Knit for Victory—and for the weekend—with America at Work and Play, Book No. 189!

This wartime Spool Cotton Company booklet (cover price 10¢) is written for Chadwick’s Red Heart Sweater Wool, Shetland Floss, and Knitting Worsted on Clark’s O.N.T. pins. The introduction pitches hand-knit sweaters as the nation’s work-and-play clothes. Directions are sized (often 12–20) with blocking charts. Almost every garment is knit; one design is crochet.

Featured designs include:

• Victory Girl No. 1278 (cover) – turtleneck pullover with snowflake yoke
• Best Pal No. 1279 – waffle-front all-day cardigan
• Dress Up No. 1245 – two-piece suit-dress with snowflake yoke
• Tee Off No. 1293 – extra-length knitted jerkin
• Peasant Gal No. 1290 – two-color crochet jacket
• Smoothie No. 1276 – casual hand-knit jacket
• Raglan Classic No. 1289 – ribbed raglan pullover
• Best Beloved No. 1287 – buttoned Shetland cardigan
• Sweet Twosome No. 1286 – mother-and-daughter jumper
• Reliable No. 1285 – short double-yarn cardigan
• Snow Daisies No. 1281 – outdoor cardigan with embroidered flowers
• Success Girl No. 1291 – simple office pullover

A complete 1942 Red Heart sweater book for collectors of wartime knitting.