Sizes 34 to 36

A slip-on with a medium front opening and a border at bottom. The sleeves and collar are made in a lace effect of drop stitch, buttonholed with silk. A model that is simple to make and quite effective.

MATERIALS-

• 7 balls of Corticelli Flosola Peach No. 10,
• small quantity of Corticelli Sunglo Sweater Silk Ecru No. 156, or small quantity of Corticelli Flosola Wood Brown No. 57.
• No. 5 Knitting Needles.

OTHER COLORS-Corticelli Flosola Coral No. 27, with the same trim; Corticelli Flosola Paradise No. 5, with the same trim.

INSTRUCTIONS-

With double thread of Peach Flosola cast on 85 sts. and knit 5 ribs; break out one thread and with the single thread work 2 ribs. Next row work in wrapped stitch, wrapping the yarn around the needle three times for each stitch; when working back knit the 3 wrapped stitches as one stitch, knit 3 ribs more, then another row of wrapped stitch.

Then work in plain Garter stitch until there are 62 ribs, or 16 inches, from ending of wrapped stitch.

Com­mence sleeves by casting on 8 sts. at ending of each needle every row four times, or until there are 32 sts. cast on for each sleeve, then cast on 32 sts. at one time on each side, which completes length of sleeve. Work 3 ribs, then one row of wrapped stitch, and continue in this manner making one row of wrapped stitch after every third rib on the first 30 sts. of each sleeve end for entire width of sleeve, and the plain Garter stitch on remainder of sleeves and across back until there are 20 ribs from casting on of sleeve.

When work­ing up from sleeve end next time on right side work 99 sts., bind off 15 sts. for back of neck, and on the remaining 99 sts. work same as first half of sleeve, only increase 1 st. every 4th rib next to last stitch at neck side 15 times. but, at ending of 22d rib from binding off of neck, bind off 64 sts. for sleeve, and continue widening at front until there are 50 sts. on the needle.

Break thread at front and work opposite side the same to this point, then work both sides on to the one needle (there being 100 sts.); work same length from armhole to wrapped stitch as on back, working bottom at front same as back.

With the Sunglo Sweater Silk or Flosola buttonhole stitch each side of the wrapped stitch row both on sleeves, collar, and bottom, taking up over the first rib and over two threads of the long threads of wrapped stitch.

COLLAR-

Cast on 22 sts. and knit in Garter stitch for 4 ribs. Next row work in wrapped stitch, wrapping the thread around the needle three times, then work 3 ribs in Garter stitch and continue in this manner working a row of wrapped stitch and 3 ribs of Garter stitch between until collar is 25 inches long, not forgetting to work the last 4 ribs at end of collar same as commenced.

Sew up under-arms and sew collar on to neck all around opening, leaving ends open at front.

With the Sunglo Sweater Silk or Flosola crochet in Briar stitch (which is putting your thread in front of needle each time and drawing the loop up back of this thread, making a regular s.c.) all around bottom, sleeves, and collar.