Matinee coat by Venus A. Dodge

Matinee coat

Knitting
January 1987
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
US 2 - 2.75 mm
US 3 - 3.25 mm
US 0 - 2.0 mm
14-15 (16-18) inches or Tiny Tears
English

From book (page 142):
14-15 inch dolls use 2.75 and 2 mm needles.
16-18 inch dolls use 3.25 mm and 2.75 needles

Materials
80 grams of 4 ply yarn for this double breasted matinee coat, leggings, and a bonnet (in book).

Doll’s Dressmaker has the outfit pictured on page 39 - worn on a 16 inch vinyl Tiny Tears’ baby doll doll, with only the bonnet, double breasted moss stitch matinee coat and leggings.

Main picture in magazines (Keur & Woman’s Weekly): doll wears pram coat, bonnet, leggings and mitts while seated in a pram with striped fabric and blue print cushion.
Picture inset: doll wears dress, matinee jacket and booties and sits on the shawl with some coloured blocks at the feet.

Page 24, 25, 26 and 27 in Woman’s Weekly.
Page 48 & 49 in Keur, 16 November 1984 in Afrikaans.
Page 142 in Doll’s Dressmaker book.