#22 Cropped Shawl Collar Jacket by Soo Youn & Townsend

#22 Cropped Shawl Collar Jacket

Knitting
September 1989
Aran (8 wpi) ?
18 stitches and 24 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette
US 9 - 5.5 mm
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 10½ - 6.5 mm
Finished bust measurement at underarm (buttoned) 37 (39, 41, 43, 45)"/93.5 (98.5, 102.5, 106.5, 111.5)cm
English
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This close-fitting, cropped jacket with set-in sleeves, has a V-neck with a twisted rib lapel and an attached short-rowed bouclé shawl collar.

KNITTED MEASUREMENTS
• Finished bust measurement at underarm (buttoned) 37 (39, 41, 43, 45)“/93.5 (98.5, 102.5, 106.5, 111.5)cm
• Length 19½ (20, 20½, 21½, 22)”/49.5 (50.5, 52, 54.5, 55.5)cm
• Sleeve width at upper arm 13¾ (14¼, 14¼, 14¾, 15½)“/34.5 (35.5, 35.5, 36.5, 39)cm

Notes

  1. This pattern has been updated to include only technical corrections and clarifications; no other alterations have been made since its original printing.
  2. The original yarn used for this project is no longer available. A comparable substitution has been suggested by the yarn company which is available at the time of posting. Be sure to check yarn ball quantity and gauge of substitution yarns very carefully before beginning.

Suggested Substitute Yarn
• Classic Elite Renaissance (wool) 13/4oz/50g balls (each approx 110yd/100m) in #7110 marine (A)
• Classic Elite La Gran (mohair/wool/nylon) 11/2oz/42g balls (each approx 90yd/82m) in #61510 true navy (B)

KNITTED MEASUREMENTS
• Sized for X-Small, Small, Medium and Large.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
• Finished bust measurement at underarm (buttoned) 37 (39, 41, 43, 45)“/93.5 (98.5, 102.5, 106.5, 111.5)cm
• Length 19½ (20, 20½, 21½, 22)”/49.5 (50.5, 52, 54.5, 55.5)cm
• Sleeve width at upper arm 13¾ (14¼, 14¼, 14¾, 15½)“/34.5 (35.5, 35.5, 36.5, 39)cm

GAUGE
• 18 sts and 24 rows to 4”/10cm over St st and A, using size 9 (5.5mm) needles.

Vogue Knitting, Fall 1989 listed the following yarn requirements:

  • 10 (11, 11, 12, 13) 1-3/4oz/50g balls (each approx 93yd/85m) of Classic Elite Boston
  • 2 1-1/2oz/40g balls (each approx 90yd/82m) of Classic Elite Sharon