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1950s Vogue
Bareback Cocktail Dress #159
A
bareback dress with crossed straps--they are knitted separately and lined with
ribbon. The whole dress is in a wide rib and has a slightly flaring skirt. The yarn is pure linen, particularly smart in
natural and pretty and feminine in any pastel color.
SIZES: 12, 14, 16.
Directions
are for size 12.
Changes
for sizes 14 and 16 are in brackets.
MATERIALS:
Pauline
Denham Denlin , 7 [8-9] 2 oz skeins
#1
knitting needles
#5
Steel crochet hook
Dress
zipper 10 inches.
GAUGE
:
7
sts = 1 inch;
10
rows = 1 inch
RIB
PATTERN:
1st
row: K 10, * p 2, k 20 [21-22]; repeat from
*, end p 2, k 10.
2nd
row: P 10, * k 2, p 20 [21-22]; repeat from
*, end k 2, p 10. \
Repeat
these 2 rows for pattern.
SKIRT
[Make 2]:
Cast
on 198 [206-214] sts.
Work
in rib pattern.
Work
even for 3 ins., ending with row 2.
1st
dec row [9 sts dec]: K 2 tog at beg of row;
then in center of each k panel across row and end k 10.
Work
even for 3 ½ ins, end with row 2.
2nd
dec row: K 9, then k 2 sts tog
in center of each k panel across, end k 8, k 2 tog.
Work
even for 3 ½ ins, end with row
Continue
to repeat these 2 alternating dec rows every 3 ½ ins 5 times more; then every 1
inch 5 times; 90 [98-106] sts.
Work
even until 30 ins from beg or desired length to waistline.
Bind
off all sts in pattern.
FINISHING:
Sew
seams, leaving upper left side free for 5 ins.
Work
2 rows of sc around upper and lower edges; 1 row around side opening.
Make
a casing for elastic inside waistline.
Block.
BLOUSE
BACK: RIB PATTERN:
1ST
row: K 4, * p 2, k 8 [9-10]; repeat from *,
end p 2, k 4.
2nd
row: P 4, * k 2, p 8 [9-10]; repeat from *,
end k 2, p 4.
Repeat
these 2 rows for blouse.
Cast
on 90 [98-106 sts.
Work
in rib pattern.
Work
even for ½ in, end with row2.
Inc
row: Inc 1 st each end and in center of each
k panel; 100 [108-116] sts.
Work
even until 3 ins from beg, end with row 1.
Next
row: Work across 44 [47-50]
sts, bind off center 22 [24-26] sts, work last 44 [47-50] sts.
Attach another ball of yarn at center edge and
work both sides at once.
At
each arm edge, inc
1 st; then every ¾ in [¾-1] in 5 [4-3] times more; at the same time, at
each center edge, dec 1 st every row 50 [52-54] times.
FRONT:
Work
as for back until there are 110 [118-126] sts.
Then
inc 1 st each end every ¾ [¾-1] in 6
[5-4] times; 122 [128-134] sts.
Work
even until 8 [8-8 ½] ins from beg.
SHAPE
ARMHOLES:
Bind
off 6 [7-8] sts at beg of next 2 rows.
Dec
1 st each end every other row 7 times; 96 [100-104] sts.
Work
even until armholes are 6 ¼ [6 ½-6 ½] ins.
SHAPE
NECK:
Work
across 29 sts and sl these sts on holder; bind off center 38 [42-46] sts; work
across last 29 sts.
Working
on one side only, at center edge, bind off 3 sts every other row 5 times [14
sts].
Work
even until armhole is 7 ¼ [7 ½-7 ½] ins.
SHAPE
SHOULDER:
At
arm edge, bind off 7 sts every other row twice.
Work
other side to correspond, reversing shaping.
STRAPS
[Make 2]:
Cast
on 14 sts.
Work
even in stockinette st for 14 [14 ½-15] ins.
Bind off.
FINISHING:
Sew
side seams, leaving left side at lower edge free for 5 ins.
Sew
a band to each shoulder.
Work
2 rows of sc around back, armhole, neck and straps; and 1 row around side
opening. Block.
Face
straps with taffeta.
Cross
straps and sew ends to each center edge of back.
Sew
blouse to skirt.
Run
elastic through casing.
Sew
in side zipper.
ENJOY!
