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Bombay Nights

by Melissa Leapman

Published in

Creative Knitting, March 2012

Craft

Knitting

Category

Coat / Jacket

Published

March 2012

Yarns suggested

Kollage Yarns Fantastic

Yarn weight

Worsted / 10 ply (9 wpi)

Gauge

18 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches in with larger needles in Openwork pat

Needle size

US 7 - 4.5 mm

US 8 - 5.0 mm

Yardage

1116 - 1302 yards (1020 - 1191 m)

Sizes available

Woman’s small (medium/large, extra-large, 2X-large) Instructions are given for smallest size, with larger sizes in parentheses. When only 1 number is given it applies to all sizes.

This must-have jacket echoes earthy elements of bamboo and hand-carved wood.

Skill Level:
Easy

Finished Measurements:
Chest: 34 (42, 50, 58) inches, buttoned
Length: 22 1/2 (22 1/2, 23 1/2, 23 1/2) inches

Materials:

Kollage Yarn Fantastic (worsted weight; 100% merino wool; 93 yds/50g per hank): 12 (13, 14, 14) hanks burlywood #7501
Size 7 (4.5mm) 24-inch circular needle
Size 8 (5mm) knitting needles or size needed to obtain gauge
Stitch markers
2 (1 7/8-inch) Lantern Moon primitive horn rectangle buttons