This pattern is another that plays to the Depression and postwar market for inexpensive clothing that looks like luxury. In this case, a regular wool yarn has been brushed with a steel brush to raise a nap that looks like mohair.

Olive Ketel’s’ Exclusive Knitwear for Young Folk, No. 2, 1947

Materials & Measurements from Vintage Knits

• Wire brush

• 1m of 12mm wide ribbon or tape

• Length from top of shoulder - 28cm

• Length underarm - 14cm

• Sleeve underarm - 33cm

• Width around underarm - 71cm

• Designed to be worn open at the front & will fit a six- to 8-year old.