Knit four patterns, increasing, as before, on the outer side, between the pattern and the border; and plain knitting four stitches on the inner side of every row.
N.B. The four plain stitches on the inner side of the row are now to be repeated on every succeeding row.
Work a sufficient number of rows to complete this portion of the front of the shirt; decreasing on every row, between the pattern and the four plain stitches, on the inner side. Between the border and the pattern, on the outer side, bring the wool forward, and knit two together, to preserve the open edge, formed by the increasing, in the previous rows.
Work a corresponding front piece, on the other side, in the same manner. Then,—
On the inner sides of the front ends, and back of neck, take up two stitches on every square; knit round, bringing the wool forward, before every stitch, except on the thirty-six stitches of the back—which knit plain.
Knit eight plain rows.
In the next row—knit to within three patterns of the back; cast off as far as three patterns beyond the back on the other side; knit the remaining stitches to the end of the row.
Knit eight plain rows, on the remaining stitches, at either side; decreasing one stitch at the beginning of every row.
Take up the stitches of the inner, and outer, borders at the ends of the front sides, and knit the corners, by decreasing two stitches in the centre of every row.