A vintage knitting pattern for three baby's matinee coats for the first six months,
Original yarn: Patons Quickerknit baby wool with a tension of 6.5 sts and 8.5 rows to 1"square, over stocking stitch and using no. 9 (3.75mm) needles,
Top left photo: Matinee with sun ray yoke one size to fit 17/19" chest, 4.5" sleeve seam, 9.5" length at centre back,
Bottom right photo: Raglan sleeve matinee coat with v-neck, one size to fit 18" chest, 5" sleeve seam and 9.5" length at centre back,
Bottom left photo: Tunisian Rib matinee coat with yoke and collar, to fit one size 17/19" chest, 5" sleeve seam and 10.75" length,
Circa 1950s,
The pattern instructions for the matinee on the top left, has knitters markings, in the form of ticks and numbers along the edge of the line instructions, with the remainder of the pattern instructions clean. The leaflet is fully intact but with fading pages and a little roughness along the spine edge. It has 8 pages in total.