alternately, always working the 8 border st plain in _every_ row.
Now to divide for the neck: K 34, and slip these st on to a safety-pin.
Cast off 14 st for the centre of the neck, and on the remaining 34 st
knit up the left front of the collar thus: Work 10 rows a plain and a
purl row alternately, knitting the 2nd and 3rd st together of every row
turned from the neck edge, and continuing the 8 plain border st.
Continue shaping in this way, decreasing also at the border side by
purling the 10th and 11th st together of every 4th row turned from the
border edge.
When you have worked off all but the 8 border st continue in plain
knitting, decreasing from the neck edge only, until only 3 st remain.
Reverse the directions for the right side of collar.
Now pick up all the loops from the neck edge and K 6 plain rows.
The Cuffs.
Cast on 50 st.
K 13 rows plain.
_14th Row._—K 6, P to 6 st from the end of the row, K 6.
_15th Row._—Plain.
Repeat the 14th and 15th rows once.
_18th Row._—K 6, P 4, K 6, P 6, K 6, P 6, K 6, P 4, K 6.
_19th Row._—K 10, P 6, K 6, P 6, K 6, P 6, K 10.
Repeat the 18th and 19th rows once.
_22nd Row._—K 6, P 10, K 6, P 6, K 6, P 10, K 6.
_23rd Row._—K 16, P 6, K 6, P 6, K 16.
Repeat the 22nd and 23rd rows once.
Repeat from the 16th row to the 19th row once. This completes the
pattern.
K 16 rows a plain and a purl row alternately, working the 6 border st
plain in _every_ row.
K 6 plain rows, cast off.
For a Collarless Coat.
Another simple way of freshening the neck of a collarless jersey coat
is to work a strip of plain knitting 4 inches wide and 12 inches long,
and stretch it along the neck edge. Cuffs can be worked to correspond.
A pretty striped effect for this style of finish can be arrived at by
using two different shades of wool, and working first four rows of one
and then four rows of the other.