Kilim Coat Dress
by Sally Melville
Sally Melville Styles: A Unique and Elegant Approach for Your Yarn Collection
Pattern
© Alexis Xenakis, XRX Books
Kilim Coat Dress
This pattern is available in print
for $28.95.
Stunning coat dress using Knitting-as-Warp technique of weaving-in contrasting colors to form a pattern after knitting has been completed. The book “Styles” was first published in 1998, and is in its third printing.
Level of Difficulty: Intermediate
Measurements:
- Chest: 40 (42, 45, 48)“
- Length: 31 (33, 34 1/2, 36)“
Materials:
- Main Color (MC) in DK weight yarn: 1400 (1600, 1760, 2060) yds or approx. 10 (12, 13, 15) 175oz / 50g balls in black.
- Contrast Colors (CC) in DK or worsted weight yarns: 1 yd lengths of light to light-medium intensity (LCC) yellow-greens, yellows, and yellow-oranges; 2 1/2 yd lengths of medium to dark intensity (MCC) yellows, yellow-oranges, oranges, and red-oranges; 6 1/2 yd lengths of dark intensity (DCC) blue-greens, greens, yellow-greens, yellows, yellow-oranges, oranges, red-oranges, reds, and red-purples.
- Six 5/8” buttons in MC
