Cover Dress

Knitting
June 1967
Diamond Bouffe Flamme
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
5 stitches = 1 inch
in stockinette
US 4 - 3.5 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 10 - 6.0 mm
1170 - 1560 yards (1070 - 1426 m)
12 (14, 16)
English

Gauge for color pattern stitch on no. 10 needles--7 sts = 1”.

No row gauges are given.

Size 4 needles are used for armhole facings.

Blocking Measurements: at lower edge, hipline and underarms -- 17.5 (18.5-20)“

Yarn required: Color A, 8 (9-10) balls; Color B, 1 (2-2) balls. Diamond Bouffe Flamme appears to be a cottony slub yarn. According to Vintage Knits, the yarn was put up in 50g skeins of about 130 yards. Yardage indicated above is based on this information.

A matching jacket knit in the color pattern stitch is also in the magazine.