Womens Knit Mohair Two Piece Dress Pattern

Straight Line Suit : This pattern contains instructions to knit, crochet detail, the suit pictured above. The suit, or two piece dress as some might say, is knit with a bright emerald mohair motif into a royal blue jacket. The front panel jacket is slimming, which is followed into the straight skirt. The vintage early 1960s design is sized for women 12 to 20. The directions are for size 12, with changes for 14, 16, 18 and 20 shown in parentheses.   Body Bust Size: 32" (34"·36"·38"·40"). 

MATERIALS:   Columbia Minerva Bulky Boucle, 9 (9·10·11·11) 1-oz, skeins royal blue, main color (MC) for skirt and 9 (10-11-12-12) skeins for jacket; Columbia Minerva Icicle, 5 (5-6-6-7) 1 oz balls or Roma Italian Mohair, 4 (4-5-5-6)40 gram balls emerald, contrasting color (CC) for jacket:  - Nylon circular needle No 8 for skirt;'   - 14" straight knitting needles No 8 for jacket. (Or English size 5.)   Steel crochet hook No O;    One yard 1/2" elastic for skirt.;   For jacket, 1-1/4 yard 3"taffeta ribbon and sewing thread to match MC yarn;   four snaps and four 1-1/2" buttons.

GAUGE: 4 sts = 1"; 11 rnds or rows = 2" (stockinette st) 4 sts = 1"; 5 rows = 1" (polka dot pat).