Car Coats and Hats by McCall Pattern Company

Car Coats and Hats

Knitting
January 1963
Sport (12 wpi) ?
6 stitches and 8 rows = 1 inch
in stockinette stitch
US 5 - 3.75 mm
11.5" female and 12" male fashion dolls
English

Note on sources:

  • Christmas Make-it Ideas has the unisex pattern with a boy’s size and a girl’s size.
  • Needlework & Crafts has only the boy’s size, and the title of the pattern is “Doll’s Car Coat and Hat.”
  • Doll Fashions has only the boy’s size, and the title is “Car Coat and Hat.”
  • Fashion Doll Wardrobe Vol. 2 has only the boy’s size, and the title is “Jacket and Beret.”

Yarn: 1 oz. each for boy’s or girl’s set

Additional materials: 4 buttons for girl’s coat, 5 buttons for boy’s coat

The bodies of the coats are worked flat in one piece. The sleeves are worked in the round. The stand-up collar is picked up. The back belt and pockets are worked separately and sewn on. The Doll Fashions and Fashion Doll Wardrobe Vol. 2 sources have added instructions for working buttonholes; the earlier sources have you push the buttons through the stitches.

The hats are worked in the round. The girl’s hat has an open crown to accommodate a ponytail.

Sized for a Barbie-type or Ken-type doll with the 1960s figure:
Girl: 5.5”/3.125”/5”
Boy: 6.25”/4.5”/5.125”
The fit may vary on modern dolls.