Doll's Hostess Gown by McCall Pattern Company

Doll's Hostess Gown

Knitting
July 1964
Light Fingering ?
8 stitches and 8 rows = 1 inch
in cable pattern on #5 needles
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 5 - 3.75 mm
11.5-inch female fashion doll
English

The title is “Doll’s Hostess Gown” in the Needlework & Crafts magazine, just “Hostess Gown” in the Doll Fashions magazine. It is “At-Home Wrapper” in the Fashion Doll Wardrobe Vol. 2 booklet.

Yarn: 1/2 ounce

Additional materials:

  • one double-pointed or cable needle
  • one snap fastener
  • 1/2 yard of 1/2-inch satin ribbon
  • steel crochet hook #1 to chain the belt loops

The gown is made in one piece, seamed. It closes at the front waist with a snap. It has side belt loops that hold the ribbon tie.

Sized for a Barbie-type doll with the 1960s figure: 5.5”/3.125”/5”. The fit may vary on modern dolls.