Illusion Blouse Pattern #1192

SIZE 16

MATERIALS: Chadwick's Red Heart Baby Wool, 5 balls (1 oz. balls).
Milward's Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size) and 1 pair No. 5 (4 mm. size).
4 small buttons.
Crinoline shoulder pads.

MEASUREMENTS AFTER BLOCKING: Bust—36 inches. Width across back at underarm—18 inches. Width across back at shoulder—13½ inches. Width across front at underarm—18 inches. Length from underarm to lower edge—11 inches. Length of sleeve, underarm seam—4½ inches. Width of sleeve at underarm—13 inches.

GAUGE: 7 sts make 1 inch; 10 rows make 1 inch.

BACK … Starting at bottom, with No. 5 needles cast on 95 sts. 1st row: (Right side) * P 3, k 1. Repeat from * across, ending with p 3. 2nd row: * K 3, p 1. Repeat from * across, ending with k 3. 3rd row: * P 3; into next st make k 1, p 1, k 1, p 1 and k 1; then p 3, k 1. Repeat from * across, ending with p 3; into next st make k 1, p 1, k 1, p 1 and k 1; then p 3. 4th row: * K 3, p 5, k 3, p 1. Repeat from * across, ending with k 3, p 5, k 3. 5th row: * P 3, k 5, p 3, k 1. Repeat from * across, ending with p 3, k 5, p 3. 6th row: Same as 4th row. 7th row: * P 3, p 5 tog., p 3, k 1. Repeat from * across, ending with p 3, p 5 tog., p 3. 8th, 9th and 10th rows: Repeat 2nd, 1st and 2nd rows. 11th row: * P 3, k 1, p 3; into next st make k 1, p 1, k 1, p 1, and k 1. Repeat from * across, ending with p 3, k 1, p 3. 12th row: * K 3, p 1, k 3, p 5. Repeat from * across, ending with k 3, p 1, k 3. 13th row: * P 3, k 1, p 3, k 5. Repeat from * across, ending with p 3, k 1, p 3. 14th row: Same as 12th row. 15th row: * P 3, k 1, p 3, p 5 tog. Repeat from * across, ending with p 3, k 1, p 3. 16th row: Same as 2nd row. These 16 rows constitute the pattern. Work in pattern until piece measures 3 inches; then inc. 1 st at both ends of next row and every 7th row thereafter until there are 113 sts on needle. Work straight until piece measures 11 inches.

TO SHAPE ARMHOLES: Bind off 7 sts at beginning of next 2 rows. Then dec. 1 st at end of each row until 85 sts remain. Next row: With right side toward you, work in pattern across 1st 39 sts, k 7, turn—thus starting center back opening. Following row: K 7, work in pattern across. Repeat these last 2 rows alternately 3 more times. Work in pattern, keeping the 7 sts at center back k sts and making a buttonhole 3 sts in from center back edge on next row and every 1¾ inches thereafter until 4 buttonholes in all are made—to make a buttonhole, k 3, O, k 2 tog., k 2. Work straight until piece measures 7 inches from 1st row of armhole shaping. To shape shoulder, starting at armhole edge, bind off 7 sts every other row 4 times. Bind off remaining sts. Break off. Cast on 7 sts and, starting at base of center back opening, work across remaining 39 sts (46 sts in all) to correspond, omitting buttonholes.

FRONT … Work exactly as for Back until armhole shaping is completed (85 sts). Work straight until piece measures 6 inches from 1st row of armhole shaping. Next row: Work in pattern across 1st 35 sts, bind off 15 sts (thus starting neck shaping), and continue in pattern across remaining 35 sts. Hereafter work over the last 35 sts only, decreasing 1 st at neck edge every other row until 30 sts remain but, when piece measures 7 inches from 1st row of armhole shaping, shape shoulder by binding off 10 sts at armhole edge every other row 3 times. Break off. Work opposite side to correspond.

SLEEVES … Cast on 70 sts on No. 3 needles and work 1 inch in ribbing of k 1, p 1, increasing 9 sts on last row. Change to No. 5 needles and work in pattern as for Back, increasing 1 st at both ends of every 3rd row until there are 97 sts. Work straight until piece measures 4½ inches in all. To shape top of sleeve, bind off 3 sts at beginning of next 2 rows. Dec. 1 st at end of each row until 39 sts remain. Bind off 4 sts at beginning of each row until 15 sts remain. Bind off.

COLLAR. Right Half … Starting at outer edge, with No. 3 needles cast on 48 sts and work 1⅜ inches in ribbing of k 1, p 1. Then bind off 16 sts every other row until all sts are bound off (this to be neck edge). Left Half … Work to correspond with Right Half.

Sew up underarm and shoulder seams. Sew up sleeve seams and sew in sleeves, using extra fullness of sleeve to make 3 pleats at top. Sew collar to neck edge. Sew on buttons. Sew in shoulder pads.