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Swap-Over Sweaters

Pattern ID: Ladyship 3404
Wool brand: Expresso double double
Yarn quantity: 29-33 (1oz balls)
Sizes: to fit 34-42 inch chest (3 sizes)

Wool weight: Chunky
Needle size: 6½mm and 5mm
Tension (10x10cm): 14sts x 18rows

Price: SOLD

Description: Sloppy Joe sweaters designed to attract young people towards hand-knits in the late 1950s or early 1960s. This is a cleaned-up version for the "decent" young people such as those depicted modelling it - the fashion it follows was for very baggy sweaters, longer, with rolled neck and sleeves, and probably no textured patterning.