front like this: start lace pattern working right to left. Work left front – left to right.

Pay attention to the yarn-overs and the krtog’s and ssk’s

Once 18 sts remain on fronts, start and continue with the 2x2 rib pattern until the 42 rows are completed.

BO the sleeve and back sts. Continue the 2x2 ribbing until this part is 2-1/2 inches. See directions: “Work in 2x2 rib as est …” and then I graphed the stitches using the Kitchner Stitch because the 3-needle bind-off made it too bulky.

Seam the collar together to the body and then graph the sleeve – again I used the kitchner stitch.

Check out this lady’s Flugan. Her pictures helped me a lot in the dec rnds.

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/didi67/flugan