Excerpt from The Priscilla Knitting Book
For many practical purposes sweaters seem to have an increased rather than a diminished hold. The one given below is for a 34 or 36 inch bust. Golf yarn with No.9 needles seems to give about four stitches to the inch; No. 14 needles are needed for the neck. Whatever the number of needles, you need to get about four stitches to the inch, or perhaps nine stitches to the two inches in width, and six stitches to one inch of the finer needles. For the 36-inch bust you must get four stitches to the inch; for 34-inch, you may get nine stitches to two inches.
Cast on 70 stitches.
Note. - In writing up this sweater there is nothing said as to the ribbing, etc., as that may be done in any way desired. The manner of working is given. An odd stitch or two can be added, if needed, for ribbing, etc. The line of fine knitting at waist may be omitted if preferred, and the two inches worked with the ordinary needles.
Having the 70 stitches (or stitches needed for pattern), work back and forth for 4 inches, then, with the finer needles, work for 2 inches, then again take the large needles and work till you have 15 inches in length, measuring from the middle of the fine part. For shoulder, begin on the right side of the work; do 25, putting them when done on to a safety-pin, or keeping them in any convenient manner. Cast off 20 easily, neither loosely nor tightly, for the back of the neck work on the remaining 25 for 1 inch. Now increase a stitch every time you end a row at the neck end till you have 28 stitches. Then cast on 16 stitches or 20 stitches according to size required, and work back and forth on these for 5 inches.
This brings you to armhole. Now increase every time you end a row at armhole end till you have increased 6 stitches; then increase till you have about 60 or 64 according to the size wished; then go on working till you have 9 inches done from where the long increase was made for armhole. Next time you begin a row at the front, leave 10 stitches unworked at the underarm side. Work back without increase or decrease. After this, according to whether you want a medium or a rather long fulness in front, leave 5 or 10 stitches every time you get towards the underarm side, till there are about 10 stitches left at the front.
Now take the fine needles and work for 2 inches with them, then go back to the large needles and work till the front is the same depth as the back after the fine knitting is done. Cast off very easily.
Sleeve. - This is a rather full sleeve at top, with a deep cuff, pretty and convenient. Use large needles and cast on about 24 stitches then every row cast on at the end of the needle about 3 or 4 stitches just to suit any pattern you are doing, as said before. When the work is 19 or 20 inches wide, or 80 or 90 stitches, stop increasing, and work 12 rows without decrease or increase. After which decrease one at each side every 7th row till the work is about 17 inches wide, or perhaps 16. Then go on without increase, or decrease, till the work is about 19 inches long, at the longest part, or long enough for the sleeve you wish, making allowance for the cuff. Cast off.
Now measure the arm, over the underwear if worn, a little above where you wish the cuff to come to; you may do the cuffs in either the fine needles or the larger ones; it is entirely a matter of taste.
Set on the requisite number of stitches, and work back and forth in plain knitting, decreasing a stitch at each side every 8th or 10th row, till the cuffs are small enough. The model cuffs were 10 inches wide at the top, and about 8 1-2 at the lowest, but that is a measure which can be varied.
Neck. - Use the finer needles, and pick up about 90 stitches. This will make the neck about 15 inches long. If better to pick up more stitches to make the work look even, you can pick them up and narrow in the first row. This collar is worked in plain kn. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Priscilla Knitting Book (Classic Reprint) (Gwen Keys)