43rd row: Slip one, knit two together, rest plain.
44th row: Plain.
45th row: Slip one, knit two together, rest plain.
You have now narrowed seven times on one edge; now knit fourteen rows plain. Bind off thirty-five stitches, then knit thirty-five stitches on the same needle again. This leaves an opening for the front. Now knit fourteen rows plain; now widen one stitch at the beginning of every alternate needle (always slip first stitch until you have widened seven times)—you will then have one hundred stitches again. Knit thirty-two rows plain and half the shirt is done. Bind off thirty-five stitches for armhole; make thirty-five stitches again, then proceed as for the front, only omitting the opening in front. Bind off all the stitches and sew edges together from the bottom, leaving thirty-five stitches open for the other arm hole. Sew the shoulders together.
For Sleeves. Cast on forty stitches. Knit eighty-eight rows plain. Bind off all but eleven stitches. Knit these until a little square is formed; bind off. This makes a gusset for top of sleeve. Pick up the loops * on the lower edge of the sleeve on No. 15 steel needles. Knit a ribbed wrist (knit two, purl two) about one and one-half inches long. Sew up the sleeve, trimming the side of gusset to the straight side. Sew the point of gusset into lower notch of arm hole.
Crochet a row of shells on bottom of shirt. Face one side of opening in front with narrow white ribbon, and sew on three buttons. For holes, crochet a looped edge on the other side and all around the neck; also a row of shells around the neck. Run a narrow ribbon in the holes round the neck.
LOW NECKED BABY SHIRT.
Cast on any number that can be divided by ten.
1st row: Knit two together, knit two, thread forward, knit one, thread forward, knit three, knit two together.
