NO. 6523—BLOUSE
A Basque Blouse showing a Tyrolean influence in quaint peasant coloring and design—Size 16.
MATERIAL—Dexter Cotton Warp, Art. 380—2 tubes natural color 100, one tube each color—red, green, yellow, Elgin Maid, Art. 1127, for flowers and trimmings.
Crochet Hook No. 5.
One shell is 3 d c, ch 1, 1 d c in same st—Blouse is started at point at bottom of front section.
Row 1—Ch 4, join, ch 3, 2 d c in same st, ch 1, 1 d c in same st (the ch 3 at beginning of each row is counted as first d c of shell).
Row 2—Ch 3, 2 d c over ch 1, ch 1, 1 d c over this st, (shell) 1 shell between 2nd and 3rd d c, turn.
Row 3—Repeat row 2 making 3 shells.
Row 4—1 shell over ch 1, 1 shell over next ch 1, 1 s c in next ch 1, turn.
Row 5—Work back 3 shells, turn.
Row 6—1 shell over ch 1, 1 s c in next ch 1, turn.
Row 7—Work back 2 shells, turn. This allows more length in slant to underarm seam than on vest point in front. Now work clear across row.
Row 8—5 shells, ending with 2 d c.
Row 9—6 shells.
Row 10—7 shells.
Row 11—8 shells.
Row 12—8 shells.
Row 13—8 shells and 2 d c of 9th shell.
Row 14—10 shells.
Row 15—10 shells.
Row 16—10 shells.
Row 17—12 shells.
Row 18—5 shells, turn, and work back to bring this side of work straight. Vest point should measure 4½ inches to center front and 6½ inches to side seam. To keep work straight from this point on, do not work the last shell between the 2nd and 3rd d c of the previous row, but work 1 d c and turn. Work 31 rows from beginning of underarm blouse seam to arm hole, increasing gradually so that there are 14 shells across—sew at arm hole.
Row 32—Drop 1 shell for arm hole.
Row 33—Drop 1 shell for arm hole.
Work 20 rows to neckline.
55th row—Drop 1 shell in shoulder seam, keeping neck edge straight.
Row 56—Work 7 shells.
Row 57—Work 6 shells (drop 1 shell).
Row 58—Work 5 shells.
Row 59—Work 4 shells.
Row 60—Work 3 shells—fasten thread.
Repeat for other side of front.
Back—ch 81, 1 shell in every 3rd at of ch (28 shells).
Repeat for 4 rows working evenly.
Row 5—Begin to decrease by leaving off 1 d c on first shell of each side, gradually decrease in this way for 9 rows, then drop off 1 shell at each side. Work 4 rows even for waist line, now start to increase gradually up to armhole, same as front.
30 rows or 12 inches to arm hole. Work 23 rows, decrease 1 shell on each side for shoulder for 5 rows. Mark center of back, 3 shells on each side of center of neck. Work 1½ shells on each side to make neck rounding. Fasten thread.
Sleeve—ch 57, 1 shell in every 3rd st (18 shells).
Row 2—Increase 1 d c on each side—repeat row 2 four times increasing each row.
Row 7 to 11—Repeat as for row 2 (making 22 shells in row).
Row 12—Work evenly—1 row shells.
Row 13—Drop one shell on each side (20 shells).
Rows 14 to 16—20 shells each worked evenly.
Row 17—19 shells.
Rows 18 to 21—18 shells.
Row 22—17 shells.
Rows 23 to 25—16 shells.
Row 26—15 shells (decrease 1 shell).
Rows 27 to 29—14 shells.
Row 30—13 shells.
Rows 31 to 33—12 shells.
Row 34—11 shells.
Rows 35 to 37—10 shells.
Row 38—9 shells.
Row 39—8 shells.
Row 40—7 shells.
Row 41—6 shells—fasten thread. Repeat for other sleeve.
Collar: Make a chain 14 inches long, 1 d c in each st of ch—attach red thread; 1 s c in each d c, fasten thread. Attach yellow; 1 s c in each s c, fasten. Attach green; 1 s c in each s c, fasten thread. Sew to neck edge of blouse.
Pocket Flaps—ch 27, work as directed for collar finishing edge in 3 colors. Repeat for second pocket.
Belt—Ch 14, 1 s c in each st—repeat this row until belt is 6 inches long, now decrease 2 s c at each side of every row until one st remains—fasten thread. Repeat for other half of belt—but making no decrease and working strip 7 inches in length.
To assemble blouse—whip shoulder and underarm seams together, also join sleeve seams—using color as on collar—work down right side of blouse front from neck edge allowing 4 ch for each buttonhole and 12 s c between each buttonhole making 1 st buttonhole after attaching red thread—work eight down front of blouse and continue colored trim around blouse and up front point to first button. Finish left side of blouse with 3 rows s c in material warp. Work colored edge on sleeves. Sew bright red buttons to blouse, attach belt ends to underarm seam three inches from blouse edge—pull straight end over center of red buckle and fasten, pointed end is to be drawn through this buckle at center back to adjust waist of blouse—Match sleeve seam and underarm seam and whip together 6 inches on both sides from this place—make 4 pleats across top of sleeve using fullness and continue sewing in sleeve. Press blouse seams—Sew simulated pocket pieces at an angle slanting down placing 1 end opposite 2nd button and about 2½ inches away from this button.
Flowers—using colored thread—ch 4, join, 14 d c in ring, make 3 flowers for each pocket—chain st in place with a different color and work large spot of this color in each flower center—leaves and stems are done in simple chain st in green.