Ladies’ Kimono Sweater (Home Needlework, October 1914)

1. Cast on 54 stitches
2. Knit 40 ribs
3. Cast on each side, 58 sts for sleeve, k 21 ribs way across
4. Knit 77 sts and put upon safety pin and bind off 16 st for back of neck, K remaining 77 sts.
5. On the 77 sts K one front of the sweater.
6. Knit 4 ribs for shoulder and cast on 18 sts for front of neck
7. Knit 21 ribs for the rest of sleeve and front and then
8. bind off the 58 sts which finishes one sleeve, and
9. K 40 ribs for the front
10. Knit the opposite side of sweater in same way, 4 ribs for shoulder, cast on 18 for neck, K21, bind off 58 for sleeve and k 40 for front
11. Knit a border of some other color by knitting 10 ribs across end of sleeve, then sew up the sleeves and underarm seam of jacket, and k 10 ribs of border all around the bottom and fronts, and for a collar.

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