Leisure Dress

This is a sweet little dress with vertical lace repeats across the yoke and skirt, in a wonderful simple and flattering shape. The listing is for a digital download of a vintage knitting pattern, taken from the Patons & Baldwins Knitting Book No. 210. This book is from the early 1940s and featured various women’s clothing items, mostly sweaters and jackets. 

The size is for a 33-34 inch bust. 

Materials required:

• 1 lb, 1 oz Patons Beehive Fingering 3-ply. This wool can be substituted with modern materials to achieve a gauge of 8 stitches to the inch in width. 
• Knitting needles size UK 10/3.25mm. 
• Medium size crochet hook. 
• 4 buttons. 
• One pair of shoulder pads