Knit eight rows.
14th row—Knit ten; × make one and knit two together × repeat until six remain; knit three; make one; knit three.
15th row—Knit six; × make one and knit two together × repeat until ten remain, which knit.
Repeat these two rows three times more each, only not enlarging one (as in the end of row fourteen), every time, but only once in four rows, merely knitting the six in the intervening rows.
22nd row—Knit. Knit the next seven rows.
30th row—Same as 14th.
31st row—Same as 15th.
Keep on alternately knitting eight open, and then eight knitted rows, and enlarging one stitch at the end in every fourth row until there are a hundred and twenty-four rows.
Then decrease one stitch at the beginning or front in every other row for thirty-two rows, still continuing the pattern as before, and still enlarging one stitch in every fourth row, at the end or back. This shapes one side of the neck.
Now knit forty-eight rows without increase or decrease at either end, continuing the pattern or alternation of eight open and eight plain knitted rows. This forms the back of the neck and the bottom of the back of the habit-shirt.