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Vintage
1947 Floral Lace Girl’s Party Dress #B182
SIZE:
2-3 Years
MATERIALS:
Bernat’s Pompador - 4 balls
Pair #4 Knitting Needles
#2 Steel Crochet Hook
6 Small Pearl Buttons
1 Skein each of green & blue Embroidery
Floss
GAUGE: 6
½ sts = 1”; 8 rows = 1”
PATTERN
STITCH: Multiple
of 12 sts, plus 1.
1st row:
K
5, * yo, sl 1, k 2 tog, psso, yo, k 9, rep from * across row end k 5.
2nd row & all even rows: P.
3rd row:
K
3, * k 2 tog, yo, k 3, yo, sl 1, k 1, psso, k 5, rep from * across row end k 3.
5th row:
Same
as row 1.
9th row: K 2 tog, * yo, k 9, yo, sl 1, k 2 tog, psso, rep from * across row & end yo, sl
1, k 1, psso.
11th row:
K
2, * yo, sl 1, k 1, psso, k 5, k 2 tog, yo, k 3, rep from * across row &
end
k 2.
k 2.
13th row:
Same
as row 9.
15th row:
K.
16th row: P.
Rep these 16 rows for patt st.
DRESS: BACK:
On #4 needles, cast on 145 sts. K
6 rows [3 ridges], p 1 row, k 1 row, p 1 row.
Work rows 1 thru 7, inclusive, of patt st. P 1 row, k 4 rows [2 ridges], p 1 row, 1 row,
p 1 row.
Work in patt st til piece meas
approx 8” end with row 13 of patt st.
14th row:
P 2
tog 24 times, p 49, p 2 tog 24 times: 97
sts on the needle.
15th row:
K 2
tog 12 times, k 49, k 2 tog 12 times: 73
sts on the needle.
16th row:
P
across. Now keep 12 sts at each end of
needle in st st k 1 row, p 1 row] & keep the center 49 sts in patt st.
Work even for 1”.
Still keep 49 center sts in patt st, start
armholes.
SHAPE ARMHOLES:
Bind off 3 sts at beg of
next 2 rows [once each side].
Work even
on 67 sts til armhole meas 4 ½”, end on row 13 of patt st.
SHAPE SHOULDERS:
Bind off 20 sts at beg
of next 2 rows [once each side].
Bind
off center 27 sts for back of neck.
FRONT:
Work in same manner as for back til
armholes measure approx 3”, end with row 8 of the patt st.
Next row: K 25, bind off 17, k
25.
Tie in second ball & work both
sides at same time.
Keep all sts in st
st & dec 1 st at the inside edges every other row til 20 sts remain.
Work even til armholes meas same length as
the back. Bind off.
SLEEVES:
Cast on 40 sts.
K 5 rows.
Next row: K 4, * inc by knitting
into front & back of next st, k 3; rep from * across row: 49 sts on needle.
Work in patt st, inc 1 st both ends of needle every 4th
row 3 times.
Work even on 55 sts til
sleeve meas 2” from start.
SHAPE SLEEVE CAP:
Bind off 3 sts at beg
of next 2 rows [once each side].
Dec 1
st at beg & end of every other row til 25 sts remain. K 2 tog across row. Bind off.
FINISHING:
Join side seams & sleeve seams.
Join shoulder seams at the arm sides for ½”.
Set in sleeves.
Work 3 rows of sc across entire back [2
shoulders & neck]. Fasten off.
With right side of work facing you, work 1
row of sc across left front shoulder, around front neck formation & across
right shoulder.
On second row of sc form
3 buttonholes, evenly spaced, on each shoulder.
BUTTONHOLE:
Ch 2, sk 2 sc &
work in sc to next buttonhole.
On the 3rd
row of sc complete buttonholes by placing 2 sc in each space made by ch 2.
Press dress with damp cloth & moderate
iron.
Embroider roses in blue &
leaves in green in the center of 3 center lace-stitch flowers, as shown in
photo.
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