Vintage #knitting

I recently bought a bundle of old knitting patterns. This is from October 1942. In the middle of the second world war when make do and mend was the order of the day.

I am knitting it in Debbie Bliss pure silk. Not very make do and mend but I bought it in the sales, two colours, neither enough to make one garment; so I am going to knit the ribbing in the darker shade and the rest in the lighter. A small nod towards the economies of our grandmothers' generation