Dress Up Dress Pattern #1245

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This free pattern originally published in: 
Spool Cotton #189, America at Work and Play
Dress Up Dress Pattern

Dress-up time for you - when you're wearing this grand 2-piece suit-dress for the first fall days. Note the "snow-flake" yoke detail.

MATERIALS:
CHADWICK'S RED HEART SHETLAND FLOSS (1 oz. balls). Size 14—20 balls. Size 16—22 balls. Size 18—24 balls.
1 ball of contrasting color for each size.
Clark's O.N.T. Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 4.
A 29-inch circular knitting needle No. 4.
5 small buttons.
1 yard ½-inch elastic.

MEASUREMENTS FOR BLOCKING:
14
16
18

BLOUSE

Bust
33"
35"
37"

Shoulder to lower edge
22"
22½"
23"

Side seam
14"
14½"
14½"

Sleeve seam
4"
4"
4½"

SKIRT

Waist
26"
28"
30"

Hips
35"
37"
39"

Length
26"
26½"
27"

Width at hem

50"
52"
54"

GAUGE: 7 sts make 1 inch; 9 rows make 1 inch.

Sizes  
14
16
18

BACK … With pair of needles cast on

110 sts
116 sts
110 sts

Work in stockinette st (k 1 row, p 1 row) for 2 inches. Dec 1 st at both ends of next row and every 6th row there­after until there remain
98 sts
104 sts
110 sts
Work straight until piece measures in all 
6"
6¼"
6¼"
Inc 1 st at both ends of next row and every 6th row thereafter until there are on needle
116 sts
122 sts
130 sts
Work straight until piece measures in all
14"
14½"
14½"

Bind off.

FRONT … Work exactly as for Back.
SLEEVES … Cast on
78 sts
80 sts
82 sts
Work in stockinette st, increasing 1 st at both ends of every 4th row until there are on needle
90 sts
92 sts
96 sts

Bind off 5 sts at beginning of each row until there remain
40 sts
42 sts
46 sts

Bind off 4 sts at beginning of next 6 rows. Bind off remaining sts.
FRONT YOKE … With dark color cast on
113 sts
123 sts
133 sts
1st row: (Right side) P across. 2nd row: K across. 3rd row: P 11 sts, * attach a 1-yard strand of light color, and with light color inc 2 sts in the next st—to inc 2 sts, k in the front, in the back and again in the front of the same st. Drop light color, draw dark color tightly across back of light sts and p 9 with dark color. Repeat from * across, ending with p 11 sts with Dark. 4th row: With Dark k 6 sts, pick up Light (always twist yarns around each other when changing color to prevent making a hole), * with Light inc 1 st in next st, p 1, inc 1 st in next st. Draw dark color tightly across in front of light sts and k 9 with dark color. Repeat from * across, ending with k 11 sts with Dark. 5th row: With Dark inc 1 st, p 10 sts, * pick up Light, with Light inc 1 st in next st, k 3, inc 1 st in next st. Pick up Dark, draw tightly across back of Light sts and p 9 with Dark. Repeat from * across, ending with p 10 sts with Dark, inc in last st. 6th row: With Dark k 12 sts, * with Light p 7 sts, with Dark k 9 sts. Repeat from * across, ending with k 12 sts with Dark. 7th row: With Dark p 12 sts, * with Light k 7 sts, with Dark p 9 sts. Repeat from * across, end­ing with p 12 sts with Dark. 8th row: With Dark inc 1 st, k 11 sts, * with Light p 7 sts, with Dark, k 9 sts. Repeat from * across, ending with k 11 sts with Dark, inc in last st. 9th row: With Dark p 13 sts, * pick up light color, then with light color sl 1, k 2 tog, p.s.s.o., k 1, k 3 tog, with dark color p 9. Repeat from * across, ending with p 13 sts with Dark. 10th row: With Dark k 13 sts, * with Dark p 3 tog, k 9. Repeat from * across, ending with k 13 sts with Dark. Break off light color, leaving a 2-inch strand for fastening off. 11th row: With Dark inc in 1st st, p across, inc in last st. 12th row: With Dark k across. 13th row: * With Dark p 9 sts, attach a 1-yard strand of Light and with Light inc 2 sts in the next st. Repeat from * across. Continue thus working in pattern, making dots between previous dots and increasing 1 st at both ends of every 3rd row until there are on needle
141 sts
151 sts
161 sts
Work straight in pattern until 5th row of dots is completed. Work across first
64 sts
69 sts
73 sts
bind off center
13 sts
13 sts
15 sts

and finish row.
Turn and work only over remaining
64 sts
69 sts
73 sts

as follows: Working in pattern, bind off 3 sts at neck edge every other row twice.
Now shape neck and shoulder simultaneously by decreasing 1 st at neck edge every other row
7 times
7 times
8 times

At The Same Time

At armhole edge bind off 5 sts every other row

3 times
4 times
once
then 6 sts every other row
6 times
6 times
9 times

Attach yarn at other side of neck and work other shoulder to correspond.

BACK YOKE … Work exactly as for Front Yoke up to beginning of neck shaping (5 rows of dots completed). Next row: Work across
71 sts
76 sts
80 sts
Turn and work straight over this last set of sts only until armhole measures same as armhole of Front Yoke. Continue to work edge of opening straight, but shape shoulder exactly as for Front Yoke. Bind off the remaining
19 sts
19 sts
21 sts

for back of neck. Attach yarn and work other side to correspond.

Block back, front and sleeve pieces to measurements given. Sew side seams of back and front. Work a row of sc around lower edge. Steam yoke lightly with hot iron through damp cloth. Sew shoulder seams of yoke. Work a row of sc all around yoke edge, including armhole edges. Work a row of sc around neckline and back opening, making 5 ch-3 button- loops. Sew bottom edges of yoke over­lapping top edges of lower section. Sew sleeve seams. Sew sleeves in, having arm- hole edges of yoke overlapping tops of sleeves. Work 1 row of sc around lower edge of sleeves.

SKIRT

Sizes  
14
16
18

Starting at the bottom with circular knit­ting needle and dark color, cast on
350 sts
364 sts
378 sts
Join, being careful not to twist stitches, and work in stockinette st (k each rnd) for
6"
6½"
7"
Dec 8 sts evenly apart on next rnd, and every 9th rnd thereafter, until there remain
246 sts
260 sts
274 sts
Work straight until piece measures
19"
19½"
20"

Dec 8 sts on next rnd and every 5th rnd thereafter until there remain
182 sts
196 sts
210 sts
Work straight until piece measures
25"
25½"
26"

Bind off. Work ½ inch sc for border around bottom of skirt. Work ½-inch border of sc at top of skirt, then * ch 6, sl st in 4th st to the left on 1st rnd of sc (inside of skirt). Ch 6, sl st in 4th st to the left on last rnd of sc. Repeat from * around. Fasten off. Press skirt through damp cloth. Draw elastic through casing at waistline and adjust to fit.
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