Free Pattern - Vintage 1939 Sunny Isle Dress with 8 Gore Skirt #111

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Vintage 1939 Sunny Isle Dress with 8 Gore Skirt #111

Back to slim simplicity in this square neck dress with drop stitch lines in blouse and the eight-gore skirt—wear a contrasting belt for a fillip of color.

SIZE:  16

MATERIALS: 

Royal Society Chateau Crepe, 9 skeins [2 oz skeins]
Milward’s Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair #2 [2 3/4 mm]
29” Circular Knitting Pin #2 [2 3/4 mm]
4 Small Buttons                               

1/4 yd Crinoline
1 yd Narrow Elastic                         

Leather Belt

MEASUREMENTS AFTER BLOCKING: 
Bust-36”. 

Length from top of shoulder to waistline-16”. 

Length of sleeve, underarm seam-4 ¼”. 

Waist-30”. 

Hips-39”. 

Length of skirt-28”. 

Width of hem-62”.

PATTERN:

Dress is worked in stockinette stitch [st st]. 

Vertical drop-stitch rows are made by dropping stitches at various intervals.

GAUGE: 

8 sts = 1”;

10 rows = 1”.

BLOUSE:  BACK: 

Start at bottom, with straight needles cast on 93 sts & p across.

2nd row:  K 28, * O, k 2 tog, k 4.  Rep from * 5 more times, O, k 2 tog, k 27.

Hereafter work in st st [ k 1 row, p 1 row], inc 1 st at both ends of every 4th row until there are 125 sts on needle. 

Work straight until piece meas 8”.

TO SHAPE ARMHOLES: 

Bind off 6 sts at beg of each of next 4 rows. 

Then dec 1 st at end of each row until 89 sts rem. 

Work straight until piece meas 2 ½” from 1st row of armhole shaping.

Next row:  K 26, drop next st, cast on 2 sts, k 35, drop next st, cast on 2 sts, k rem sts. 

Dropped sts should fall directly over “yarn over’s” of 2nd row. 

Cont to work straight [92 sts] for another 1 ½”.

Next row:  K 35, * drop next st, cast on 2 sts, k 5.  Rep from * 3 more times; drop next st, cast on 2 sts, k 33 [7 dropped sts in all]. 

Cont to work in st st only for another 1 ½” [96 sts].  

On next row, with right side of work toward you, k across 1st 48 sts, turn [thus start center back opening]. 

Work over these 48 sts only until piece meas 7 ¼” from 1st row of armhole shaping. 

To shape shoulder, start at armhole edge, bind off 4 sts every other row until 20 sts rem.  Bind off. 

Attach yarn to base of center back opening & work to correspond with opposite side.  Ravel all dropped stitches down to “yarn over’s” of 2nd row.

FRONT: 

Start at bottom, with straight needles cast on 103 sts & p across.

2nd row:  K 33, * O, k 2 tog, k 4.  Rep from * 5 more times; O, k 2 tog, k 32. 

Now work in st st, inc 1 st at both ends of every 6th row until there are 127 sts on needle. 

Work straight until piece meas 8” in all.

TO SHAPE ARMHOLES: 

Bind off 6 sts at beg of each of next 4 rows. 

Then dec 1 st at end of each row until 89 sts rem. 

Work straight until piece meas 2 ¾” from 1st row or armhole shaping. 

Cont as for Back until 7 dropped stitches are completed. 

Work straight until piece meas 5 ½” from 1st row or armhole shaping. 

On next row, with right side of work toward you, k across 1st 28 sts, bind off 40 sts [for neck], k rem 28 sts. 

Work over these 28 sts only until piece meas 6 ½” from 1st row of armhole shaping. 

To shape shoulder, start at armhole edge, bind off 4 sts every other row until all sts are bound off. 

Attach yarn at opposite side of neck edge & work to correspond. 

Ravel all dropped stitches down to “yarn over’s” of 2nd row.

SLEEVES: 

Start at bottom, with straight needles cast on 86 sts. 

Work in ribbing of k 2, p 2, for ¾”, inc 10 sts at equal distances apart on last row. 

Then work in st st, inc 1 st at both ends of every 4th row until there are 112 sts on needle. 

Work straight until piece meas 4 ¼” in all. 

To shape top of sleeve, bind off 6 sts at beg of each of next 2 rows. 

