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Make a sweeping statement in a knee-length color-blocked coat with vintage appeal. Rivage’s minimal details let the color do the talking, and the light fabric of Loft won’t weigh you down. Exaggerated drop shoulders make layering easy and comfortable, and gentle waist shaping keeps the fit neat. Very short bands of ribbing on the cuffs, collar edge, and hem prevent the stockinette fabric from rolling. A slipped-stitch edge with a purl gutter provides a neat finish on both sides of the work so the collar can lie tidily open — though it can also be styled in a variety of alternate ways; close it in a loose round fold with a pin at the collarbone for a Sixties look.

Construction

The pieces are worked flat from the bottom up and sewn together. The collar is worked from a combination of held and picked-up stitches.

Yardage

Fingering weight wool yarn in the following approximate amounts:
Color 1 (C1): 1290 (1415, 1565, 1690, 1860, 2020) yards
Color 2 (C2): 1120 (1215, 1365, 1465, 1640, 1740) yards
Color 3 (C3): 350 (380, 425, 455, 485, 515) yards

Yarn

Brooklyn Tweed Loft (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 275 yards/50 grams)
5 (6, 6, 7, 7, 8) skeins of C1
5 (5, 5, 6, 6, 7) skeins of C2
2 skeins of (C3)
Photographed in colors Flannel (C1), Old World (C2), Sweatshirt (C3)

Gauge

24 stitches & 36 rows = 4” in stockinette stitch, after blocking

Needles

One 32” circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge listed
Suggested Size: 3½ mm (US 4)

Finished Dimensions

38 (42, 46, 50, 54, 58)“ / 96.5 (106.5, 117, 127, 137, 147.5) cm circumference at chest
Sample shown is size 42” (106.5 cm) with 10” (25.5 cm) ease on model

Need help picking a size? See our resource page on Selecting a Sweater Size

Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:
Long-Tail Cast On
Purl Long-Tail Cast On
Sloped Bind Off

Skill Level

2 out of 5