New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-08
KNITTING AND CROCHET.
LADY's SLEEVELESS VEST.
From ne weekly Tribune.

..rbor stitch An average sized vest OF THIS maze
5oI made with long wooden hook large enough ~
rive five stitches TO the inch hoHzoh'aiIS, NiA'
seven rows perpendcularly measure TWO in0uoS
,,u take about II full ounces including u'h-
mIngs
There are usually two ways OF oeIli'h4ns SUI" ''
or+icIe-one the commoner plan by starting "' 'uo
whist the narrowest part, and thence worA'hg o''u
,,,rorj and downward the other by beginning az
che lowest edge of the basque OF skirt and working
steadily upward The latter Is the plan we are aoout
. da.cribe And while the vest will be made IN one
SO ayscu- where the armholes forbid. 1t viii pe
convenient to refer 10 the two fronts and the pach
e they we're really separate pieces Speaking APP
nroximatelv these viii be the dimensions OF 'he
fptsbed artIclc-length around bottom OF vest %
inches length around waist - inches length IN
front 20 inches or 65 rows around the neck 10
inches ,,.,.o-.,,,.
Make a chain of 2+G stitches, OF Nuch % Will De
Tor the first or right front 1874 for the DacA OF u
die niece and SO for the left front. On reaching
a. waist ,be number of stchc, Will be right front
on horr $50 left front so Turn after making
the chain and raise the first 20 stitches ; work
back.
ID row-Paise the original 20 loops and adj
d-iou.l ones from the chain work back.
Rep,at this row ) more times, raising extra
IoDs every row or till you have raised ali the SO
s,itehe, t.. this front. When you have raised 80
Looms which You 90 on the fourth row, begin 10
narrow ~ tat point by raising two stitches as one
every alternate row.
Tbc-. 'o rows finish the point Of the right front
Now 9, oa and raise 50 loops Of the back part OF
= looms t..oud the middle Work back on these
and Oh ? additional one, or in all 80 loops in
ts middle O.. the back Work back loops more
Ybeu raise these l. the orglna. 30 and additional
from the chain.
Work ro and fro ia this way raising additional
t,,n. O.. one end and working back extra loops at
the other cud every row till only i loops are
lett on ca,a side of the back. On the next row
raise and work of che whole of these back stitches
This would complete he curved part OF the back
except That for smphctyS sake in describing the
manner of making the curve hy starting IN the mid
die and regularly increasing the rows al each end,
we have omitted the narrowing necessary 10 re-
duce the work as it approaches the waist -Four
stitches then from each side of the centre loon Of the
back there Is to be line of uaToUiu-s every alter
nate row. Again on tho eighth row Of this middle
niece Won begin two more SETS of narr0wings the
FIRST % loop, before the middle stitch the other 20
loops 9ftert. In these two places the decreaSlng5
must also De made every other row. Finally another
set OF uarOwings must begin after the first II
stitche Of the back, and again before the last y
stitches In these two points, however, the de-
crossings are made every row.
Now 10 on and raise the 5G loops remaining on
the Original chain which are TO form the left front,
work bn,k 20: raise these again, work back p
raise .hcse once more. work back IS. Con-
tinue n this way until the whole SO are on
the hook, Remember, however. when 80 loops have
been worked back TO begin the line Of nawowmgs,
70 match the other fr0ut-d,areaSlug only every
Vther row.
Having worked back all the loops Of the left front.
C0ntlnu, 90 work back u the beginning of the right
front From This point the rows are worked right
across be- vest until the aTmhoe- are reached. The
chief thing 10 attend 10 IS the uarlowIuCs 10 the
waist and the iucreaslngs from that point upward.
All the rest is simple and straightforward. And
FIRST as TO the Iarrowings. or these there are now
ten. A line. already started, 80 loops from the
edge Of the right front q line to be started now
OF the junction Of the right front and back 8. A
line In the back II loops beyond tins Joining The
Il stitches between these two uarrowings form a
straight piece which fall, directly under the arm
hole T. line 20 loops before the middle stitch Of
The back already started 3. A lire foG. stitches
before the middle loop, already started. g. line
stitches beyond the middle loop already started.
The loops between Nos.5 and 8 form a narrow piece
IN the centre # the back = line 20 loops beyond
tie centre already started :. A line y loops
before yor reach the ett front. g. A line at the
Joining Of back and left front; and 10, line 30
loops from edge of left front already started. These
narrowing, are all continued % the waist and the
decreasing ID any row must fall regularly above
those IN the preceding rows so as 20 make
well defined lines, which are peIpeullculary under
the arms and IN the centre of the back hut sloping
inwards elsewhere. Nauowing- Nos. 2 3, and
are made every row the other only every other
row.
THE WAIST.
q. sc hrip u -o he waist and
the narrovings all stop. The number of stitches
decreased 10 this point have beea No. l, II de-
creasiugs: No. ., IS No. g. 10; No T. 81 No .. 10
No 8 Is: No 7. 8; No. 3 -; No. O. 15I No 10,
lilo decreasinCs in all. And the loops on the
waist VIII now stand each front 80 back 80. Now
continue for 10 more rows which viii bring YOU TO
tie arrho.es IN working thee rs rows make the |
following iuvrca>ngs raising stitch through |
al upright loop as usual and then through /
the following horizontal one. First where |
No. ! narrowing ended IN right front begin !
. line and increase one each row. If the first !
Increasing starts y stitches from the edge, the
next twill ) on he next g. and so on the line of
Increasing, soping regularly away from the front.
Teu IN the first 2 stitches Of the back between mar
rovng> Nos2 and 3, which fall under the first arm
hoe increase on the 4th and 9th stitches or with |
stitches between the inCreaoIngS. IL the 9th row |
Increase again with loops betweenI four rows
later increase with loops between and or the last
row as you reach the armhole increase again with
10 stitches between This forms kind Of gore under
tho arm. The same ncTea.ings must be made on
tie other side Of the back iol the left arm;
and in the left front there must Dee line of increas
inss 10 match that in the right front Besides
these the two lines of narrowngs in the centre Of
the back-Nos and 8-are turned into increasings
every other row for - rows which also form V
SHAPED gore, Z loops between the first increasings