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Birdseye Jacket
This is a buttoned jacket/cardigan style garment w/ bracelet length sleeves. Knit flat, in slipstitch color blocked striping with a zig-zag motif in each block. It has ribbed button-band, neckband, sweater bottom, and sleeve bottom.
Pattern instructions are partially written and partially charted. The ability to read charts is required.
MEASUREMENTS TO FIT - 2 sizes:
81-86cm (32in.-34in.) / 91-96cm (36in.-38in.)
(pattern photograph shown in size 81-86cm/32in-34in)
DIMENSIONS:
Length at Center back: 46cm (18 in) / 56cm (22 in)
Width across back: 55cm (21.5 in) / 61cm (24 in)
Armhole depth: 20cm (8 in) / 27cm (10.5 in)
Sleeve seam: 39cm (15.5 in) / 43cm (17 in)
Includes schematic. Interpreted from schematic:
Width across each front side): 29cm (11.4 in) / 32cm (12.6 in)
YARN:
-Yarn is used/held double throughout pattern.
-3 colors are used for each section.
Number of Balls of each color required per size:
Size: 81-86cm / 32in-34in
Color (shade#):
Furnace (341): 4 balls
Bleached (302): 8 balls
French Blue (308): 2 balls
Jettison (317): 2 balls
Pale Mauve (311): 2 balls
Size: 91-96cm / 36in-38in
Color (shade#):
Furnace (341): 5 balls
Bleached (302): 9 balls
French Blue (308): 3 balls
Jettison (317): 3 balls
Pale Mauve (311): 2 balls
Note: The original yarn is Rowan Mercerised Cotton (50 grams each). No information is available on this yarn, but it is implied that it was replaced by Rowan Cabled Mercerised Cotton.
GAUGE:
20 sts and 35 rows to 10cm (4in) measured over pattern using 6mm (US 10 needles). 1 pattern block of 40 rows - 11.5cm
OTHER MATERIALS::
Knitting Needle Size: 6mm (US 10)
Buttons:
Size 81-86cm 32in-34in): Qty 8
Size 91-96cm/36in-38in): Qty 9
Darning/sewing needle
source:
This is Pattern # 19 of 30 patterns in Rowan Cotton Collection (copyright 1987)
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- First published: January 1987
- Page created: July 23, 2021
- Last updated: October 29, 2023 …
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