Delightful Button to the Neck Jumper by F. W. Hughes

Delightful Button to the Neck Jumper

Knitting
January 1952
Light Fingering ?
7 stitches and 9 rows = 1 inch
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 4 - 3.5 mm
32''/34'' bust (36'' bust)
English
This pattern is available for free.

This delightful jumper may be made with either long, or short sleeves. Buttoned up the front to the neck it is most useful to use under a costume coat, and can be used as a cardigan.

Materials: 7 skeins (short sleeves), 9 skeins (long sleeves) “Sun-Glo” Shrinkproof 3 ply fingering wool shade No. 2195 (Maize). 2 prs. needles, Nos. 10 and 12 (Old UK). 16 small buttons. Press stud.

Measurements: Length from top of shoulder, 20’’. Bust, 32/34’’. Length of sleeve seam, 3’’ (short sleeves) / 18’’ (long sleeves). Note: For 36’’ bust, use No. 9 (3.75 mm) instead of No 10 needles (3.5 mm).

Tension: 7 sts. 1’’, 9 rows 1’’.