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Corrections to Julie Carles and Joradana Jacobs' The Yarn Girls' Guide to Beyond the Basics:

We make every effort to provide accurate patterns and helpful information to our readers. The following corrections are for the patterns found in The Yarn Girls’ Guide to Beyond the Basics. The corrections are listed by pattern, page number, and row number. Large areas of red highlighted text indicate a revision in instructions. We hope you will find this useful!

Not Your Standard-Issue Sweatshirt Take Two (pages 75-76)

Page 75: Column 2, Row 2, line 3: (P1, K 1) 5x (6x, 7x), P1 *K1, P6, K1, P12 (14, 16)*, repeat from * to *, K1, P6, K1, (K1, P1) 5x (6x, 7x), end K1.

Page 76: Column 3, Under “Hood”: With #10 needle, cast on 43 stitches.

A Sweater for the Ages (page 100)

Column 3, second to last line should read: until 4 stitches remain. Bind off all stitches loosely.

The Same..But Different (page 105)

Armhole length on schematic should be 6.5" (7", 8")

Wedding Hat (page 127)

With #9 needle and 2 strands of yarn, cast on 68 (76) stitches...Increase 12 (14) stitches evenly across last round of ribbing until you have 80 (90) stitches.

Nancy's Color Block Blanket (page 144)
Column 1, Color D—Pattern Stitch #4: Rows 5, 7, & 9: K10, P6, K10.
Rows 6 & 8: as P10, K6, P10.

A Family Affair (page 149)

Column 3, Row 5: K1, (P1, K1) 5 times, *C10B, P1, (K1,P1) 3times, C10B, K1, (p1, K1) 3 times* repeat from * to * 1 more time, end C10B, P1, (K1,P1) 3 times, C10B, (K1,P1) 5 times, K1.

One Singular Sensation (page 154)

Column 2, under “Left Front”: repeat rows 7 and 8, not 5 and 6.
Column 3, under “Right Front”: repeat rows 6 and 7, not 4 and 5.