kfPSOkb - What???

I'm a bit of a fan of knitting patterns by Georgie Hallam.

While I've made the Olearia and Edens Eve for Adele, I've also purchased Bloom, which my Aunty Margaret is making for Adele.

When I first spied Darwinia, I knew it would be my next knitting project. My problem with this pattern is kfPSOkb. Now I'm not an advanced knitter, in fact I wouldn't even say I'm an advanced beginner, just a really, real beginner who has deluded herself into thinking she can knit anything!! (Well actually I realised I couldn't knit a Bloom dress, which is why the services of Aunty Margaret were called upon.)

Anywho, kfPSOkb = knit front of stitch, pass stitch over, knit back of stitch. Why of course! Georgie says in her pattern that she invented this stitch herself as it "casts off the correct number of stitches while maintaining the line of increases in the bodice, giving a neater finish under the armhole. It also neatly joins two separate pieces of the garment."

Clearly this little knitting manoeuvre is a little beyond my capabilities. Here's my kfPSOkb....

I've used a 'jousting stick' (my husbands term for knitting stick, I mean knitting needle) to point to this 'neat' stitch of mine. 

So far this pattern has asked me to do four of these funny stitches. So far I have successfully knitted none. Regardless, I've still managed to fudge my way this far. I'm certainly still a beginning knitter!

Details ravelled here.

By the way, I should note that the Darwinia pattern is wonderful and Georgie's instructions are superb, I'm the one letting this garment down. I'm also very much in love with her new pattern , Sorello, and with all the proceeds of the sale of this pattern in January going to the QLD Flood Relief, I think we should all pop over there and buy it. Again, I think it's a step above my skill level, but how adorable is the back!!!