Patons Helps to Knitters IX (1d)

Paton’s started to publish ‘Helps to Knitters’ pattern leaflets a few years before the First World War. This leaflet and others in the series were advertised in 1912.

Long knitted jackets for women, worn for sports or casual wear, were popular in the 1910s – the young woman on the cover is dressed to go for a walk, and the woman wearing the other outfit in the leaflet is shown with a golf club.

Knitted coat

This pattern (by M Sibbald) suggests that you can use any stitch that gives the correct tension.

Yarn: Paton’s Super or Rose Petticoat wool
Sizes: 34 inch to 36 inch, 36 inch to 38 inch, and 30 inch to 40 inch bust
Gauge/tension: 5 stitches and 9 rows to an inch.

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Russian coat

This coat is fastened up the left hand side. Pattern by M Sibbald.

Yarn: Paton’s 4-ply Rose Fingering (50;s) (23 skeins or 11½ cuts) or Paton’s 5-ply Super Fingering (10 cuts or about 1½ lbs)
Size: 34 in to 36 in, 38 in to 40 in chest
Gauge/tension:

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Rinking cap

Yarn: 4oz Paton’s Super or Rose Petticoat Fingering.

Pattern by M.T.

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Brittany cap

Yarn: 4oz Paton’s 5ply Super Fingering

Pattern by M. T.