Flight 2 Piece Suit Pattern | Size 16

Size 16

1 Pr. No. 3 Steel Needles

Scale: 7 sts. to 1 inch; 11 rows to 1 inch

MINERVA FEATHERDOWN
Radiance No. 1082 … 14 Balls

The suit is made in pattern with Moss St. trim­ming.

PATTERN: A multiple of 14 sts.

Rows 1, 3, 5, 7—* K. 7 (knitting in back of each st.), work in Moss St. (P. 1, K. 1) for 7 sts., re­peat from * across row.

Rows 2, 4, 6, 8—* work in Moss St. (P. 1, K. 1) for 7 sts., P. 7, repeat from * across row.

Rows 9, 11, 13, 15—* work in Moss St. (P. 1, K. 1) for 7 sts., K. 7 (working in back of each st.), repeat from * across row.

Rows 10, 12, 14, 16—* P. 7, work in Moss St. (P. 1, K. 1) for 7 sts., repeat from * across row.

BLOUSE: Back—Cast on 112 sts. and work in pattern decreasing 1 st. each side every 1½ inches 4 times. (104 sts. on needle.) Work 1½ inches even then increase 1 st. each side. Increase 1 st. each side every inch 3 times, then every ½ inch 7 times. (126 sts. on needle.) When work measures 15 inches from start, bind off 7 sts. at the begin­ning of each of the next 2 rows, then decrease 1 st. each side every other row 9 times. (94 sts.)

When work measures 7 inches straight up from the bound off sts. at underarm, bind off 6 sts. at the beginning of each of the next 10 rows. Bind off remaining 34 sts. for back of neck.

Right Front—Cast on 71 sts. Work first 15 sts. in Moss St. and last 56 sts. in pattern. Work these first 15 sts. in Moss St. up the entire front edge, working the rest of the front in pattern. When work measures ½ inch from start, decrease 1 st. at side edge, then decrease 1 st. at side edge every inch 5 times. At the same time, when work meas­ures 1 inch from start, work a buttonhole in front band as follows:

Working from front edge, work 6 sts., bind off 4 sts., work across row. Next row cast on 4 sts. over the bound off sts. All buttonholes are made in this manner. Work a buttonhole at front edge every 3 inches 6 more times.

When decreases at side edge are completed, in­crease 1 st. at side edge every inch 4 times then every ½ inch 7 times.

When work measures 15 inches from start, bind off 7 sts. once at side edge, then decrease 1 st. on same edge every other row 14 times.

When work measures 20 inches from start (1 inch above last buttonhole), bind off the 15 sts. which have been worked in Moss St., then de­crease at neck edge 1 st. every 3rd row 10 times.

At the same time, when work measures 7 inches straight up from the bound off sts. at underarm, bind off 6 sts. at armhole edge every other row 5 times.

Left Front—Work to correspond to Right Front omitting buttonholes.

Sleeves—Cast on 56 sts. and work in pattern, in­creasing 1 st. each side every inch 13 times, then every ½ inch 4 times, being careful to keep pat­tern even. When work measures 16 inches from start, bind off 7 sts. at the beginning of each of the next 2 rows. Decrease 1 st. each side every other row 24 times, then 1 st. each side every row 7 times. Bind off remaining 14 sts.

Cuffs—Cast on 59 sts. and work even in Moss St. for 2 inches, bind off.

Collar—Cast on 157 sts. Working in Moss St. throughout, work over 78 sts., mark next st., work across row. Decrease 1 st. at the beginning of every row, and at the same time, K. 2 tog. each side of the marked st. every 6th row until work measures 4 inches, measured straight.

Pockets—(make 4). Cast on 28 sts. and work in pattern for 3 inches. Change to Moss St. and work 1 inch even, bind off.

Sew shoulder seams, sew sleeves in place, sew underarm and sleeve seams, sew collar, cuffs, and pockets in place.

SKIRT: Make 2 gores exactly the same. Cast on 182 sts., and working in pattern, work even for 4 inches. Decrease 1 st. each side, then decrease 1 st. each side every inch 18 times, then every ½ inch 17 times. Work ½ inch even (skirt measures 31 inches), bind off.

Sew seams, work 2 rows S. C. around bottom of skirt. Work beading at top for elastic.