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1970s

The Bloomsbury Smock

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Your size Choose the size nearest your actual bust measurement. The pattern adds the ease the original design had.

Yarn weight The original: DK (light worsted), at about 22 sts and 30 rows to 4 in (10 cm) over stockinette. For the closest match to the photo, use a yarn that knits to this gauge. Bulky (chunky) yarn isn't offered: a long tunic with a deep garter collar gets very heavy, and the crossed rib turns coarse.

How you'd like to knit it

Flat, in pieces, as the originalIn the round up to the yoke, with no side seams below it

In the round, the back and front are knitted together as one tube on a circular needle, then finished in rows. The rest of the pattern is the same.

Your gauge Not a swatcher? Most of us aren't! Just enter the gauge printed on your yarn's label (most labels give stitches and rows over 4 in or 10 cm). It's a good starting point, and the pattern gives you measurements to check against as you go. Want it to fit perfectly? Knit a swatch, wash it, let it dry and measure it over plain stockinette on your main needles.

per 4 in per 10 cm

Stitches Rows

This pattern can be written for 18 to 30 stitches per 4 in (10 cm). How to measure your gauge

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