This magazine sometimes had up to four or five fashions on a single page, and it is not a large magazine. The first photo below shows two pullovers and a cardigan. The cardigan is knit of a fuzzy yarn with the yarn held double so that the gauge is about 4 1/2 sts/inch. It is a classic man's collared cardigan with cable trim up the fronts and at the raglan seams. The bulky weight boat-neck pullover is knit in turquoise for the background color and 'oxford' (maybe a dark grey?) for the contrast color. It has dropped sleeves and is knit at 3 sts/inch. The 3/4-length sleeve pullover is knit of knitting worsted at 4 sts/inch. It has a ribbed yoke and sleeves and a cabled body.
The cardigan on the left in the next picture below is a raglan-sleeved crocheted cardigan. The texture pattern is created by crocheting one row of sc and the next row of slip stitch. The sweater is made from the top down. The sweater on the right, a roll-collar pullover in knitting-worsted-weight yarn, was a style considered to be popular for college girls and campus life. The argyle plaid pullover has kimono sleeves and a boat neck and is knit in stockinette stitch.
Another page packed with fashions! The suit on the left is knit of mohair. The classic cardigan in blue at the bottom is knit with a double strand of knitting worsted from the bottom up. The simple red coat has raglan sleeves and a V neckline, and the classic shift dress has a pattern stitch made with 'double purl stitches', has a crocheted neckband, 3/4 sleeves and a belt made from yarn twisted on itself.
The outfits below were made on knitting machines. You have to love that hat is all I have to say about that. The left outfit consists of a coat, shell, skirt, jacket and hat. The coat and hat are lined/trimmed with fake fur fabric. The outfit on the right is a sheath dress with matching cape knit on the Passap Duomatic.
Here's the description for the center dress on the next page: 'Framed in center circle, this page, is wonderfully packable, lightweight shift that can be worn beltless if desired. Combining light toast and beige tones, checked shift is made of Reynolds' mohair yarn." Upper right shows another cardigan with embossed leaves marching up the front, but this one also has leaves on the collar. I couldn't think at first what the dolman sweater in bottom right reminded me of, crawling up the neck the way it does and with those short stubby sleeves, but then I realized that it looks like a lot of dog sweaters I have seen. It is supposed to be a French-inspired design.
Today I am going to start turning the heels on the husband's Christmas socks. I was looking for some decent color of Woolease to make him some more winter socks, but they only had 'girly' colors at the Michaels. The navy they had was much too bright, not a glum man color at all.
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