Look
chic in a classic summer top
This Attractive Affair is a fantastic classic summer
knit. This vintage short-sleeved top can be worn as either a
loose-fitting jumper or as a jacket. It’s quite the number to be
seen wearing as you stroll down the promenade on the French Riviera.
Devised
by wonderful vintage knitwear designer Susan
Crawford,
This Attractive Affair is a loving recreation of a garment from the
1940s. The two-tone colour scheme is an exact match for the colours that would have been available to knitters in the early part of the
20th
century too: the pattern has been specially designed for Coquette
Vintage Cotton Yarn.
The shades for this 100 percent mercised cotton yarn were handpicked
by Susan, who is renowned for her painstaking research into all
aspects of vintage knitwear.
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| This Attractive Affair |
The
shades of Coquette
used in our version are
Oyster
and Wine.
However, there are now 13 shades of Coquette
Vintage Cotton Yarn
to choose from as we have recently added Sapphire,
Carnation
and Snow
to the range.
This Attractive Affair requires between eight and 13 balls
of Coquette for the main colour, plus three to five 50g balls of the
contrast colour. Instructions are given for 32in to 48in busts. Since
the colours are changed at the end of a row, you don’t need to have
much experience with colourwork in order to make this lovely top.
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| Julieta wearing This Attractive Affair |
The
main part of the garment is knitted in four pieces, with both main
body pieces knitted side-to-side. You then knit the side panels in
the more usual top-up manner. The jumper’s set-in sleeves are also
knitted sideways and have separate cuffs grafted on to them. The
intriguing oversized collar is made from four small pieces. The
pattern is knitted on straight 3.25mm needles. You will also need
four small buttons.
This Attractive Affair is one of 79 patterns featured in Susan Crawford’s
book A
Stitch In Time Volume 2,
which you can buy from knitshop.co.uk along with the needles and
Coquette
Vintage Cotton Yarn
you’ll need to make this striking garment.
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| Coquette Vintage Cotton Yarn |
This Attractive Affair was featured in the current issue of The Knitter as a pattern on page 41. We currently stock a limited amount of printed pattern that are available to purchase from the Boutique Outlet in Lee Green or per mail order +(0)20 7099 8864
Coquette
usually costs £4.95 for a 50g ball of 125m of mercerised cotton. As
the newest addition to the knitshop.co.uk
range of yarns, Coquette
is available for just £4.45 per ball for a limited time.
Previous blogs about A Stitch In Time 2
Links
to this blog:
knitshop.co.uk:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk
This
Attractive Affair pattern http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/this-attractive-affair
Coquette
Vintage Cotton Yarn:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk/323-coquette-vintage-cotton
Susan
Crawford Vintage: http://www.susancrawfordvintage.com/Home.html
A
Stitch In Time Volume 2:
http://www.knitshop.co.uk/patterns-magazines-books/2141-a-stitch-in-time-2.html
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