Here is where I sit now for all things textile. A clearer focus for you all and for me I think. Welcome if this is your first visit - you’ll find all the old stitchy posts here too.
So, this lovely jacket is nearly at the finishing line, if you’ll pardon the pun. It has been really interesting to knit, both for construction and for the lacy pattern on the skirt. Those 500+ stitches have been worth it.
The three in one rib has a lovely textural quality and the curlicues in the lace pattern an unexpected pleasure
The final shaping at the top of the sleeve is interesting too - a passage of standard decreases and then those purl 3tog, k 2tog rows to draw it all in at the top. I’m looking forward to seeing what that is like - it all feels rather Jane Austen
How delightful your Jane Austen jacket is going to be. I love the color which looks to be almost the same as a corduroy jacket my mother made for me so many years ago. I still wear it often.
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DeleteI am hoping it will be good. I substituted the recommended yarn though, so had to change needle size as well, always a dangerous escapade!
How lovely to still have a jacket your mother made you, a treasured thing I should think
It does have a sort of graceful simplicity of outline to it - and I'm glad the pattern designers did the model in a light colour. It's one of my pet hates that a pattern model is worked in a gorgeous, but dark thread or fabric, which means you don't really get a sense of the way it behaves. In real life, the real light pulls interesting highlights out of a dark garment..
ReplyDeleteYes, it does look good in a lighter yarn too, but I already have a jacket in a similar colour and wanted to replace a maroon one which is getting a bit shabby. I am hoping it will look as good dark - got to block and press now - safely away from the cat chaps!!
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