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ABDOMINAL BELT/TUMMY WARMER

(for 32 - 34 - 36" waist)


Material:
approx 1400 yd (for largest sixe) light weight DK yarn
#1 (2 « mm) circular needle and #3 (3 1/4 mm)circular needle (or
xize to obtain gauge)

GAUGE: 7 sts = 1", 10 rows = 1"

With #3 needles, cast on 210 (224, 238) sts. Join, being careful
not to twist sts.

Change to #1 needle and work in K 1, P 1 rib throughout for 3".

Change to #3 needle and work in established rib until piece
measures 11".

Change to #1 needle and work in pattern for 3". Bind off loosely,
using #3 needle.



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This pattern was adapted from  Bernat's Handicrafter (Vol. XIII,
No. 3): WARTIME HANDKNITS. Copyright 1942, Emile Bernat & Sons
Co., Jamaica Plain, MA, USA


Esther S. Bozak
ebozak@cs.oswego.edu
URL: http://www.cs.oswego.edu/~ebozak/knit/troop-knitting/bernat/ab-belt.html