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Vintage
1946 Modernistic Design Jacket #148
Fashion Note: Wear this jacket with a skirt the same color
as the contrasting lines and presto -- a
trim little suit.
SIZE:
12
[ 14, 16, 18 ]
MATERIALS:
Dritz
Luxury Knitting Worsted 4 [ 4, 5, 5 ] 4 oz skeins, also a few yards of
contrasting color.
Pair
#4 knitting needles
Pair
#6 knitting needles
#1
Steel crochet hook
7
Buttons
Shoulder
pads
MEASUREMENTS:
Bust
-- 32 [ 34, 36, 38 ]
Length
from back of neck -- 22 [ 22 ½, 22 ½, 23 ] ins.
Side seam -- 14 [ 14, 14, 14 ] ins.
Sleeve seam -- 17 ½ [ 18, 18, 18 ½ ] ins.
Width of sleeve -- 13 [ 14, 14, 15 ] ins
GAUGE:
5 ½ sts = 1 in;
7 rows = 1 in.
BACK:
With #6 needles, cast on 78 [ 84, 90, 96 ] sts.
Work 4 rows of k 1, p 1 ribbing.
Then work in stockinette st, dec 1 st at both ends when Back
measures 2 ins and every 1 in until 72 [ 78, 84, 90 ] sts remain.
Work straight until Back measures 5 ins.
Change to #4 needles and work straight for 1 in.
Change to #6 needles, inc 1 st at both ends of next row and every
6th row until there are 90 [ 96, 102, 108 ] sts.
Work straight until Back measures 14 ins in all.
ARMHOLES:
Bind off 5 [ 6, 7, 8 ] sts at beg of next 2 rows.
Dec 1 st at both ends of every other row until 72 [ 76, 80, 84 ]
sts remain.
Work straight until armhole measures 2 [ 2 ½, 2 ½, 3 ] ins.
Work 2 rows of contrasting color.
With main color work until armhole measures 4 [ 4 ½, 4 ½, 5 ] ins.
Work 2 rows of contrasting color.
With main color work until armhole measures 7 [ 7 ½, 7 ½, 8 ] ins.
SHOULDERS:
Bind off 5 [ 6, 7, 8 ] sts at beg of next 2 rows and 6 sts at beg
of following 6 rows.
Bind off remaining 26 [ 28, 30, 32 ] sts for back of neck.
LEFT FRONT:
With main color and #6 needles, cast on 44 [ 47, 50, 53 ] sts.
Work 4 rows of k 1, p 1, ribbing.
Then work in stockinette st dec 1 st at side edge when Front
measures 2 ins and every 1 in until 41 [ 44, 47, 50 ] sts remain.
Work straight until Front measures 5 ins.
Change to #4 needles and work straight for 1 in.
Change
to #6 needles inc 1 st at side edge on next row and every 6th row
until there are 50 [ 53, 56, 59 ] sts.
Work
straight until Front measures 14 ins in all.
ARMHOLE:
Bind
off 5 [ 6, 7, 8 ] sts at side edge once.
Dec
1 st at armhole edge on every other row until 41 [ 43, 45, 47 ] sts remain.
Work
straight until armhole measures 2 [ 2 ½, 2 ½, 3 ] ins ending at front edge.
Next
row: With main color work across 12 sts,
work remainder of row with contrasting color.
Following
row: With contrasting color work across
to last 12 sts, work remainder of row with main color.
Work
with main color until armhole measures 4 [ 4 ½, 4 ½, 5 ] ins, ending at front
edge.
Next
row: With main color work across 24 sts,
work remainder of row with contrasting color.
Following
row: With contrasting color work across
to last 24 sts, work remainder of row with main color.
With
main color work until armhole measures 6 [ 6 ½, 6 ½, 7 ] ins. Ending at front
edge.
NECK:
Bind
off 18 [ 19, 20, 21 ] sts.
Work
straight over remaining 23 [ 24, 25, 26 ] sts until armhole measures 7 [ 7 ½, 7
½, 8 ] ins.
SHOULDER:
Starting
at armhole edge bind off 5 [ 6, 7, 8 ] sts once.
Starting
at same edge bind off 6 sts every other row 3 times.
Place
a pin in front edge of Left Front 6 ins up from lower edge; place another pin ½
in down from neck edge.
Place
5 pins, evenly spaced between -- this is to mark position of 7 buttonholes on
Right Front.
RIGHT
FRONT:
Work
to correspond with Left Front reversing shapings; when piece reaches 1st
pin on Left Front, make a buttonhole as follows:
Starting
at front edge, work across 2 sts, bind off next 2 sts, complete row.
Open
next row, cast on 2 sts to replace those sts bound off.
SLEEVES:
With
main color and #6 needles cast on 38 [ 44, 44, 50 ] sts.
Work
4 rows of k 1, k 1 ribbing.
Change
to stockinette st, inc 1 st at both ends of next row and every 1 in until there
are 70 [ 76, 76, 82 ] sts.
Work
straight until Sleeve measures 17n ½ [ 18, 18, 18 ½ ] ins.
TOP: Bind off 5 [ 6, 6, 7 ] sts at beg of next 2
rows.
Dec
1 st at both ends of every other row until 52 [ 56, 56, 60 ] sts remain.
Work
straight until top measures 2 [ 2 ½, 2 ½, 3 ] ins.
Work
2 rows of contrasting color.
With
main color work until top measures 4 [ 4 ½, 4 ½, 5 ] ins.
Work
2 rows of contrasting color.
With
main color work 2 rows, then bind off 4 sts at beg of each row until 20 [ 24,
24, 20 ] sts remain. Bind off.
FINISHING:
Press
pieces through a damp cloth.
Sew
side, shoulder and sleeve seams.
Sew
sleeves in, matching stripes.
Work
a row of sc along front and neck edges.
Sew
on buttons.
With
contrasting color, work 2 rows of chain st on each front, working down from
ends of stripes for 4 ins.
Sew
in shoulder pads.
If
desired, seam tape can be sewn on wrong side of waistline.
ENJOY!
