BUTTONHOLE BAND

Work 2 rows straight, ending at armhole edge.

Buttonhole row K6 (8: 8: 10: 10: 11), k2tog, yo, K5 (5: 6: 6: 7: 8), k2tog, yo, K3. Purl 1 row. Knit 3 rows.

Cast off knitwise.

With RS facing, place next 16 (16: 18: 18: 20: 20) sts on a holder, rejoin yarn to rem sts, knit to end.

Next row P to last 2 sts, p2tog. [1 st dec’d]

Next row K2tog, k to end. [1 st dec’d]

Rep the last 2 rows another 2 times and the first row again.