2958 Mini dress by Passap Design Team

2958 Mini dress

Machine Knitting
July 1983
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
62.5 stitches and 89.7 rows = 4 inches
in double bed jacquard (N/BX←)
3937 yards (3600 m)
88 cm bust
English French
This pattern is available for free.

Passap machine knitting instructions for a raglan mini dress, with accompanying headband and leg warmers. The dress has a loose fit top, and a tighter side buttoned skirt. The front and back are knit in an automatic double bed jacquard check pattern using N/BX←. The sleeves, skirt and head band are knit in long stitch (N/CX). The neck and cuff are knit in 2:2 rib. The legwarmers begin and end in 2:2 rib with the main part knit in fisherman’s rib

Materials
3 buttons
waist band
750 g “fine acrylic” (480m per 100g):

  • 190 g red
  • 280 g blue
  • 280 g green,

Test square
Check pattern double bed jacquard (N/BX← following the diagram): 100 sts = 16 cm, RC 100 = 11.5 cm
Long stitch (N/CX): 100 sts = 16.5 cm, RC 100 = 10.5 cm
Fisherman’s rib (AX/AX): 100 sts = 28 cm, RC 100 = 15 cm

Knitting Machines
The stitch sizes given in this model book are for the DM80 and E6000 Passap knitting machines. To use this pattern on an earlier “Pinkie” use half a stitch size smaller.

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 (p17 of the pdf), the instructions on p50 of the instruction book (p73 of the pdf).