To Knit the Sleeves.
1. Cast stitches on about 100 nails, 50 in each row, to produce the straight line AB, [Fig. 49].
Note:—The sleeve at the top should measure the same as the armhole.
2. To shape the sleeve, cast stitch from one nail at a time every six rows of knitting, first on one side of the sleeve and then on the other, as indicated on the drawing. Then every five rows, every four rows, every three rows, every two rows, until the sleeve is long enough (about 18 to 22 inches) and narrow enough at the cuff (about 8 inches). On the very last row at this point three nails should be dropped altogether on each side of the sleeve. Watch carefully the shaping of the sleeve as you narrow so as not to get it too tight at any point.
3. Change to triple cross-stitch by winding once across the rake and back, to make three threads around each nail before lifting the lower thread over the upper two and off.
4. Knit 3 inches of triple cross-stitch for the cuff.
5. Cast the knitting off the rake.
6. Sew up the seam of the sleeve, and sew the sleeve in the armhole of the sweater so that the seam in the sleeve and the side seam of the sweater come together. (See [section 7] of Chapter 4 for directions for sewing.)
7. Make other sleeve to match.