Hostess Gown by Woman's Day

Hostess Gown

Knitting
January 1971
Sport (12 wpi) ?
7 stitches and 10 rows = 1 inch
in Stockinette Stitch (see notes)
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
4725 yards (4321 m)
Misses' Small(Large)
English

A knitted dress with intarsia design. It is knitted flat and seamed. Charts are included with pattern in magazine

Size: Misses’ small(large). Garment width around underarms 39”(42”); width around lower edge, about 71”(77”); length as shown from lower edge to waist, about 41”(45.5”); length from waist to center back to neck, 17”(17.5”).

Materials: Reynolds Feu d’Artifice, 9 balls Violet, 7 balls Rose, 5 balls each Blue, Green and Gold, and 4 balls Copper. Knitting needles No. 2 for small size, No. 3 for large or size required to knit gauge. 24 large bobbins. 18” zipper. 5 yds. lining fabric. Hook and eye.

Gauge: 7 sts and 10 rows = 1”. (stockinette stitch on No. 2 needles for small size) 6.5 sts and 9 rows = 1”. (stockinette stitch on No. 3 needles for medium size)