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1950s Evening Two-Piece
Dress #200
Elegant
two-piece, evening dress in a beautiful ribbon knit pattern. The top is short-sleeved, with a delightful,
low scooped neckline. A successful
addition to your multi-season wardrobe.
SIZES:
Directions
are for size 12.
Changes
for sizes 14, 16 and 18 are in brackets.
MATERIALS:
Nomotta
Chromspun Ribbon 4[4-5-5] 100-yd spools:
Skirt: 15 [16-17-18] spools
Blouse: 5 [6-6-7] spools
Nomotta
Mothproof Festive 1-oz skeins:
Skirt: 12 [13-14-15] skeins
Nomotta
Glint 100-yd spools
Skirt: 10 [10-11-11] spools
1
Each #5 and #8 circular knitting needle- 24” length
1
Pair each #4 and #6 straight knitting needles
#6
Steel crochet hook
1
yd 1 ½” elastic
GAUGE:
Skirt: 9 sts = 2”;
6 rnds = 1”.
Blouse: 11 sts = 2”; 13 rnds = 2”.
SKIRT
PATT STITCH:
Rnds
1 thru 8: With 1 strand each
ribbon & yarn, knit.
Rnd
9: With 1 strand each ribbon, yarn &
Glint, knit.
Rnd
10: * K 1, yo, repeat from * around.
Rnd
11: * K 1, drop yo off needle to make along
st; rep from * around.
Rnd
12: Knit--drop Glint at end of rnd.
Rep
rnds 1 thru 12 for patt.
BLOUSE
PATT STITCH: Multiple of 4 sts plus 3.
Rows
1 & 3: Knit.
Row
2 & all even Rows: Purl.
Row
5: * K 3 tog; k in front, k in back, k in
front of next st--3 sts in 1 st; rep from * end
k 3 tog. There will be 2 sts less on needle after this row.
k 3 tog. There will be 2 sts less on needle after this row.
Row
7: K 3 sts in first st as on Row 5. * K 3 tog, k 3 sts in next st; rep from * end
K 3 sts in last st. The 2 sts lost on
Row 5 are added on this row.
Row
9: Work same as Row 5.
Row
11: Work same as Row 7.
Row
12: Purl.
Rep
these 12 rows for patt.
SKIRT:
NOTE: Skirt is worked 27” long. Finished length is 30”, allowing 3” for
blocking.
To
change length, work more or less rnds before first dec round.
With
1 strand each ribbon & yarn tog & #8 circular needle, cast on 520
sts. Join, be careful not to twist
sts. Mark beg of rnds.
Work
straight in patt for 5” [7“-7“-7“].
On
next rnd, * work 13 sts, slip a marker on needle; rep from * around: 40 markers.
Dec
Rnd: * Work to 2 sts before marker, k 2
tog; rep from * around: 40 sts dec.
Rep
this dec rnd every 2” - 7[8-7-7] times more.
Work
straight on 200 [160-200-200] sts for 2”.
Second
Dec Rnd: Start at first marker,
dec 1 st before every other marker around:
20 sts dec.
SIZES
12, 16 & 18 ONLY: Rep 2nd dec
round every 2” - 2[2-1] times more.
ALL
SIZES: Work straight on 140
[140-140-160] sts until skirt measures 26”.
SIZES
12, 14 & 18: Dec 14 [10-10] sts
evenly spaced on the next rnd.
ALL
SIZES: Work straight on 126
[130-140-150] sts until skirt meas 27”.
BAND:
Change
to #5 circular needle & k 1, p 1 in ribbing for 1 ½”. Bind off loosely in ribbing.
FINISHING:
Press
each piece lightly.
Work
1 row of sc around lower edge.
Sew
elastic inside band.
BLOUSE: NOTE: The blouse will appear
short before blocking. Finished length
is 20” [20“-21“-21“], allow 2” for blocking.
BACK:
With
#4 needles, cast on 72 [76-80-84] sts.
K
1, p 1 in ribbing for 3”, inc 3 [7-3-7] sts evenly space across last row.
Change
to #6 needles & work straight in patt on 75 [83-83-91] sts for 12
rows.
Inc
8 sts evenly space across next row.
Work
straight on 83 [91-91-99] sts for 11 rows more.
Inc
12 [8-12-12] sts evenly space across next row.
Work
straight on 95 [99-103-111] sts until piece meas about 11” [11“-11 ½”-11 ½”],
be sure not to end with rows that have 2 sts less.
ARMHOLES:
Bind
off 6 [7-7-7] sts at beg of next 2 rows & 2 sts at beg of next 6 [6-6-8]
rows.
Work
straight on 71 [73-77-81] sts for 1”.
NECK:
Work
first 26 [27-29-31] sts & slip them on a holder, bind off center 19 sts,
work last 26 [27-29-31] sts.
Inc
1 st at arm edge every 6th row 4 times & dec 1 st at neck edge
every other row 10 [11-11-11] times.
Work
straight if necessary on 20 [20-22-24] sts until armhole meas about 6” [6“-6 ½”-6
½”].
SHOULDER:
At
arm edge bind off 8 sts twice & 4 [4-6-8] sts once.
Work
other side to correspond, reverse the shaping.
FRONT:
Work
same as back until 36 rows above ribbing have been completed: 95 [99-103-111] sts on needle.
Rep
rows 9 thru 12 of patt once more.
Cont
to work straight in patt until piece meas about 11 ½” [11 ½”-12“-12“], end with
same row of patt as on back at underarm:
4 rows extra allowed for fullness at bust.
ARMHOLES:
Bind
off 6 [7-7-7] sts at beg of next 2 rows, & 2 sts at beg of next 6 [6-6-8]
rows.
NECK: Work first 26 [27-29-31] sts & slip them
on a holder, bind off center 19 sts, work last 26 [27-29-31] sts.
Dec
1 st at neck edge every other row 3 times.
Cont
to dec 1 st at neck edge every other row 7 [8-8-8] times more, inc 1 st at arm
edge every 6th row 4 times.
Shape
rem of armhole & shoulder as on back.
Work
other side to correspond, reverse the shaping.
FINISHING:
Press
each piece.
Sew
underarm & shoulder seams, using a running back-st except for ribbing which
is sewn with an overcast st.
Work
1 row of 3-st picot around neck & arm edges.
ENJOY!
ABBREVIATIONS:
BEG = Begin
CONT = Continue
DEC = Decrease
INC = Increase
INS = Inches
K = Knit
MEAS = Measure
P = Purl
PATT = Pattern
REM = Remain
REP = Repeat
RND = Round
SC = Single Crochet
SL = Slip
ST = Stitch
TOG = Together
YO = Yarn Over
