How to make a chainmail shirt

Step 5 The Back of the Shirt

The back of the shirt will be almost exactly the same as the first. Keep the same amount of rows and the same length, but for the back you need to change the neck hole. Instead of having a neck hole that is 20 rows deep, the neck hole on the back side of your shirt should only be 6-8 rows deep. The reason for this is that when you are moving around, you don't want your shirt to be able to shift a whole 20 rows forward when you bend down.

As for the rest of the back half, complete it exactly the same way you completed the front.

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You may also want to make the back wider so you can bend your arms forward more easily. This can be done by adding expansions in the shoulders as you go back, or simply by making the neck hole wider at the back. Once the corners are filled in, it'll look the same.