of the pullover 1 is completed subsequently a binding off similar to that of the left shoulder 6 is given to the right shoulder 5 next binding off is given by the well known method to the back collar 7 to complete the knitting of the pullover 1 the knitted structure of the bound off portion at the time of completion of the knitting up to the course 25 of the first embodiment is shown in fig6 in fig6 alphabets indicating the needle numbers show the needles used in knitting stitches alphabets in parentheses indicate that stitches have been removed from the needles alphabets without parentheses indicate that stitches are held on the needles at the time of completion of the knitting of the course 25 the stitch 21 newly formed on the needle n of the rear bed in the course 25 is held on the needle of the rear bed together with other stitches 22 23 formed on the needles l j of the rear bed in the course 24 however to represent the relationship of stitches for easier comprehension the stitch 21 alone is shown irregularly according to the conventional binding off method the stitches of the left front shoulder 6a are arranged at the front and the stitches of the left back shoulder 6b are arranged at the rear then these stitches are overlapped with each other thus the backs of the stitches face each other when a slash mark is used to represent the interface between two stitches they are expressed by back back in contrast to it according to the present invention the stitches are overlapped in such a way that the stitches 12 15 24 and 25 of the left front shoulder 6a are arranged at the rear.