Gentle Jacket by Virginia Woods Bellamy

Gentle Jacket

Knitting
January 1952
Lace ?
16 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches
in Garter Stitch
US 11 - 8.0 mm
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 10 - 6.0 mm
28 to 38
English

This jacket is made in a 1940’s style, when military style fashions were popular. The shoulder wings are reminiscent to military uniforms.

Size: 28 to 32 (32 to 38)

Gauge: 4 stitches to inch (3.5 stitches to inch)

Yarn: A; fine weaving yarn, two-ply; 6 ounces.

Needles:

  • No. 10 (11)
  • No. 9 for border
  • No. 5 for cuffs

Chart: one box = 4 stitches or 4 ridges.

Units: 4 divided squares

To knit: This jacket, except for its borders at neck, cuffs and around the jacket, is made of four divided squares only: one divided square makes the right side of jacket, front and back; another the left side. The remaining two make the full sleeves.

To wear: Fasten beads at neckline, front and at shoulders, allowing sufficient chain to tie at each shoulder; one tie inside and one out.