Join Slit Sections A & B:
(WS): Skip the first dc (turning-ch-3 counts as dc), dc in every dc to center front, and join
the slit sections at front center as follows: yarn over hook, insert hook into top of turningch-
3, then insert hook into top of first dc (on the last row of Slit Section A) then work a dc
as normal. (This joins the two sections, and the dc just worked counts as the dc over the
turning-ch-3.) Dc into the next dc (the first dc of the slit section just joined), and continue
to dc in every dc remaining in the round, working a slip stitch into top of turning-ch-3 at
the end of the round. (30 sts) Ch 3, turn.