Pattern:
Drops pattern #103-1 (for "Eskimo" or "Silke-Alpaca" Drops yarn).
Yarn: Briggs & Little "Heritage" Method: Hand knit Completed: April 3,
2009.
I always like Briggs & Little yarn -- it's very much wool, and
therefore slightly scratchy. But, it has really great "bounce",
and it knits up into something light and warm and sturdy.
Something odd occurred here, though -- the post-project row gauge is
different from what I had gotten in my test swatch (which also had been
washed and dried before measuring). This means the jacket is 2 -
3" shorter than it should be. I do think it would be better at
the original length. Oddly -- I don't think the sleeves
shortened as much. I'll have to see if re-washing and blocking
more carefully (to stretch the length) helps at all.
Also, if I had it to do again, I would probably not keep the
exaggerated flare at the bottom of the sweater (at least, not unless I
had a very drapey yarn and expected it to just ... drape).
Front view of the
jacket. Wish I'd straightened the right front piece properly.
Jacket back -- shows off how
nice the collar is in this pattern
Here it is laid out -- and
you can see the obvious flaring in the jacket
