Knitting Pattern
1965-1970 (made)
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Description of items to make:
1. Baby's dress in a textured pattern with picot edges and stocking stitch bodice. The garment has a rounded neck and short sleeves and fastens at the back with three buttons and worked buttonholes.
2. Baby's matching matinee jacket. The garment has a round neck and short sleeves, and fastens at the front with ribbon ties.
3. Baby's matching bootees with ankle drawstrings.
4. Baby's hooded carrying cape in seeded stocking stitch. The garment fastens at the neck with a tasselled cord.
5. Baby's coat, helmet and mittens in a textured stitch, and leggings in stocking stitch.
6. Baby's square shawl in a lacy stitch with a zigzag border.
7. Baby's double-breasted button-through cardigan in a textured stitch. The garment has a V neck and wrist-length sleeves.
8. Baby's single-breasted button-through cardigan in a ridged stitch. The garment has a V neck and wrist-length raglan sleeves.
9. Baby's round-necked, short-sleeved vest in stocking stitch, fastening at the neck front with two buttons.
10. Baby's pilch in stocking stitch with a drawstring cord at the waist.
11. Baby's knee-length bootees in a lacy stitch with ankle drawstrings.
12. Baby's jumper in stocking stitch with ribbed neck, cuffs and welt and a cabled front panel. The garment has a round neck and wrist-length sleeves and fastens at the back with three buttons.
Age: birth to six months
1. Baby's dress in a textured pattern with picot edges and stocking stitch bodice. The garment has a rounded neck and short sleeves and fastens at the back with three buttons and worked buttonholes.
2. Baby's matching matinee jacket. The garment has a round neck and short sleeves, and fastens at the front with ribbon ties.
3. Baby's matching bootees with ankle drawstrings.
4. Baby's hooded carrying cape in seeded stocking stitch. The garment fastens at the neck with a tasselled cord.
5. Baby's coat, helmet and mittens in a textured stitch, and leggings in stocking stitch.
6. Baby's square shawl in a lacy stitch with a zigzag border.
7. Baby's double-breasted button-through cardigan in a textured stitch. The garment has a V neck and wrist-length sleeves.
8. Baby's single-breasted button-through cardigan in a ridged stitch. The garment has a V neck and wrist-length raglan sleeves.
9. Baby's round-necked, short-sleeved vest in stocking stitch, fastening at the neck front with two buttons.
10. Baby's pilch in stocking stitch with a drawstring cord at the waist.
11. Baby's knee-length bootees in a lacy stitch with ankle drawstrings.
12. Baby's jumper in stocking stitch with ribbed neck, cuffs and welt and a cabled front panel. The garment has a round neck and wrist-length sleeves and fastens at the back with three buttons.
Age: birth to six months
Object details
| Object type | |
| Brief description | P & B SC80 'First Woollies': twelve patterns for baby garments; published in the UK by Patons & Baldwins Ltd, 1965-70 |
| Physical description | Description of items to make: 1. Baby's dress in a textured pattern with picot edges and stocking stitch bodice. The garment has a rounded neck and short sleeves and fastens at the back with three buttons and worked buttonholes. 2. Baby's matching matinee jacket. The garment has a round neck and short sleeves, and fastens at the front with ribbon ties. 3. Baby's matching bootees with ankle drawstrings. 4. Baby's hooded carrying cape in seeded stocking stitch. The garment fastens at the neck with a tasselled cord. 5. Baby's coat, helmet and mittens in a textured stitch, and leggings in stocking stitch. 6. Baby's square shawl in a lacy stitch with a zigzag border. 7. Baby's double-breasted button-through cardigan in a textured stitch. The garment has a V neck and wrist-length sleeves. 8. Baby's single-breasted button-through cardigan in a ridged stitch. The garment has a V neck and wrist-length raglan sleeves. 9. Baby's round-necked, short-sleeved vest in stocking stitch, fastening at the neck front with two buttons. 10. Baby's pilch in stocking stitch with a drawstring cord at the waist. 11. Baby's knee-length bootees in a lacy stitch with ankle drawstrings. 12. Baby's jumper in stocking stitch with ribbed neck, cuffs and welt and a cabled front panel. The garment has a round neck and wrist-length sleeves and fastens at the back with three buttons. Age: birth to six months |
| Object history | Gift of N K Marshall (RF 88/92) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | MISC.874-1992 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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