6. Take up the loose stitches at the lower edge of the back as described in section 6 of Chapter 4.
7. Sew up the side seams as described in section 7 of Chapter 4. Make opening GH for sleeves about 7½ to 9 inches.
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.
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.)
=To Make Collar and the Bands for Down the Front.=
Two styles of collar are shown by Figs. 50 and 51.
1. Cast stitches on 32 nails, sixteen in each row, to make AB, Fig. 50.
4. Measure the edge of one of the front pieces of the sweater to find out how long the bands (BC) must be. Decide how far apart the buttonholes are to come. To make the buttonholes, cast off stitches on nails, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,—22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and add them again on the next winding.
5. When the band is long enough, increase the width of the knitting to make the collar by adding one nail at each end on every sixth or seventh row of knitting until the distance C D, Fig. 50, measures the same as the side E F of the V neck of the sweater front shown in Fig. 48.
6. Knit straight for about 10 inches, which is usually the distance around the neck of the sweater, measured from point E in Fig. 48 on one side, to the same point on the other.