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.
Although this is actually one of the type “C” turtleneck sweaters I’ve knitted from the Service Woollies book below, it is nearly the same as this one, so I’ve included the picture here.
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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 the “C” sweater I knitted from the Service Woollies book. It can also be made as a round neck or V neck instead of turtleneck.
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.