A BOW AND CUFFS FOR BUSINESS

Materials: 
fine knitting cotton (the original used No.5 crochet cotton - I used the
equivalent of a 3 ply but I don't know the US equivalent of that)
knitting needles to suit cotton (you'll have to play around with this)

CUFF

cast on 23 stitches. slip the first stitch of every pattern row.

ROW 1:  k4, YO, k2tog, k2, YO, k2tog, k7, k2tog, YO, k2, YO, k2 

ROW 2 AND EVERY ALTERNATE ROW: YO, k2tog, k to end of row

ROW 3:   k4, YO, k2tog, k3, YO, k2tog, k5, k2tog, YO, k2tog, YO, k2, YO, k2

ROW 5:   k4, YO, k2tog, k1, YO, k2tog, k1, YO, k2tog, k3, k2tog, YO, k2tog,
         YO, k2tog, YO, k2, YO, k2

ROW 7:   k4, YO, k2tog, k2, YO, k2tog, k1, YO, k2tog, k1, k2tog, YO, k2tog,
         YO, k2tog, YO, k4, YO, k2

ROW 9:   k4, YO, k2tog, k1, YO, k2tog, YO, k2tog, k1, YO, k3tog, YO, k2tog,
         YO, k2tog, YO, k6, YO, k2

ROW 11:  k4, YO, k2tog, k1, k2tog, YO, k1, k2tog, YO, k3, YO, k2tog, YO,
         k2tog, YO, k2tog, k2, k2tog, YO, k2tog, k1

ROW 13:  k4,  YO, k2tog, k2tog, YO, k1, k2tog, YO, k5, YO, k2tog, YO,
         k2tog, YO, k2tog, k2tog, YO, k2tog, k1

ROW 15:  k4, YO, k2tog, k2, k2tog, YO, k7, YO, k2tog, YO, k2tog, k2tog, YO,
         k2tog, k1

ROW 17:  k4, YO, k2tog, k1, k2tog, YO, k9, YO, k2tog, k2tog, YO, k2tog, k1

ROW 19:  k4, YO, k2tog, k2tog, YO, k11, YO, k2tog, k2tog, k1

ROW 20:  YO, k2tog, knit to end of row

Repeat these 20 rows 6 more times (7 points) for cuffs.

Cast off. Block & Starch. Attach to end of sleeves.


BOW

Cast on 29 stitches.  

K10 (instead of k4) at beginning of pattern rows. 

work 2 repeats of pattern. 

Cast off.

Make another the same. 

Sew straight edges together. Block & Starch. 

Tie in knot & attach to collar, use as a brooch, sew on.......use your
imagination.....

my thanks to Trevor for proof reading the above.

I started to work out a one piece version of the bow, but haven't had time
to finish the details yet. if anyone is interested, once I have done so I
will post it to the List. but this is a really lovely, reasonably quickly
done little piece of work that looks terrific.

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