crocheting help needed, please?

I am crocheting a baby sweater, after having not crocheted for abut 20
years. I am currently starting on a yoke to join the body with the
arms and the directions say:
"join A on starting chain in base of first half shell, work 2 sc in
half shell, 1sc in base of next sc [3sc in base of next shell, 1 sc in
next sc]. "

I got the yarn joined, do they mean 2 SC in each dc of the half shell?
then the 3sc in base of next shell, what does that mean - won't it make
a ridge? The picture is not a close up and I can't find anyting in my
books or on the web that explains the procedure. The book I am using
is a Columbia-Minerva daffy down dilly pattern number 778-3 from many
years ago and if anyone can help me out here with a clear explanation,
I would be thrilled!

Terri

On 23 Sep 2006 07:47:48 -0700, "dragonflylake1"
wrote:

I am crocheting a baby sweater, after having not crocheted for abut 20
years. I am currently starting on a yoke to join the body with the
arms and the directions say:
"join A on starting chain in base of first half shell, work 2 sc in
half shell, 1sc in base of next sc [3sc in base of next shell, 1 sc in
next sc]. "

I got the yarn joined, do they mean 2 SC in each dc of the half shell?
then the 3sc in base of next shell, what does that mean - won't it make
a ridge? The picture is not a close up and I can't find anyting in my
books or on the web that explains the procedure. The book I am using
is a Columbia-Minerva daffy down dilly pattern number 778-3 from many
years ago and if anyone can help me out here with a clear explanation,
I would be thrilled!

How was the shell made? If you could tell us what the pattern repeat
for that part was, it would help. I'm guessing that there was a shell
made of 3 dc in one ch, then skip 2 ch (or maybe ch 2), and then maybe
a sc? In that case, I think they just want you to end up with the same
number of stitches, but they don't want you to make stitches into the
(skipped) chains.

Terri

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