The White Stripe, 1st row—Plain.
2nd row—Slip the 1st stitch, make 1 and knit 2 together to the end. Repeat these 2 rows 5 times more. Work a 2nd colored and white stripe, and a 3rd colored stripe. Join on the white and use No. 10 pins. Cast on 6 stitches for the back of the neck, work the 2 rows as the white stripe 19 times, then repeat the same 2 rows 8 times, but leaving 6 stitches at the end of the 2nd row each repeat. Cast off all the stitches.
The first and last rows of the white piece must now be sewed to the selvedge of the waistband at the side where the points are made; both pieces are to be kept on the wrong side, and in sewing it take the Magenta stitches, leaving the black row in front. Sew the shortest side cast off to the top of the point at the back of the band, then sew the 1st stitch cast off to the 38th rib of the band. Take the end marked a, sew it close to this, and the end marked b to the centre point of the band. Gather the white and sew it to the band, placing more fulness at the points than under the arm; when finished, sew the sides together from the band to the armhole c.
The Left Side—With the white wool and pins No. 10 cast on 27 stitches.
1st row—Plain. At the end cast on 6 stitches.
2nd row—Knit 2 together, * make 1, knit 2 together. Repeat from *, and at the end make 1, knit 1; mark this a. Repeat these 2 rows 11 times more, mark the last stitch cast on b. Then work the 2 rows 9 times, omitting the stitches cast on; and for the armhole cast off 8 stitches at the longest side, and repeat these 2 rows 14 times.
71st row—Plain.
72nd row—Make 1, knit 2 together twice, repeat, and at the end of the row knit 3.
Work the Colored Stripe as in the right side; and for
The White Stripe, 1st row—Plain.