1961 Baby's dress by Passap Design Team

1961 Baby's dress

Machine Knitting
July 1972
Sport (12 wpi) ?
30.3 stitches and 47.6 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
387 - 516 yards (354 - 472 m)
12 months, 2½ - 3½ years
English
Out of print. This pattern was available for free.

Passap machine knitting instructions for a toddler’s dress in two sizes. The sleeves and bodice are knit sideways in one piece. The skirt is knit tubular and gathered on to the bodice. The cuffs and neck band are knit in 1:1 rib. The skirt is hemmed to the chosen length.

Materials:

  • 12 months size: 4½ ozs “cotton / linen yarn” (300 m per 100g)
  • 2½ - 3½ years: 6 oz “cotton / linen yarn”
  • 3 buttons

Test square
In stocking stitch: 100 sts = 33 cm, 100 rows = 21 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.

Instructions are also given in this pattern for the Passap Combi.

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

The pattern is pictured p15 of the model book (p16 of the pdf), the instructions are on page B of the instruction book (p53 of the pdf).