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Nun's Hand Knitted Apparel -- Vintage 1930s Knitting Patterns (Book No. 814)
by T. Buettner & Co.

{softcover, 25 pages, 7x10, 2009, ISBN: 1936049287}

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Originally published in 1933, this book contains a collection of knitting patterns for stylish vintage garments. Instructions are included for a Boulevard suit and jacket, Boulevard waistcoat, country club blouse, Promenade blouse, skirt and jacket, Turf Club slipover, shawl, boudoir wrap, Tete-a-Tete blouse, silhouette blouse and beret, Lake Placid turtle neck and beret, Fairway blouse, two sweater slipovers for men and one sweater slipover for a juvenile boy.

Directions for this book are for vintage size 34 except for the Promenade ensemble which is a size 36 -- but don't fret if this isn't your size -- we also provide unbound paper instructions for: 

- basic directions for changing the size of a garment.
- instructions for measuring your body for vintage patterns.
- directions for choosing your size based on body measurements
  from the late 1800s through the 1950s when corsets and girdles
  made women thinner.
- fittings guideline chart you can use to adjust patterns to fit
  tighter or looser based on your own preferences of a snug or
  loose fit with your clothing.
- knitting/crochet conversion instructions you can use if you
  like a specific pattern but are not skilled in knitting/crochet
  (or vice versa), you can do what you are familiar with.