thank you again for the positive comments, just spent the past 2 hrs starting and restarting the 2nd panel, really helped me stay sane through my brain blocks!
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I dont have anything now (give most things away as gifts), but I did something similar, only I used regular cable needles and used the double knitting stitch. Basically, it makes a tube that you close when you bind off. Each side makes an opposite mirror image of your pattern.
There are several methods, which you can Google for. I searched for double knitting stitch
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