1937 Man's open-neck shirt by Passap Design Team

1937 Man's open-neck shirt

Machine Knitting
July 1972
Lace ?
21.3 stitches and 60.6 rows = 4 inches
in AX/N transfer pattern (see diagram)
7150 yards (6538 m)
102 cm chest
English
Out of print. This pattern was available for free.

Passap machine knitting instructions for a man’s short sleeved polo shirt knit in a AX/N transfer pattern. The collar and front bands are knit in tubular stocking stitch. Crochet loops are used to close the two buttons at the collar.

Materials:

  • 11 ozs “fine nubbly cotton/linen yarn” (650m per 100g)
  • 2 small buttons

Test square
In AX/N transfer pattern (see diagram) : 100 sts (counting front bed needles only) = 47 cm, 100 rows = 16.5 cm

Knitting Machines
The stitch sizes given in this model book are for the earlier “Pinkie” Passap. Add an extra half stitch size for the appropriate stitch size for the later DM80 and E6000 machines.

By following the schematic, this pattern can be adapted for use in other standard gauge knitting machines.

The pattern is pictured p10 of the model book (p11 of the pdf), the instructions are on p16 of the instruction book (p36 of the pdf).