Directions for LADIES’ SWEATER WITH GIRDLE

Size 38

Materials:

16 Balls of Coronet Vicuna; Color, Shadow Lawn; 3 Balls of Same; Color, Leather; 1 Pair of Amber or Bone Knitting Needles, No. 7; 1 Bone Crochet Hook, No. 4; 1 Steel Hook, No. 2. For Buttons and Caps on Tassels: 6 Button Molds, Ball Shape.

Directions:

With green yarn cast on 88 sts., knit 8 ridges plain. Knit 4 needles in ribbing of 4 plain and 4 purl. Knit the next 4 needles in same ribbing, but alternate the plain to the purl and the purl to the plain, thereby forming the block pattern. Continue in this manner in block pattern until there are 4 sets of blocks, then knit plain for 57 ridges, decreasing 1 st. at the beginning and end of every 8th ridge for 6 times, so that only 76 sts. will remain on needle. Cast on 50 sts. on each side of work for sleeves. Knit 22 ridges on these 176 sts. The work now reaches to the neck. Knit 79 sts. and put on a safety pin, bind off 18 for neck, and knit one ridge on the other 79 sts. Then add one st. in every ridge at front for V neck for 20 ridges. When sleeves are 44 ridges wide in all bind off the 50 sts. of sleeve and knit on the remaining 49 sts. for 57 ridges, at the same time increasing 1 st. at under-arm side of work in every 8th ridge for 6 times. There will then be 55 sts. on needle. Knit the 4 blocks in pattern like on back, then the 8 plain ridges. Bind off loosely, and take other 79 sts. off pin at neck, and work second front in same manner. Sew up under-arm and sleeve seams.

Ladies’ Sweater with Girdle

Cuff: Pick up 36 sts. on sleeve by taking 2 sts. together now and then. Knit 4 inches in ribbing of 2 plain and 2 purl. Now fasten “leather” yarn and knit 5 ridges, then 3 ridges green, 5 ridges leather, 3 green, 5 ridges leather. Bind off.

Collar: With “leather” yarn cast on 3 sts., knit, increasing 1 st. at one side of work only in every 8ridge until there are 26 sts. on needle. Now knit 90 ridges on these 26 sts., then decrease 1 st. at the uneven side of collar in every ridge until but 3 remain. Bind off. Finish around uneven side of collar with a row of single crochet from point to point. Sew to neck.

Girdle: With green yarn cast on 3 sts., knit, increasing 1 st. at one side of work only in every ridge until there are 16 sts. on needle, then knit plain for 76 ridges. Now cast on 28 sts. on one side of work, and, having 44 sts. in all, knit 22 ridges. Bind off the 28 sts. that were cast on and continue knitting on the other 16 sts. for 76 ridges. Reduce to a point by decreasing 1 st. in every ridge, at one side only, until 3 sts. remain. Bind off and finish with row of single crochet all around girdle.

Crochet Caps on Tassels: With steel hook chain 3 and join in a ring. Work 6 single crochet in ring. In next round work 2 single crochet in each st., having 12 in all. Now work round and round, having 1 st. in each st., until cap is one inch in length. Make a tassel by winding yarn over a 4-inch card board until the desired thickness is obtained. Cut and tie in center, and slip cap over tassel, tie to girdle.

Finish fronts of sweater with a row of single crochet, working button loops at left side by beginning at collar, chain 5 very tight, skip 3 ridges, work 9 single crochet in succession, and work two more button loops in same manner. Work one row of single crochet over this row.

Buttons: With steel hook chain 3 and join in ring. Work 6 single crochet in ring. In second round work 2 single crochet in each st. Continue working 1 st. in each of the 12 sts. until work covers the mold. Make 6 buttons.

Filet Scarf (See Diagram No. 105)

Diagram No. 105