Swiss Check Coat with cord trim by Brunswick

Swiss Check Coat with cord trim

Knitting
September 1975
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
4.5 stitches = 1 inch
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 10 - 6.0 mm
1930 - 2620 yards (1765 - 2396 m)
12, 14, 16, 18 (37", 39", 41", 43")
English

Vintage two-color slipstitch coat with side shaping and darts (waist and bust), cord trim and double-breasted front (small buttons and small overlap). Instructions are written with no schematic or chart but simple and clearly written.

Coat is knit in Germantown knitting worsted and meant to be lined, with knitted facings in the finer Pomfret sportweight yarn. Icord is knit with Pomfret as well. Fabric is Swiss Check (slipstitch) and original pattern picture is pale leaf green/straw background and bright blue with bright blue cord trim and buttons.

Estimated yardage:
Germantown Knitting Worsted:
12/37” 4 skeins color A (920 yds) / 3 skeins color B (690 yds)
14/39” 4 skeins color A (920 yds) / 4 skeins color B (920 yds)
16/41” 5 skeins color A (1150 yds) / 4 skeins color B (920 yds)
18/43” 5 skeins color A (1150 yds) / 5 skeins color B (1150 yds)

Pomfret Sport Yarn:
1 skein Color A (facings) and 1 skein Color B (icord) all sizes

Other materials:
2.5yds (45”) lining, 1.5yds interfacing, 10 small buttons