7 Hanks of 4-Fold Columbia Saxony
2 Bone Knitting Needles No. 2
2 Steel Knitting Needles No. 14
With bone needles cast on 62 stitches. Knit plain for 13 inches, length
of back. Leave 20 stitches each for shoulder. Bind off intervening
stitches to shape the neck, increase 1 stitch every other row towards
the front until 4 stitches are added, then cast on 20 stitches toward
the front.
_Right Front_: Knit 6, rows begin the first buttonhole, knit 3 stitches,
bind off 3. Next row cast on 3 stitches over the bound-off stitches and
make the buttonholes every 30 rows. Knit 3½ inches, cast on 6 stitches
for underarm. Knit 11 inches more; bind off. Left front like right
front, omitting buttonholes. For the collar pick up 70 stitches with
steel needles beginning one inch from each front, knit 4 inches, or as
long as desired.
_For the Sleeves_—Cast on 35 stitches on bone needles and increase 1
stitch at beginning of every other row and only at the top of sleeve
until you have increased 16 stitches. Then knit 35 rows without
increasing and at same end where increasing was done, decreasing 1
stitch every other row until 16 stitches are decreased, leaving 35
stitches on needle; bind off.
With steel needles pick up the stitches at straight edge of sleeve for
cuff and knit as long as desired. Bind off loosely, sew up sleeves, sew
into sweater. Face the fronts with ribbon, work over buttonholes and sew
buttons on opposite side to correspond.