A JUMPER FOR CITY WEAR

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 71, 24 March 1934, Page 9

A JUMPER FOR CITY WEAR

Materials: Eight ounces of 3-ply wool, one pair No. .13 and one pair No. 9 knitting needles, five buttons.

Measurements: Width all round at underarms, 34in. Length from shoulder to lower edge, 20in. Length of sleeve from underarm, 19in.

The Back: , Using' No. 13 needles, cast on 129 stitches. Proceed to work in rib of knit 1, purl 1, for four inches. Change to No. 9 needles and work in pattern as follows:—lst row: • I^nlt 2, purl 2; repeat frorn^ « to last five stitches; knit 2, purl two rows until side seam measures 12 inches From the commencement.

Shape for Armholes: Cast off eight stitches at the beginning of the next two rows and Imit 2 together at each end of .the needle in the next and every alternate row four times. Cast oft".

The Front: Using No. 13 needles, cast on 129 stitches. Proceed to work exactly the same as directions given for the back The Yoke: Commence at armhole edge of left shoulder. Using No. 9 needles, cast on 100 stitches. Proceed to work in pattern for 53 rows. 54th row: Work in pattern on first 50 stitches, cast off 14, work in pattern on remaining 41 stitches. Continue to work in pattern on the 41 stitches, decreasing ona stitch at neck edge every third row until 34 stitches remain.' Work 12 rows without decreasing.' Cast off. Keturn to 50 stitches and Jjoln wool at neck edge. Work on these 50 stitches in pattern for 44 rows. Leave these stitches on a spare needle and proceed to work other half

of front. Using No. 9 needles, cast on 34 stitches. Ist row: Knit 3, • purl 2 knit 2, repeat from • to last tliree stitches purl 3. 2nd row: ♦ Knit 2, purl 2, repeat from • to last two stitches, knit 2. Eepeat tho Ist and 2nd rows once. Now make three buttonholes as follows:—« Knit 3, purl 2, turn knit 1, purl '1, knit 2, repeat from • once then kult 3, purl 2. Break oft wool and join ut other side of buttonhole. *(Knit 2 purl 2> three times, turn, knit 1 (purl 2 knit 2) twice, purl ■■ 2, knit 1, repeat from •' once, then {knit 3, purl 2) three times. Break off wool and Join at other side of buttonhole • (knit 2, purl 2) three times, turn, knit 1 (purl 2, knit 2) twice, purl 2, knit 1, repeat from • once, then (knit 2, purl 2) three times. Break off wool and join at other side of buttonhole. « Knit 2, purl 3, turn, and knit 2, purl 2, knit 1, repeat from' • once then knit 2, purl 3. Turn and • knit 2 purl 2, repeat from • to last two stitches' knit 2, thus joining all buttonholes. Work in pattern for four rows. Now, keeping continuity of pattern, increase once at the beginning of the next row, making the neck edge at the first increase. Increase once every third row' at neck edge until you have 41 stitches' on your needles. The last increase will be at the beginning of the row. Work one row in pattern, then cast on 14 stitches. Return to 50 stitches on spare needle and, keeping continuity of pattern, work all the stitches from the front needle on to this needle, thus Joining the neck edges at shoulder. Continue in pattern for 53 rows. Cast off. ; . - .

The sleeves: Using No. 13 needles, cast on GO stitches. Proceed -to work in : rib of knit 1, lmrl 1, for three inches, increasing one stitch in the last row. Change to No. 0 needles and work in pattern, Increasing once at each end of the needle every sixth row until you have 97 stitches on your needles Continue without, increasing until you have worked 16 Inches in fancy rib from the cuff. Knit 2 together at each end of the needle in the next and every following row until 37 stitches remain. Cast off. Make another sleeve in the same manner.

Imitation Pocket Flaps: Using No. 13 needles cast on 2G stitches. Proceed 'to . work in garter stitch for one Inch. Now knit 2 together at each end of the needle in the next and every alternate row until 20 stitches remain. , Now make a-buttonhole as follows:— Ist row: Knit 8, cast off 4, knit 8. 2nd row Knit 2 together, knit G,- cast -:on 4, knit 6 knit 2 together. . ■ "

Continue in carter stitch, decreasing once at each end of the needle every alternate row until two stitches' remain. Cast off Make another flap In the same manner. \ To Make Up Jumper: Press with damp cloth and hot iron. Sew yoke to back and front overlapping yoke at front where buttonholes are. Sew up side and sleeve scams. Sew In sleeves, seam to seam.

The Collar: With the wrong side of work faclD?.jrs"' ™* "P 118 stitches around the neck with J.O. 13 needles, commencing and ending about an inch from each front edge.' Proceed to work in garter stitch, increasing, once at each end of the needle every alternate, row, until you have 162 stitches on your needles. Cast off loosely.

Press collar carefully on -wrong side. Sew pocket flaps in place. Work all buttonholes with single thread of wool and sew buttons opposite. ' ■