686/19 Veste gris clair pour dame by Burda Design Team

686/19 Veste gris clair pour dame

Knitting
October 1983
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
25 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in stranded stockinette
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
4134 yards (3780 m)
42-44 (one size)
French German

Full name: veste gris clair pour dame, avec bordures norvégiennes marron clair et marron foncé

Finished measurements (one size only): 105 cm (bust), 62 cm (total length)

Yarn, required: no specific yarn indicated, only 100% wool and 210 m/50 g balls. Weight based on mpg system.
MC (gris clair/light grey): 10 balls
CC1 (marron clair/light brown): 4 balls
CC2 (marron foncé/dark brown): 4 balls

8 buttons

  • Fronts and back are first knitted together until armholes, then separately until shoulders; shoulder sts are hold on. Sleeves are worked back and forth from cuff and buttonbands are also knitted separately.
  • Finishing: use kitchener st to close shoulder; sew sleeves underarm, fix buttonbands then pick up sts to knit the collar. End by attaching sleeves.