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1950s

The Drive-In Jacket

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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: Bulky (chunky), at about 16 sts and 26 rows to 4 in (10 cm) over seed stitch. For the closest match to the photo, use a yarn that knits to this gauge. Super bulky yarns and anything finer than DK aren't offered: the seed-stitch collar would be too stiff, or the jacket would lose its textured, cosy look.

Your gauge

This one needs a swatch. Please measure your gauge over seed stitch (knit the purls and purl the knits on every row). The whole jacket is in seed stitch. The gauge on a yarn label is measured over plain stockinette, and this stitch pattern knits up differently, so the label won't give you the right size.

per 4 in per 10 cm

Stitches Rows

This pattern can be written for 14 to 24 stitches per 4 in (10 cm). How to measure your gauge

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