The Back with elastic casing:
Cast on 300 stitches
1st row: Slip 1, knit to end of row.
2nd row: Slip 1, purl to the last
stitch k1.
3rd row: K3tog, knit to the last 3sts
k3tog.
4th row: K2tog, purl to the last 2sts
k2tog.
Repeat the 3rd and 4th rows until 108sts remain.
Proceed as follows:
1st row: Slip 1, knit to end of row.
2nd row: Slip 1, purl to the last
stitch k1.
3rd row: Slip 1, k1, * wool to front,
slip 1 purlways, wool to back, k1; repeat from * to end of row.
Repeat the 3rd row 4 times.
8th row: Slip 1, k2tog, wfd;*
k1, wool to front, slip 1 purlways, wool to back; repeat from *
to the last 3sts; k1, wfd k2tog.
Repeat the 3rd Row 3 times.
12th row: Slip 1, purl to the last
stitch k1.
Cast off.
The Head Piece:
Cast on 300 stitches
1st row: Slip 1, knit to end of row.
2nd row: Slip 1, purl to the last
stitch k1.
3rd row: K3tog, knit to the last 3sts
k3tog.
4th row: K2tog, purl to the last 2sts
k2tog.
Repeat the 3rd and 4th rows until 108sts remain.
Proceed as follows:
1st row: K2tog, knit to the last
2sts k2tog.
2nd row: K2tog, purl to the last 2sts
k2tog.
Repeat the 1st and 2nd rows until 68sts remain.
Cast off.
The Border:
Cast on 120sts.
1st row: Slip 1, knit to end of row.
2nd row: Slip 1, purl to the last
stitch k1.
Repeat the 1st and 2nd rows 11 times; the 2nd row twice; then the 1st
and 2nd rows 12 times.
Cast off.
To Make Up the Stormcheater
Press each piece separately on the wrong side under a damp cloth.
Sew the cast on edge of the back to the cast on edge of the head piece.
Commencing at this seam, sew the shaped side edges together for 14½
inches.
Fold back the cast on edge of the border to the centre (the knit row on
the wrong side of the work formed by the purl row on the right side of
the work); place a roll of cotton wool under this fold then sew the cast
on edge to the last purl row before the knit row.
Fold back the cast off edge, pad with cotton wool to form a second roll
and sew in position to correspond.
Place the open end of one padded rollover the other open end and sew both
ends together.
Sew this end of the roll to the edge of the head piece opposite the elastic
casing.
Sew the other ends of the padded rolls in the same manner and sew to the
other side of the head piece opposite the elastic casing.
Sew the shaped edge of the head piece to the seam of the padded rolls.
Thread elastic through the casing on the back and sew in position at the
ends.
Sew the edges of the elastic casing to the seam at the ends of the padded
rolls.
Press all seams.
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