Hamilton Smock St. Blouse Pattern | Size 16

Size 16

1 No. 2 Steel Circular Skirt Needle

1 No. 3 Steel Circular Skirt Needle

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

BLOUSE—MINERVA MIRVENA
White No. 1800 … 4 Balls
Red No. 1829 … 1 Ball
Navy No. 1819 … 1 Ball

Color Alternation
White 1 Pattern (4 rows)
Red 1 Pattern
White 1 Pattern
Navy 1 Pattern

Skirt: Navy No. 1819 … 6 Balls

PATTERN: (Multiple of 3 sts. plus 2).

Row 1—(Wrong side of work), K. 1, * Y. O. needle from right to left, then under needle (all Y. O.'s in pattern are done in this manner), slip 1 (as if to purl), K. 2 sts. tog., repeat from * across row, ending K. 1.

Row 2—(Right side of work), K. 3, * slip the Y. O. of previous row (inserting needle through back of st. towards you), K. 2, repeat from * across row, ending slip 1, K. 1.

Row 3—K. 1, * K. 2 tog., Y. O., slip 1, repeat from * across row, ending K. 1.

Row 4—K. 2, * slip 1 (as in Row 2), K. 2, re­peat from * across row.

Repeat these 4 rows for pattern. To work in­creasing pattern, work first 2 rows same, then work 3rd and 4th rows as follows:

Row 3—K. 1, * Y. O., K. 2 (instead of K. 2 tog.), slip 1, repeat from * across row ending K. 1.

Row 4—Knit across all sts.

When increasing on 3rd row of pattern, K. each st. across next row, then start again with pattern Row 1.

BLOUSE: Starting at neck with No. 2 Needle and White, cast on 101 sts. Working back and forth for entire yoke, knit 6 rows, then work 1 pattern. Join Red and work 1 increasing pattern. Work 1 pattern in White, work 1 increasing pat­tern in Blue, knitting the last 2 sts. of the 4th row tog. Work 1 pattern in White, 1 in Red, 1 in White, then 1 increasing pattern in Blue, knitting 2 sts. tog. at the beginning and end of 4th row. Change to No. 3 Steel Needle and work 1 pattern in White, 1 in Red, 1 in White, then 1 increasing pattern in Blue, knitting every 14th and 15th sts. tog. across 4th row. Work 1 pattern in White, 1 in Red, 1 in White, 1 in Blue. Repeat last four patterns.

Join sts. and with White work in plain knitting. Working from joining (center back) K. 44, in­crease in next st., put a marker on needle, increase in next st., K. 50 (sleeve), increase in next st., put a marker on needle, increase in next st., K. 97 (front), increase in next st., put a marker on needle, increase in next st., K. 50 (sleeve), in­crease in next st., put marker on needle, increase in next St., K. 44. Work 1 row even. Increase in this manner 1 st. each side of each of the 4 markers, every other row until there are 137 sts. on the front between markers, 90 sts. on each sleeve between markers, 128 sts. on back between markers.

Place all sts. on a st. holder except the sts. of right sleeve. Working back and forth in Stockin­ette St. on these 90 sts., increase 1 st. each side every 1½ inches 8 times. When work measures 14 inches from separation, K. 2 sts. tog. across row. Then work even in pattern for 5 inches, using same alternation of colors as yoke. Change to White and Stockinette St. and increase 1 st. in each st. across row (106 sts. on needle). Work even in Stockinette St. for 1 inch, bind off.

Pick up sts. of left sleeve from st. holder and work same as right sleeve.

Pick up the 265 sts. remaining on st. holder. Join. Working around in plain knitting, work even for 8 inches, bind off. Work beading at bottom of blouse for elastic.

Sew sleeve seams, work loops at neck opening for buttons. Work 1 row S. C. in Red around edges of cuffs.

SKIRT: See skirt instruction for Lucky Piece Skirt Pattern. Use No. 2 Needle.