Size 38
Materials:
Chadwick's Red Heart Lustre Knitting Worsted, 28 skeins (1¼ oz. skeins).
Milward's Casein knitting pins, 1 pair No. 6 (4¼ mm. size).
Milward's circular knitting pin No. 6 (4¼ mm. size).
Milward's steel crochet hook No. 5.
3 buttons.
30 inches elastic.
Gauge: 6 sts make 1 inch; 8 rows make 1 inch.
JACKET
Back: Starting at bottom, cast on 96 sts. 1st row: K 5, * p 2, k 10. Repeat from * across, ending row with k 5. 2nd row: P across. Repeat these 2 rows alternately, decreasing 1 st at both ends of every 6th row until 84 sts remain. Work straight until piece measures 6 inches. Then inc. 1 st at both ends of next row and every 4th row thereafter until there are 102 sts on needle. Work straight until piece measures 12 inches.
To Shape Armholes: Bind off 6 sts at beginning of each of next 2 rows. Then dec. 1 st at end of each row until 78 sts remain. Work straight until piece measures 6½ inches from 1st row of armhole shaping. To shape shoulders, bind off 4 sts at beginning of each row until 30 sts remain. Bind off.
Right Front. Starting at bottom, cast on 78 sts. 1st row: * P 2, k 10. Repeat from * across ending row with p 2, k 4. 2nd row: P across. Repeat these 2 rows alternately, decreasing 1 st at underarm side, every 7th row until 72 sts remain. On next row and every 4¼ inches thereafter, make a buttonhole 5 sts in from front edge until 3 buttonholes are made, at the same time, increasing 1 st at underarm side every 8th row 6 times (78 sts). (To make a buttonhole, on one row bind off 4 sts; then, on next row, cast on 4 sts to replace those bound off). Work straight until piece measures 13 inches.
To Shape Armhole: Starting at underarm side, bind off 6 sts once and 2 sts every other row until 18 sts are decreased at armhole edge, at the same time decreasing 1 st at front edge each row until 24 sts remain. Work straight until piece measures 7 inches from 1st row of armhole shaping. To shape shoulder, starting at armhole edge, bind off 8 sts every other row 3 times.
Left Front. Work exactly as for Right Front omitting buttonholes and reversing shapings.
Sleeves. Starting at bottom, cast on 42 sts. 1st row: K 2, * p 2, k 10. Repeat from * across, ending row with k 2. 2nd row: P across. Repeat these 2 rows alternately increasing 1 st at both ends of every 7th row, until there are 78 sts on needle. Work straight until piece measures 17 inches. To shape top of sleeve, bind off 3 sts at beginning of each of next 4 rows. Then dec. 1 st at end of each row until 16 sts remain. Bind off.
Lapel. Starting at outer edge, cast on 50 sts and work as for Right Front, decreasing 1 st at end of 3rd row and every other row at the same edge (edge to be sewed to jacket) until 36 sts remain. Then dec. 1 st at decreased edge each row until all sts are worked off. Make another lapel for opposite side reversing shapings.
Pockets. Starting at bottom, cast on 30 sts. 1st row: K 8, * p 2, k 10. Repeat from * across, ending row with k 8. 2nd row: P across. Repeat these 2 rows alternately, until piece measures 3½ inches. Bind off. Make another same as this.
Belt. Starting at one end, cast on 10 sts and k 4 rows. 5th row: P 2, k 6, p 2. 6th row: P across. Repeat these 2 rows once more. Then work across 1st 5 sts, turn. Work over these 5 sts only for 3 more rows. Break off. Attach yarn and work across next 5 sts for 4 rows. Break off. Attach yarn to 1st st and work across entire row (thus a buttonhole is made). Hereafter repeat the 5th and 6th rows alternately until piece measures 32 inches in all. Then k 4 rows and bind off.
Sew up underarm seams, easing in the extra fullness of Front 1½ inches down from armhole shaping. Sew up shoulder seams. Sew up sleeve seams and sew sleeves in. Sew Lapels to Front shapings. Sew on pockets as in illustration. Sew the end of belt without the buttonhole to Left Front, as in illustration. Sew on buttons to correspond with buttonholes.
SKIRT
Starting at bottom, with circular needle, cast on 276 sts. Join, being careful not to twist sts. 1st rnd: * P 2, k 10. Repeat from * around. 2nd rnd: K around. Repeat these 2 rnds until piece measures 3 inches. * Then on next rnd, dec. 8 sts at equal distances apart and in the stockinette st sections only (there will be 1 st less in each stockinette section where dec. was made). Work straight for 3 inches. Repeat from * until 228 sts remain, but making decreases in stockinette sections where decreases were not made in previous dec. rnd. Work straight until piece measures 22 inches. ** Then make another dec. rnd as before. Work 6 rnds straight. Repeat from ** until 180 sts remain. Work straight until piece measures 30 inches or desired length. Bind off. With crochet hook work a row of s c around top of skirt. Then, * ch 5, sl st in 8th rnd down from top on wrong side and 4 sts to left, ch 5 sl st in 8th st from last st at top edge. Repeat from * around. Run elastic through casing.
