on the needles

 

on the needles

Gorgeous double cable, short sleeved sweater with an offset button collar from 1940.

Another from the fabulous collection at Trove, it can be found here.

and we're finished

Statement ruching - check

problems, problems

Oh how I have battled this pattern. The back was easy as pie. The fronts .... no matter how many times I knitted them up, the decreases looked untidy. I thought about replacing the rib sections with stocking stitch, but that would change the whole look of the garment.