Call Of The Sea Swimsuit ∙ How To by Jane Waller & Susan Crawford on Cut Out + Keep

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Jane Waller & Susan Crawford

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2010

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The Call of the Sea!

Sizing
To fit sizes in 30Ã´32 34Ã´36 38Ã´40
cm 76Ã´81 86Ã´92 97Ã´102
Actual size in 26 30 34
cm 66 76 86

Size shown: 34Ã´36 inch (86Ã´92 cm)

Tension
25 sts & 34 rows = 4 ins (10 cm) using 3.25 mm (US #4) needles over st st

Please note, this pattern is designed with negative ease of about 4Ã´6 inches (10Ã´15 cm). Please use the Ãªto fit sizeÃ« chart when choosing which size to knit, do not go by the actual size of the finished garment.

Abbreviations
K Knit
P Purl
St stitch
st st stocking stitch
RS Right side
WS Wrong side
yds Yards
ins Inches
m Metres
mm millimetres
cm centimetres
gm gram
K2tog Knit two together
M1 Make one, by knitting into loop lying between stitches
inc increase by working into front and back of stitch.

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Knitting

A Stitch in Time: v. 1: Vintage Knitting & Crochet Patterns 1920-1949

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A Stitch in Time: v. 1: Vintage Knitting & Crochet Patterns 1920-1949 by Jane Waller

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This beautiful book features 59 original and updated versions of knitting and crochet patterns for women, from the 1920 to 1949, with an overview of the style of each decade and its social context. Each pattern has been knitted in a contemporary yarn, multi sized for the first time and reinterpreted for easy knitting. The patterns are available in a wide range of sizes (some up to 60 inch chest). There are patterns for sweaters, cardigans, accessories, a stunning 1940s dress, period swimming costumes and even underwear! With over 100 stunning full colour photographs, authentically styled for each period this book brings alive these amazing period designs and truly offers Vintage Knitting for the Twenty First Century. This book is inspirational not just to the knitter but als...

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Instructions

Project Cost: Reasonably Priced

1

Front

Legs
Using 3.25 mm (US #4) needles and yarn A, cast on 40 (46, 52) sts.
Row 1 (RS): * K1, P1, rep from * to end.
Repeat this row 9 times more.
Commencing with a knit row, work in st st for 5 inches (12.5 cm) ending with a WS row.
Put these stitches on a spare needle.
Work second leg in same way.
With RS facing knit across this leg, then across the first leg (80, 92, 102 sts).
Commencing with a purl row work in st st for 6.5 inches (16 cm) ending with a WS row.
Leave sts on a spare needle.
2

Skirt
Using 3.25 mm (US #4) needles and yarn A, cast on 80 (92, 102) sts. Work in rib as set for leg for 6 rows.
Commencing with a knit row, work in st st for 10.5 inches (26 cm), ending with a WS row.
Place the needle with leg stitches behind the skirt stitches also with RS facing. Work one row, knitting together one st from each needle to end of row.
Next row (WS): Purl.
Next row: K2tog, K to last 2 sts, K2tog.
Next row: Purl.
Repeat the last 2 rows until 62 (74, 84) sts remain.
Continue without shaping for a further 12 (12, 16) rows.

Next row (RS): K1, M1, K last st, M1, K1.
Next row: Purl.
Repeat these 2 rows until 72 (84, 94) sts.

Commencing with row 1 work 45 rows from chart using intarsia technique.

Commencing with a purl row and working on yarn A, work 7 rows in st st.

Armhole shaping
Next row (RS): Cast off 6 sts at beginning of row, knit to end.
Next row: Cast off 6 sts at beginning of row, purl to end.

Continue decreasing by K2tog at each end of every RS row until 52 (64, 74) sts.

Neck shaping
Next Row: P16 (22, 25) cast off 20 (20, 24), P16 (22, 25).
3

Straps
Working on one shoulder strap at a time, K2tog at each end of every RS row until 8 (12, 15) sts remain.
K2tog at each end of every 4th row until 6 (6, 7) sts remain.
Continue without shaping for a further 3 inches (7.5 cm) or until strap is desired length.
Leave on a spare needle.

With RS facing rejoin yarn to remaining 16 (22, 25) sts and work as given for first shoulder.
4

Back
Work as given for front but omitting seagull design.
Use three needle bind off technique to join front and back shoulder straps.
5

Gusset
Using 3.25 mm (US #4) needles and yarn A, cast on 2 sts, and commencing with a K row, work in st st, inc 1 st at each end of every knit row until there are 42 sts on needle.

K2tog at each end of every RS row until 2 sts remain.
Cast off.
6

Making up
Press all pieces on wrong side, putting a damp cloth over the knitting.
Sew up the side seams of the legs, then the skirt and bodice.
Sew along the ribbed parts of the inside leg seam, then sew the gusset into the opening.
Darn in all ends.

Knitting by Dorothy Crawford