Very British Vest #359 by The Spool Cotton Company

Very British Vest #359

Knitting
January 1940
Chadwick's Red Heart Sports Yarn
Sport (12 wpi) ?
8.57 stitches and 10 rows = 1 inch
in pattern (see notes)
US 1½ - 2.5 mm
US 2½ - 3.0 mm
Sizes 36 38 40 42
English
Out of print. This pattern was available for free.

MATERIALS: Chadwick’s Red Heart Sports Yarn (1 oz. balls), 9 balls of White and 1 ball each of Red and Blue for sizes 36 and 38; 10 balls of White and 1 ball each of Red and Blue for sizes 40 and 42.
Milward’s Phantom Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 1 (2½ mm. size) and 1 pair No. 3 (3 mm. size).

MEASUREMENTS FOR BLOCKING:
Sizes 36, 38, 40, 42
Chest 36”, 38”, 40”, 42”
Length from top of shoulder 26”, 26”, 27”, 27”
Width across back or front at shoulders 13”, 13½“, 14”, 14½”
Length from underarm to lower edge 17”, 17”, 17½“, 17½”

Gauge: 1 pattern (15 sts) makes 1¾ inches; 10 rows make 1 inch.