Sizes: 35" (38" - 41" - 44" - 48" - 53" - 57" - 61") finished garment chest measurement
This little hand knit jacquard jacket is the picture of elegance. Its overall stranded damask pattern repeat elevates it to fine knitting for special occasions. Worn over an evening gown or a sheath dress, it exudes richness.
The tailored fit of this little gem of a fair isle knit jacket makes it all the more classic. Measurements follow the instructions for each of the 8 sizes every step of the way in order to check them against your own (before you begin knitting, of course!). Exact starting points within the damask pattern repeats are included for each portion of the stranded fair isle jacket. Stitch and row counts included for checking your progress.
The collar on this jacquard knit cardigan is faced with a knit under-collar in order to provide both its own structural support and an immaculate couture finish. It will stand up on its own as the collar on a Chanel-style knit jacket should.
There are no buttons included on the scalloped faced edges along the two fronts. Buttons *could* be added along the vertical midline, however, if desired. Crisp turn rows are featured along the bottom hemmed edges of the knit jacquard jacket and the long sleeves.
I used a sock weight / fingering weight yarn for the jacquard knit sweater jacket. Living where it is hot and humid most of the year, I prefer to knit with cotton, but any fiber would be appropriate. The 3/2 perle cotton (1260 yds per lb, or 18 wraps per inch) which I used can also be dyed easily in fiber-reactive Procion MX dye, which I do frequently. I was so taken with the colors of "mineral" and "tyrol" this time, though, that I purchased them already dyed. To create the somewhat frosted look of the damask pattern repeat, my 2 colors are pretty close in value, rather than having a lot of contrast.
Knit gauge in Stockinette Stitch with only one strand of yarn is 7 stitches and 10 rows per inch on Size 3 US needles. The colorwork stranding on the inside when using the 2 colors produces a wonderful light jacket-weight result. While not historically correct in calling this pattern "fair isle", it qualifies in the same sense that most of us have come to use this term in that only 2 colors are used per row.
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