For a Knitted Bodice by Cornelia Mee

For a Knitted Bodice

Knitting
DK (11 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 34 rows = 4 inches
in stocking stitch
US 3 - 3.25 mm
225 - 235 yards (206 - 215 m)
21" chest circumference, 14" waist to shoulder
English
This pattern is available for free.

This pattern has been test knit and updated into modern knitting language. The pattern contains the original version plus the updated version.

This is a vintage pattern from Cornelia Mee’s 1846 book, Exercises in Knitting. The entire book can be viewed on the Gutenberg.org website. The book is a project being recorded and knitted by volunteers at the Librivox site.

Cornelia provides no gauge, yardage, or finishing instructions. Typical of Victorian patterns, it is assumed that the knitter will figure things out, including errata.