Then dec 1 st at end of each row until 48 sts rem. 

Now bind off 2 sts at beg of each row until 24 sts rem.  Bind off.

Sew up underarm & shoulder seams. 

Sew up sleeve seams & sew sleeves in, fold extra fullness into 5 pleats, 1” apart, at top. 

Work a row of sc along neck edge and both sides of opening, making for ch-6 button loops on right side. 

Sew on buttons to correspond. 

Attach yarn to side seam at bottom of blouse, ch 7, * sk 2 sts, tr in next st, ch 3.  Rep from * around [thus making a beading for elastic]. 

Sew in shoulder pads.

SKIRT: 

Start at bottom, with circular needle cast on 464 sts.  Join, be careful not to twist sts.

1st rnd:  K 57, * O, k 2 tog, k 56.  Rep from * around, end with O, k 2 tog [464 sts]. 

Mark k2 tog with safety pin as end of rnd. 

Mark all “yarn over’s” with colored thread.  These colored threads indicate places where stitches are to be dropped in order to form panels; therefore no decs must be made over these sts. 

** Work in st st [k each rnd] for 18 rnds.

Next rnd:  K 12, k 2 tog [dec], * k 28, k 2 tog, k 26, k 2 tog.  Rep from * around [thus dec 2 sts in each panel, bet colored threads]. End with k 13. 

Rep from ** until 288 sts rem, make decs above prev ones. 

Then dec 16 sts [2 sts bet panel sts] on one rnd every inch until 208 sts rem [26 sts in each panel]. 

Work straight until piece meas 27” in all.

Next row:  K 24, * drop next st, cast on 2 sts, k 25.  Rep from * around.  Bind off but do not break off; make a beading as for blouse all around top of skirt.  Fasten off. 

Ravel all dropped stitches down to “yarn over’s” of 1st row.

Run elastic through beadings of skirt & blouse at one time, & sew ends together.

ENJOY! 

HANDY ABBREVIATIONS:

*                                   repeat the instructions following the single asterisk as directed

* *                                repeat instructions between asterisks as many times as directed or                                      repeat from a given set of instructions

”                                   inch(es)

Alt                              alternate

Approx                      approximately

Beg                             begin/beginning

Bet                             between

Bl                                back loop(s)

Bo                               bobble

Bp                               back post

Bpdc                          back post double crochet

Bpsc                           back post single crochet

Bptr                           back post treble/triple crochet

Ca                               color A

Cb                               color B

Cc                               contrasting color

Ch                               chain stitch

Ch                               refers to chain or space previously

made: e.g                  ch-1 space

ch-sp                          chain space

Cl                               cluster

Cm                              centimeter(s)

Compl                                    complete

Cont                           continue

Dc                               double crochet

Dc2tog                      double crochet 2 stitches together

Dec                             decrease/decreases/decreasing

Dtr/Dtrc                   double treble/triple crochet

fl                                front loop(s)

Foll                            follow/follows/following

Fp                               front post

Fpdc                           front post double crochet

Fpsc                           front post single crochet

Fptr                           front post treble/triple crochet

G                                 gram

Hdc                            half double crochet

Hk                               hook

Inc                               increase/increases/increasing

Incl                             inclusive

K                                 knit

lp(s)                           loop(s)

M                                 meter(s)

M                                 mesh

Mc                               main color

Meas                          measure

Mm                              millimeter(s)

O                                 over (yarn over)

Oz                               ounce(s)

P                                 picot or purl

Pat(s) or patt          pattern(s)

Pc st or Pc              popcorn stitch

Pm                               place marker

Prev                           previous

PSSO                         pass slip stitch over

Rem                            remain/remaining

Rep                             repeat(s)

Rnd(s)                        round(s)

Rs                               right side

Sc                               single crochet

Sc2tog                      single crochet 2 stitches together

Sdc                             short double crochet (half double crochet)

Sk                               skip

Sl st                           slip stitch

Sp(s)                          space(s)

St(s)                           stitch(es)

Tch or t-ch               turning chain

Tbl                              through back loop

Tog                             together

Tr or Trc                  treble/triple crochet

Trtrc or T Trc         triple treble/triple crochet

Ws                              wrong side

YB                               yarn back

Yd(s)                          yard(s)

YF                               yarn forward

Yo                               yarn over

Yoh                             yarn over hook