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Vintage 1940s Vogue
Surplice Blouse #166
An elegant surplice
blouse with a smocked yoke. Perfect with
your favorite suit, or on its own with a trim skirt. Make a skirt in matching yarn for a lovely
two-piece dress. Just imagine this in
Basic Black!
SIZES:
Directions
are for size 16.
Changes
for sizes 18 and 20 are in brackets
MATERIALS:
Spinnerin
Coquette or Dressy, 12 [13-15] 1-oz skeins
#1
and #2 knitting needles
#4
steel crochet hook
1
Pair shoulder pads
Seam
binding
GAUGE:
15
sts = 2 ins;
1
rows = 1 in
BACK:
With
#1 needles, cast on 100 [110-120] sts.
Work
even in stockinette st for 3 ins. [1 ½
ins are allowed for hem].
Inc
across next row at even intervals to 126 [134-142] sts.
Change
to #2 needles and p back.
Continue
in stockinette st, increasing 1 st each end every 4th row 12 times;
150 [158-166] sts.
Work
even until 10 ½ [11-11] ins from hem or desired length to underarm.
SHAPE
SLEEVE:
Cast
on 12 sts at beg of next 2 rows.
Work
even until sleeve is 5 ½ [6-6 ½] ins.
Work
2 darts in center back of neck.
DARTS:
Place
a marker each side of center 28 [30-32] sts.
Dec
1 st each side of each marker [4 sts decreased] every k row 5 times.
[TO
DEC: Work to within 3 sts of marker, k 2
tog, k 1, sl marker from 1 needle to the other, then k 2 tog].
Work
even until 7 ½ [8-8 n½] ins from beg of sleeve.
SHAPE
SHOULDER:
Bind
off 12 [13-14] sts at beg of next 6 rows.
Bind
off remaining sts.
RIGHT
FRONT:
With
# 1 needles, cast on 90 [96-100] sts.
Work
even in stockinette st for 3 ins.
At
beg of next k row [center front edge] bind off 10 sts, then k 15, inc 1 st in
each of next 30 sts, across.
Change
to #2 needles and p back, casting on 10 sts at end of p row for underlap 120
[126-130] sts.
Work
last 10 sts for underlap in reverse stockinette st throughout [p is right
side].
Work
even for 1 ½ ins.
Place
a marker on needle after first 20 sts at center front edge [border].
Keeping
underarm edge even, dec 1 st inside border [after marker] every 4th
row until is same length as back to underarm.
SHAPE
SLEEVE:
Cast
on 12 sts at beg of next row at sleeve edge.
Continue
to dec 1 st inside border every 4th row until same time, when sleeve
is 3 [3-3 ½] ins work smock-stitch yoke.
YOKE:
On
next k row, p 10, k 10, work in rib of p 2, k 2 across next 54 [58-62] sts, k
to end of row.
P
back, working in ribbing across center 54 [58-62] sts.
Work
in this manner until there are 6 rows of ribbing, ending with wrong side.
7th
row: [Twist Row]: P 10, k 10, p 2, * insert right-hand needle
between the 6th and 7th sts on left-hand needle and draw
up a loop loosely, k 2 tog, p 2, k 2, p 2; repeat from * across ribbing: k across.
Work
7 rows of ribbing then on 8th row, start twist as follows: P 2, k 2, p 2; repeat from * in 7th
row.
Continue
in pattern, alternating twist row every 8th row until same length as
back to shoulder.
SHAPE
SHOULDER:
Bind
off 12 [13-14] sts at beg of underarm edge every other row 3 times, bind off
all but center 20 sts [neckband].
Work
even on these 20 sts until band is a little less than half-way around back of
neck. Bind off.
LEFT
FRONT:
Work
to correspond with Right Front.
FINISHING:
Seam
shoulders and underarm.
Hem
lower edge.
Hem
back underlap.
With
right side facing, work 1 row of sc around sleeves.
Seam
neckband and sew to neck edge, easing in to fit.
Fold
underlap back at neckband and sew.
Sew
2 hooks and eyes at both sides of waistband to close.
Block
to size.
Reinforce
shoulder seams with seam binding.
Tack
in shoulder pads
ENJOY!
