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 |
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Bust |
33" |
35" |
37" |
Shoulder to lower edge |
22" |
22½" |
23" |
Side seam |
14" |
14½" |
14½" |
Sleeve seam |
4" |
4" |
4½" |
SKIRT |
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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. |
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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. |
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FRONT … Work exactly as for Back. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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SKIRT |
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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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