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1953 Crocheted Circle Dress Skirt and Top Evening look.

Vintage crochet skirt pattern and knit blouse from the 1950s, called "Venetian Lace Dress." "Lace over Turquoise Taffeta....skirt crocheted with Marcelaine-Velveen and nylon ribbon."

Size: 12, 14, 16, 18
Bust: 30, 32, 34, 36 inches
Waist: 25, 26 ½, 28, 30 inches
Hips: 33, 35, 37, 39 inches
BLOCKING MEASUREMENTS: 
Skirt Width around lower edge: 102, 102, 109, 109 inches
Skrit Waist: 29 ½, 29 ½, 32 ½, 32 ½ inches
Blouse Width Across at Underarm: 16 ½, 17 ½, 18 ½, 19 ½ inches
Blouse Width Across from Sleeve Edge to Sleeve Edge: 27 ½, 28 ½, 29 ½, 30 ½ inches
Blouse Length from Back of Neck Start: 14, 14, 15, 15 inches


Materals required:
SKIRT: 
Yarn 
*Columbia-Minerva Marcelaine-Velveen (1 ounce balls) for sizes 12-14, 16-18: 14 (16 balls)
*Columbia-Minerva Nylon Ribbon (100 yard spool) for sizes 12-14, 16-18: 5 (6 spools)
Boye steel crochet hook, size 1 (2.75 mm or US C/D)
Gauge: 
5 Mesh = 2 inches (Marcelaine-Velveen)
7 SC = 1 inch

BLOUSE:
Yarn 
*Columbia-Minerva Marcelaine-Velveen (1 ounce balls) for sizes 12,14, 16, 18: 7 (7, 8, 9 balls)
*Columbia-Minerva Nylon Ribbon (100 yard spool) for sizes 12-14, 16-18: 5 (6 spools)
Boye knitting needles-14 inches long, US size 0
Boye knitting needles-14 inches long, US size 2
Boye circular knitting needles-29 inches long, US size 0
Gauge: 
8 stitches and 12 rows = 1 inch (stockinette on size 2 needles)

 

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