All Occasions Dress

This is a vintage knitting pattern for the All Occasions dress, design no. 2929. This is a lovely dress with long sleeves, texture across the bodice and a lovely plain skirt. The pattern is taken from the Sun-Glo Knitting Book Series 73. This book is from the 1940s and features women’s frocks, or jacket and skirt combinations. 

The size is for a 32-34 inch bust, however includes instructions on how to alter the sizes with choices from a 36” bust, 40” bust or 44” bust. 

Materials required:

• 21 skeins Sun-Glo Shrinkproof 4 ply fingering weight wool. This wool can be substituted with modern materials to achieve a gauge of 13 stitches x 17 rows for a 2 x 2” square.
• Knitting needles size UK 10/3.25mm.  
• Crochet hook. 
• 6 buttons.