Retro Knit Saturday!

This booklet is from Columbia and dates back to 1951. The first outfit is a dress with a jacket. The Vestee is interchangeable - there is a nylon ribbon version (shown) and a faux tucked version in white dress yarn. It is knit at 7 sts/inch. I like the longer gloves to accessorize the 3/4-length sleeves, with a bracelet worn over the glove. Muy
chic.


The stole and bolero are knit at 2 sts/inch, so would indeed be a quick knit. The jerkin is made of knitting worsted weight at 5 sts/inch.


















The basic suit has a nipped-in waist, covered buttons, shirt-style cuffs, and an attractive wide-ribbed pattern.

















Next is a One-Piece Dress with Cape. It has a placket front, square neckline and patterned top. Over the dress is worn a cape with 'wing sleeve'. The whole ensemble is knit at 8 sts/inch. The outfit is accessorized with long gloves, heavy gold jewelry, and a fox fur.



The nylon ribbon shirtdress must have been considered a really fast knit, at 4 sts/inch. It is a one-piece dress done in white, navy and chartreuse, a pretty zippy color scheme.



The shirtwaist is knit at 4 sts/inch with dress yarn and gold tinsel held together. It has kimono sleeves and a button front.





The openwork black dress is really a skirt and top knitted at 8 sts/inch. Obviously an evening outfit, it is accessorized with a fur wrap, long gloves, and a jeweled pin at the waist.

Finally, two grey suits. The suit with the textured top is knit in dress yarn and nylon ribbon. Here they have teamed the grey color with mauve or lavender, a lovely quiet color scheme. It mentions that the skirt can be hand knitted or hand loomed, by which I take it that they were knitting the custom skirts on knitting machines.

The casual suit looks a little more sporty and has the grey teamed with yellow. It is knit at 8 sts/inch in a texture that mimics a wool gabardine. I especially like the pins that hold her scarf in place and the contrast of the black gloves and umbrella.

Today I plan to knit some ribbings for a new sweater and finish off the toe of sock #1 of the rainbow socks. They are also having a sale at the fabric store, so I am going to take A down there to pick up some patterns.