BACK:
With No. 12 needles, cast on 100 sts.
Work in K 1, P 1 rib for 40 rows.
Change to No. 6 needles and work as follows:

Setting Rows:
Row 1: * Slip 1, P1, K4, K2 tog, (y fwd, K1) nine times, y fwd, K2 tog, tbl, K4, P1, K1, repeat from * to end.
Row 2: * Slip 1 purlwise, K1, P3, P2 tog, tbl, P19, P2 tog, P3, K1, P1, repeat from * to end.

Now work in following pattern:

Row 1: * Slip 1, P1, K2, K2 tog, K19, K2 tog, tbl, K2, P1, K1, repeat from * to end.
Row 2: * Slip 1 purlwise, K1, P1, P2 tog, tbl, P19, P2 tog, P1, K1, P1, repeat from * to end.
Row 3: * Slip 1, P1, K2 tog, K3, K2 tog, (y fwd, K1) nine times, y fwd, K2tog, tbl, K3, K2 tog, tbl, P1, K1, repeat from * to end.
Row 4: * Slip 1 purlwise, K1, P3, P2 tog, tbl, P19, P2 tog, P3, K1, P1.

These four rows form one pattern. Repeat them until fifteen patterns in all have been worked.

Increase for Sleeves:
Next Row (right side row): Cast on 31 sts at beginning and work row as usual for 1st pattern row.
Next Row: Cast on 29 sts at beginning and work row as usual for 2nd pattern row.
Continue now until 23 patterns have been completed from beginning.

Neck Shaping:
Next Row (right side row): Work two repeats of pattern as usual, then slip 1, P1, K8, turn.
Next Row: P10, pattern to end.

Continue on this first group of stitches, working two repeats of pattern at armhole end of needle and remaining stitches at neck edge in stocking stitch, and cast off 1 st purlwise at beginning of each wrong side row until 26 patterns are completed from beginning.

27th pattern
Row 1: Work as usual.
Row 2: Cast off 1 st at beginning and turn at end of first pattern repeat to shape shoulder.
Row 3: Work all stitches.
Row 4: As Row 2. Work all stitches in next row, then cast off purlwise.
Return to remaining st. Put first 42 sts (centre back) on to safety pin and work other shoulder to correspond with first, casting off stitches for neck shaping knitwise at beginning of right side rows until 26 patterns are done, and turning for shoulder shaping on right side rows.

Neckline:
With No. 12 needles knit up 80 sts on back, picking up and knitting 19 sts on left side of neck, then knitting the 42 sts from safety pin, picking up and knitting 19 sts on right side of neck.
Work in K1, P1 rib for 10 rows, then change to No. 13 needles and work six more rows in rib. Cast off in rib.

FRONT:
Cast on and work exactly as for back.

TO FINISH:
Sleeve Finish: Sew up shoulder seams.
With No. 12 needles knit up 88 sts on sleeve edge, taking 44 sts from each side of seam. Work in rib for 20 rows. Cast off.
Work second sleeve in the same way.
Oversew side and sleeve seams on wrong side.
Do not press garment.