Couturier Jacket by Nadya Stallings

Couturier Jacket

Knitting
June 2015
Aran (8 wpi) ?
17 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette stitch on medium-size needles
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 6 - 4.0 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
1100 - 1760 yards (1006 - 1609 m)
34¼ (39½, 43, 45¼, 51, 54½)" bust circumference, buttoned; shown in size 34¼", modeled with 2¼" of positive ease
English
This pattern is available from interweave.com for $7.99.

A classic jacket shape is updated with a slightly slouchy fit and subtle slub texture. Knit flat and seamed, this jacket is finished with an elegant I-cord bind-off and back button tab.

Sizes 34¼ (39½, 43, 45¼, 51, 54½)“ bust circumference, buttoned; shown in size 34¼”, modeled with 2¼“ of positive ease
Yarn Universal Yarn Deluxe Worsted Superwash (100% superwash wool; 220 yd 200 m/100 g):
• #749 smoke heather, 5 (5, 6, 7, 7, 8) skeins
Gauge 17 sts and 26 rows = 4” in St st on medium-size needles
Tools
• Size 5 (3.75 mm) needles
• Size 6 (4 mm) needles
• Size 7 (4.5 mm) needles
• 9 (10, 10, 10, 10, 10) 7⁄8” buttons
• Stitch holders
• Tapestry needle