Sizes: 35" (38" - 41" - 44" - 48" - 53" - 57" - 61") finished garment chest measurement
Feel and look like a million bucks in this lapel collar knit jacket with back pleat. The hand knit tailoring up the sides chisel the above-waist area. This is very slenderizing while at the same time it avoids binding at the waist and upper hip area. In addition, a back pleat and tailoring above that pleat create a flirty feminine profile.
The Back and Front sections are knit in one piece up to the armhole. Facings along the front edges are included and turn back on a crisp foldline. The Collar and Undercollar are knit as one piece, as well, with a crisp foldline. All edges are either faced or hemmed.
Buttonholes on the Right Front are repeated on the Right Front Facing as noted by row and stitch counts for each individual size.
To create a well-fitted contoured knit jacket, step-by-step instructions (by row and stitch counts for each of the 8 individual sizes) are included. Further contours from short rows and/or vertical bust darts would also be appropriate on this hand knit jacket. For more illustrated information about the role of bust darts in contouring the body of a knitted garment, refer to my Knitting Bust Darts Tutorial at https://www.conniehester.com/knitting-bust-darts.htm . Knitted short rows and vertical bust darts can make the days of knitting a tent, in order to cover all body parts adequately, nothing more than a barbaric practice of the past.
Garments which fit at the shoulders look the most well-fitted, so I have included measurements throughout this lapel collar knit jacket pattern in order to accommodate individualized tailoring.
For the sometimes faint of heart, I have also included stitch and row counts for all shaping in all 8 sizes. No idle chatter, my patterns are commonly the next best thing to hand-holding through a knit pattern.
Living in Texas, where it is hot and humid much of the year, I choose to knit lightweight cotton jackets in 3/2 perle cotton (Size 3 perle; 1260 yds per lb; 18 wraps per inch); otherwise I may not have the opportunity to wear knitwear much during some years. Perle cotton also dyes easily in fiber-reactive Procion MX dyes, which I often do. Any sock or fingering-weight yarn which produces gauge will work for this knitted jacket, including any combination of finer yarns which together constitute a somewhat fingering-weight.
Knit gauge in Stockinette Stitch is 7 stitches and 10 rows per inch on Size 3 US needles. This produces a stable yet nicely draping gauge which will not sag, stretch, or otherwise distort. I love the way the resulting fabric feels against the skin.
Required Yardage: 1748 [1860, 2119, 2382, 2713, 2925, 3280, 3457] yds.
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