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Parisian Fashion Knits -- Vintage Knitting Patterns for 1930s Fashion Styles (Vol 3)
by Madame Regina

{softcover, 36 pages, 8.5x11, 2011, ISBN: 1936049562}

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Originally published in 1936, this vintage knitting pattern book contains classy mid-1930s fashions from Paris. Full knitting instructions are provided to make 5 dresses, 3 blouses, 8 skirts, coat, cape, 4 jackets, tunic coat, cozy nightgown and 2 sweaters. Measurements are provided by bust, waist, hip and length -- with instructions for increasing sizes by both length and width. We also provide unbound:

- 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.