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Tuesday 1 October 2013

A successful prototype


Here are some quick notes about a project I recorded on Ravelry recently. 

Here are some rough diagrams to show the structure.





These diagrams represent an exploded view of the jacket. I hope the coloured lines indicate where the pieces are joined to each other. I used Singer/Studio/Knitmaster Card 4, tuck stitch



I like the stitch pattern, and it is possible to knit neat selveges with this pattern. Knitted in tuck stitch, the fabric resists curl, particularly when knitted at a loose tension.
The jacket is knitted in two yarns knitted together, a fine possum merino and an even finer but strong alpaca silk yarn. The body of the jacket is knitted at Tension 3 and the collar piece at Tension 10
The collar piece is knitted at a loose tension, and attached part way along the front edge of the jacket. This makes it possible to arrange the loose ends in a variety of styles, and it eliminates the need to calculate an exact size to attach. 

3 comments:

  1. Great piece Christine, must try it out! Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Thank you. This is such a classy jacket!!!

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  3. I am so inspired by your cardigan/jacket, it looks beautiful and I can only imagine how gorgeous it feels

    Another to add to my list of things to make! Thank you

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