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 KNICKERS. Diagram 9. Special Features: wide in seat and legs drawn in at knee to a band or garter. They bag or droop over at the knee.

Measures: 30,18, 32, 36, 20, 14.

The body part of these is cut as trousers.

The legs being cut 4 inches longer than measure to allow for bagging over at knee.

Thus, 0 to 20 would be 4 inches more than side length.

12, 20, 4 inches more than leg length.

They may be either finished with a hem and elastic at bottom, in which case allow 1 inch for hem.

Or a garter as shown on Diagram 12.

Or a knee band which is cut as Diagram 11.

0 to 16, size of small plus 1 inch.

0 to 4, one-fourth.

0 to 8, one-half.

0 to 12, three-fourths.

Lower from 0 to ½ inch, ½ inch.

Raise end at 16, ½ inch.

Mark off width to taste, say 3½ or 4.

Complete as draft.

SPLIT FALLS. Diagrams 31 to 35. Cut foreparts as 35.

Bearer as 32.

Small bearer to sew on to Split Fall, as 33.

And welt to join on to front part of Split, as 34.

Take off 1 inch across Tops.

Arrange Split 2 inches from Fall seam at top and let it slant back.

The other parts are cut by fitting up.