Bows are News! by Needlewoman and Needlecraft

Bows are News!

Knitting
July 1943
W. B. Symphony 3-ply
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
7 stitches = 1 inch
in Stockinette
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
One (34 inch bust)
English

MATERIALS
5 ozs. W. B. Symphony 3-ply (main colour) and 1 oz. in a constrasting shade, 1 pair each Nos. 9 and 11 Milward’s knitting pins, 3 buttons

MEASUREMENTS
Bust 34 ins. Length from shoulder 18.5 ins. Sleeve seam 5 ins.

TENSION
7 sts to 1 inch

A short-sleeved jumper knitted in stockinette and decorated with five bows applied later, with puffed sleeves, a crew neck and fastened in the back with three buttons. Knitted flat in panels from the bottom up and seamed. The neckband and the edges are all in 1x1 ribbing.