Indian Summer Jacket Knitting Pattern Download

Description

The body is knitted in a deep gold with half-circles of celery green worked in intarsia along the center fronts to form the background for the embroidered border. Smooth and textured yarns in an assorment of spicy colors are stitched along the edges of the sleeves and front openings. The jacket fastens with twenty, tiny hook-and-eye closures.

Finished Size: 37 (40, 44, 48 ½)” (94 [101.5, 112, 123] cm). Jacket shown measures 40″ (101.5 cm).
Yarn: S. R. Kertzer Super 10 (100% mercerized cotton; 249 yd [230 m]/125 g): #3358 ginger (MC), 4 (5, 5, 6) skeins; #3911 magenta, #3606 peridot, #3395 Persian red, and #3429 mulberry, 1 skein each. S. R. Kertzer Sari (100% polymide; 104 yd [95 m]/50 g): #52 copper, 1 skein. DMC Six Strand Embroidery Floss (100% cotton; 8.7 yd [8 m]/skein): #30915 metallic magenta, 5 skeins; #30930 metallic blue, 3 skeins; #30580 metallic lime green, #33685 metallic brown/rose, and #924 teal/blue, 2 skeins each.
Yarn weight: #3 – Light
Gauge: 19 sts and 28 rows = 4″ (10 cm) in St st.
Needles: Body and sleeves-Size 8 (5 mm): straight. Collar-Size 6 (4 mm): 32″ (80-cm) circular (cir). I-cord-Size 8 (5 mm): set of 2 double pointed (dpn). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.
Notions: Stitch holders; a few yards (meters) of waste yarn; markers (m); tapestry needle; twenty ¼” (6 mm) hook-and-eye sets; 1 ½ yd (1.5 meter) matching magenta single bias seam tape; sharp-pointed sewing needle and matching magenta thread for attaching bias tape and hook-and-eye sets; size F/6 (4-mm) crochet hook for chained slipstitch embroidery (optional).
Originally Published: Interweave Knits, Fall 2004