MODERN KNITTING CRAFT

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21216, 10 December 1938, Page 11

MODERN KNITTING CRAFT

AN ELEGANT EMBROIDERED SUIT

This suit Is very well-fitting and very modern in line. The embroidery gives the suit a more festive appearance, but it can be dispensed with if a more formal appearance is desired. The materials: 21b lloz of dark green 4-ply wool for the suit and maize yellow 4-ply wool for the embroidery, a pair of knitting needles of a size suitable for the wool, 18 wooden buttons, a wide piece of petersham for the belt and a narrow piece for the skirt.

THE DIAGRAM I. Half of the skirt front. IV. Left front of the jacket. 11. Half of the skirt back. V. Jacket back. 111. Right front of the jacket. VI. The sleeve.

Cut and measurement: Take care that the measurements for the paper pattern fit. and cut out the pattern in strong paper. The knitting pattern: The right side <jt the work is purl, and the wrong side plain. INSTRUCTIONS The skirt front: Crochet a chain long enough for the width of the bottom of the skirt front, count the stitches used, and cast on the same number of stitches for the knitting. Knit according to the paper pattern, decreasing very gradually until the work measures 26Jln when it should be finished in three parts, the skirt fitting much better when the shaping is done this way than when the knitting is finished straight up and the shaping done by turning in and sewing

down the knitting. Shape the gussets t according to the paper pattern. < The skirt back: Knit in the same 1 way according to the paper pattern. When the work measures 221 in cast on i a few extra stitches for the fastenings. , Continue until the work measures 261 i in, and then divide into five parts, each ; to be finished separately and shaped ; according to the paper pattern. ; Jacket, right front: Use the same 1 method to reckon the stitches neces- 1 sary as wijh the skirt. Increase at the 1 inner edge and decrease at the outer 1 edge until the waist is reached, after 1 which the inner edge is knitted straight up, and the outer edge is increased gradually until the armhole is reached. Cast off 8 stitches for the armhole, and then a further 8 stitches, one at a time. At the inner edge cast off and decrease for the neck according to the paper pattern. When the shoulder is reached cast off a third at a time to give the sloping shape as follows: Cast off one third of the stitches at the outer edge, knit towards the neck and

back again, cast off a further one thtrsi, etc. Jacket, left front: Knit exactly as the right front only in the opposite order. The jacket back: is knitted according to the two front pieces. The neck stitches are cast off in one lot. The sleeves: Begin with a rib of 1 plain, 1 purl of about Ilin. Increase according to the paper pattern until the decreasings are reached. Cast off 7 stitches at each side until there are

only 20 stitches left. Cast these off In one lot. The belt: This should be knitted a good width. The edging strip: Knit a strip about Hin wide, plain on the right side and purl on the wrong side of a length sufficient for the edge of the two inner edges of the jacket fronts, the neck, and the bottom of the jacket. To make up: When all the parts are finished, damp them, stretch over the paper pattern, and press lightly with a warm (not a hot) iron. When the ■ parks are dry embroider the jacket. This can be done by embroidering the front and sleeves in some pleasing design, using stem stitch and chain : stitch as shown on the drawing, or : by tacking on some canvas, embrolderi ing a design over this, and pulling the canvas threads out, or thirdly, by draw- ; ing your own design on tissue paper,

tacking it to the jacket, embroidering over the pattern, and tearing the paper away. Sew the narrow petersham in the waist of the skirt, and under the skirt placket sew piece of ribbon or tape to prevent it being pulled out of shape. Sew the jacket together, the sleeves in. and the edging round the front, neck and bottom of the jacket. Turn the plain side of this outwards and sew to tlie edge of the jacket, turn the edge over, and sew on the inside. The belt should be lined with the wide petersham, and fastened with hooks and eyes on the inside so that the fastening does not show. Cover the buttons with crochet, and crochet small loops of chain for the front fastenings. Sew the loops to one side of the jacket, and a tape at the back of buttons and buttonholes. Press all the seams on the inside, and press the finished suit under a slightly damp cloth.