Shadow Box Coat by Sally Melville

Shadow Box Coat

Knitting
January 1998
Bulky (7 wpi) ?
10 stitches and 11 rows = 4 inches
in Stockinette using larger needles and measured after weaving in CC
US 10 - 6.0 mm
US 15 - 10.0 mm
1240 - 1580 yards (1134 - 1445 m)
S (M, L, XL) Shown in size M
English

Striking coat in the Knitting-as-Warp technique, in which the garment is knit in stockinette stitch, and then contrasting colors are woven in to create pattern. (Same instructions as Tricia’s Coat, with contrasting colors woven in following a chart after knitting is finished.)

Level of Difficulty: Intermediate

Measurements:

  • Chest: 45 (48, 51, 54 1/2)“
  • Length: 28 1/2 (30, 31 1/2, 33)“

Materials:

  • Main Color (MC) in chunky weight yarn: 650 (760, 860, 990 ) yds or approx. 6 (7, 8, 9) 3.5oz / 100g balls in dark brown.
  • Contrast Colors (CC) in chunky weight yarn or doubled DK/worsted weight yarn: approx. 65 lengths each as follows: 70” of charcoal grays or blacks (CC1); 50” of browns (CC2); 20” of dark red-purples (CC3); 90” of dark reds (CC4); 60” of medium intensity red-oranges (CC5); and 20” of medium intensity oranges and yellow-oranges (CC6).
  • Pocket linings in chunky weight yarn: 30 yds MC or any CC or 60 yds DK/worsted weight, doubled.
  • Five 1” buttons in CC