Almost Serious Suit: Jacket by Shirley Paden

Almost Serious Suit: Jacket

Knitting
January 2001
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
20 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette stitch with Main Color and larger needles
US 8 - 5.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
3.5 mm (E)
3.75 mm (F)
3219 - 3891 yards (2943 - 3558 m)
36¼ (38½, 41¼, 44)" (92 (98, 105, 112) cm) chest/bust circumference, buttoned
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $3.25.

Interweave SKU: EP1026

Pattern Description from Interweave Online Store:
This New York designer adds a dressmaker’s styling to most of her handknits. In this elegant ensemble, she’s combined a sleek, fitted jacket with a short tapered skirt and added a bit of fluff at the collar and cuffs. The jacket is worked in an allover stitch pattern that has a subtle diagonal appearance. The total effect is slimming, sophisticated, and sensational.

Finished Size: 36¼ (38½, 41¼, 44)“ (92 (98, 105, 112) cm) chest/bust circumference, buttoned. Jacket shown measures 38½” (98 cm).

Yarn:

  • Berroco SensuWool (80% wool, 20% nylon; 96 yd [88m]/50 g): #6529 pomegranate (MC), 33 (36, 38, 40) balls.
  • Berroco Zap (100% polyester; 51 yd (47 m)/50 g): #3529 pomegranate (CC), 1 skein.

Yarn weight: #4 - Medium

Note: Total yardage given is sufficient to make both items in the set.

Gauge:

  • 32 sts and 42 rows = 5” (12.5 cm) in twist check patt with MC and larger needles
  • 20 sts and 30 rows = 4” (10 cm) in St st with MC and larger needles.

Needles:

  • Jacket Body and Sleeves - Size 8 (5 mm).
  • Jacket Edging - Sizes 7 (4.5 mm) and 10 (6 mm).

Notions: Sizes E/4 and F/5 (3.5 and 3.75 mm) crochet hooks; tapestry needle; nine 7/8” (2.2-cm) buttons; 1”- (2.5-cm) wide elastic 1” (2.5 cm) longer than waist circumference; 1 snap; 1 1/8 yd (1.1 m) 1 1/2”- (3.8-cm) wide EZ Belting belt lining; 2”- (5-cm) wide buckle.

Originally Published: Interweave Knits, Fall 2001