WWII Vests and Sweaters
WWII vests and sweaters all knitted from the original WWII war patterns.
This is the original 1942 pattern photo for a basic V neck vest.
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I knitted the vest in an olive drab, shown here. This color sometimes photographs more brown or more green, depending on lighting conditions.
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This is the basic WWII vest. It is from a 1940 service knits booklet.
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The WWII Basic Vest that I knitted.
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These two sweaters are from a 1941 Knit for Defense book. A Round Neck and Turtleneck. Their number in the booklet is S-101.
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The S-101 Round Neck Sweater that I knitted.
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Here is a V-neck sweater. It is from the same pattern book as the vest.
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WWII turtleneck sweater. Also from the same book as the vest and V-neck sweater.
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1941 V Neck Sweater from a service knits book.
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The 1941 V Neck Sweater I knitted in a khaki color. The pattern says this sweater is for all branches of the service.
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Here are a variety of vests and sweaters from the WWII book, "Service Woollies for Air, Land and Sea" by Beehive.
This is a custom WWII cardigan sweater I made in Alpaca yarn and with a zipper. While I wouldn't want to do a zipper again, it was nice working with Alpaca yarn.
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