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Knitting Question-Help?

I'm knitting a small project: a cell phone cozy. Instructions: Cast on 22 stitches(I used knitted cast on) Row 1(RS): P2. *Sl1. K2. psso. P2; repeat from * to end of row. Row 2: K2. *P1. yrn. P1. K2; repeat from * to end of row. Row 3: P2. *K3. P2; repeat from * to end of row. Row 4: K2. *P3. K2; repeat from * to end of row. These 4 rows form pattern. Continue in pattern until work beginning measures 11 inches. ending with WS facing for next row. Below the main instructions are "Make Buttonhole"(I guess it's optional). I would like to make a buttonhole. This is the pattern(my question fallows...). Buttonhole Row 1(RS): Work in pattern for the first 10 stitches. Bind off 2 stiches. Work in pattern to end of row. Next Row: Work row 4 of pattern, casting on 2 stitches over the bound off stitches in the previous row. Work in pattern to end of row. Next row:(P2tog. Sl1. K2. psso.) two times. P2tog. (Sl1. K2. psso. P2tog.) two times. There will be 17 remaining. Knit 2 rows. Bind off all stiches knitwise on WS. Fold bottom edge up to where first bind off is and sew seams. Sew on button. Voila! I apologize for the long wait. I want to make a buttonhole for my cozy...On row 1 of making the buttonhole, it says to work in pattern for the first 10 stitches...Does it mean stitches you've transfered onto the right needle or just knitted, whether you bind off or slip any? Also, another question: Still on row 1 of making the buttonhole, it says to work in pattern to end of row...Were do you start off from? Do you Sl1 because you last did a purl stitch and it fallows the pattern? I would really appreciate some help. Thank you, everyone, for your time!

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1. Hi there, the first 10 stitches of the pattern are: P2. Sl1. K2. psso. P2 Sl1. K2 psso then you bind off 2 stitches and go on with Sl1. K2. psso. P2 Sl1. K2 psso .... until the end of the row! Hope this helps!
2. It appears that the designer assumed you would be on either Row 1 or Row 3 of the pattern next, as the instructions for the body of the cell phone cosy specify "end with WS [wrong side] facing." For either Row 1 or Row 3 of the pattern, you would work the pattern over the first 10 stitches. Next, you bind off 2 sts and complete the row, starting with the 13th stitch of the pattern row. The two bound-off stitches have dropped out of the pattern. In the next row, you will be putting those two stitches back into the pattern. Rather than confuse things with Row 2 (if you started with Row 1 rather than Row 3), where you incorporate the yrn into the pattern, you'll use Row 4, which is just knits and purls. You will need to use either knitted cast on or tubular cast on for those two stitches to make a firm edge to your buttonhole. See KnittingHelp.com for videos on how to do those cast ons (http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/cast-on ). The row after that will start the decreases to shape the flap.