Neel Jacket by Amy Christoffers

Neel Jacket

Knitting
July 2014
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
15 stitches and 26 rows = 4 inches
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
1225 - 1715 yards (1120 - 1568 m)
About 36½ (39½, 42½, 45½, 48½, 51½)" (92.5 [100.5, 108, 115.5, 123, 131] cm) bust circumference, buttoned, with 3" (7.5 cm) overlapping buttonband. Cardigan shown measures 36½" (92.5 cm).
English

The painter Alice Neel’s portraits always feel vintage and modern at the same time. That timeless quality of Neel’s work inspires the textured stitch patterns and the neat, fitted silhouette of this knitted jacket. The icy blue-gray yarn from the Imperial Stock Ranch is an obvious choice to match Neel’s color palette.