Workbasket Magazine Oct 1952 Baby Set

For this week, I made the crocheted baby set. Workbasket says this is for a six-month to one-year youngster and uses 5 balls of American Thread Company Baby yarn in the main color and 3 balls of angora or contrasting color. It uses a size 2 bone hook. I used a size B hook, which is close to the same thing, and, like the baby sacque I made earlier this year, I used Loops and Threads Woolike, this time in gray and purple.

This pattern is on six different pages in the magazine and was a little hard to follow. I ended up ripping parts out several times because I had a hard time going back and forth between the pages and keeping track of where I was. At one point, I decided to just write out the main part with the stitch pattern and color-code the contrasting lines, and that made all the difference. There is a part for the second shoulder that sends you back to the first shoulder directions. I picked it up where it says "Left Shoulder" when I should have started on row 55, where it says "Begin Shoulder".

Eventually, I finished the jacket and it is very cute. 

On to the bonnet and booties. The bonnet was fairly easy, but there are no finishing instructions for folding over the contrast edging. I ended up sewing it down. I think they might run the ribbon through the casing made by sewing it down. I might just sew it to the edge though. In the photo below, I just have it sitting inside the edge pocket.

The booties were slightly more difficult. This is one where I would have loved to have some row counts. I ended up ripping one bootie out because it turned out to be a different size when I got the base of the shoe done. I figured out which one was right, re-wrote the directions with row counts, and finished up the second one.
The set will go to the county fair and then to a co-worker who just had a baby, which will be about five months after the fair is over.

Scoring:
Is the pattern easy to understand? I think that if this was written out in its own publication, it probably would have been better, but it was edited down to fit into the magazine, and key things were left out. 0.5
If there was a gauge, could I match it? There was no gauge. 0.5
Does it look like the photo? Yes. 1.0
Would someone wear this? I hope so. 1.0
Did I enjoy making it? Mostly. The directions were a little frustrating, and I don't really like making booties that much. 0.5
Total Score 3.5