Time to jaunt back to 1950 to see what the fashionable knitter was making. This is Spinnerin Volume 115, containing mostly fine-gauge knitted dresses and suits. The cover dress is called 'For Sentimental Reasons', is knit at 8 sts/inch on size 2 needles, and has a stripe pattern. The yarn used for the stripes looks like it has a metallic strand in it to give the dress a little sparkle. It is a two-piece dress with an overblouse. The belt is made of the same yarn used for the stripes, and is braided.
The next dress, called 'Check-mate' is a one-piece dress with checkerboard trim. This dress is made of the same yarn as the cover dress, at 8 sts/inch on size 2 needles. The trim at the neck, sleeves, and hem is crocheted. The dress has shoulder pads and a belt that is made by knitting a long piece in the round on d.p.n.'s. This is attached to a buckle that has been covered with crochet in the dress yarn.
'Modern Motif' has its major focus on the pockets. It is also a one-piece dress knit at 8 sts/inch on size 2 needles. This time, the belt is knit as a flat piece in stockinete stitch. The instructions don't call for any belt interfacing, so I guess it was up to the knitter to figure this out. The motifs on the pockets are intarsia knit.
The suit is called 'Tailored Elegance, also knit at 8 sts/inch on size 2 needles. It also has shoulder pads and buttons covered with knitting in the contrast color. A long bias band is knit to go around the fronts and collar. The instructions call for the knitting of an 'arrowhead' in the contrast color to trim the back. On reading the assembly instructions, I see that this arrowhead was to trim the top of a back pleat that goes from center back hip to waist.
Two icons of the 50's - a shrug and the boxy jacket! The shrug is called 'Tiny Tippet', and is knit in two pieces using a yarn called Spinnerin Topper at 5 sts/inch. The two halves seem to be knitted flat, seamed, then the two pieces are seamed up the back. The coat is reversible, also knit of Spinnerin Topper only this time at 7 sts/inch. The pattern seems to be a form of double knitting so that the colors are knit at the same time but appear on different sides of the fabric. Very chic!
Today I am still seaming the V-neck sweater, but I decided to rip off the neck band and redo it, as it pulled a little. Hopefully, I will hang another green ribbing on the machine, since I can't go outside unless I want to dodge raindrops.
No comments:
Post a Comment