The Ideal Balaclava
"HERE is a reallv tip-top, perfectfitting and easily-made pattern of a balaclava, which in ■warmer weather can also be used as a cap with a rolled edge and will on that account be popular with yachtsmen and the boating fraternity. Materials.—liox. 4-ply wool and lour No. 8 knitting needles. Aotea or similar Now Zealand wools are very suitable to use. Cast on 108 stitches—36 on each of three needles. Work in rounds of ribbing K.2, P2 until you have done lOln. Cast oil - 28 stitches in purl and plain loosely. Work backward and forward in the rib for 2Jin. Cast on 28 stitches again, then join up the round. Work four more inches in the rib. Finish the cap in plain knitting and decrease as follows: —First round: Knit 17th and 18th stitches together. Second round: Knit plain. Third round: Knit 16th and 17 stitches together. Fourth round: Knit plain. Fifth round: Knit loth and 16th stitches together. Sixth round: Knit plain. Decrease in this manner until 24 stitches remain. Then run a thread through tlies# and fasten securely.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23507, 18 November 1939, Page 6 (Supplement)
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182The Ideal Balaclava New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23507, 18 November 1939, Page 6 (Supplement)
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