MODA VERA OTIS FAUX & KOOSH COTTON JACKET

Instructions

Note: Body and Hood are knit in Otis Faux, with Sleeves in Koosh Cotton Blend worked using double strands for Main on Sleeves and single strand on Sleeve Cuffs.

Special Abbreviations

M1 = Make 1 stitch - Using left hand needle, pick up loop before next stitch, knit or purl through back loop to avoid a hole)

pm / sm = place marker / slip marker

Back

Using MC and 8 mm circular needles, cast on 44 (50, 54, 60) sts, work in ROWS not Rounds.

Work in stocking st (beg with a knit row), until work measures 5 (5, 7, 7) cm from beg, ending with a purl row.

Cont in stocking st, cast on 3sts at beg of next 2 rows (for pocket attachments).

Work in stocking st for another 12 cm.

Cast off 3sts at beg of next 2 rows.

Cont in stocking st until Back measures 27 (28, 28 28) cm.

Tie a coloured scrap yarn at both ends of last row, to mark beg of armholes as there is no armhole shaping.

Continue in stocking st until Back measures 47 (50, 51, 52) cm, cast off.

Right Front

Using MC and 8 mm circular needles, cast on 22 (25, 27, 30) sts.

Work in stocking st (beg with a knit row), until work measures 5 (5, 7, 7) cm from beg, ending with a knit row.

Next row (WS) - Cast on 3sts at beg of row (for pocket attachment).

Work in stocking st for another 12 cm, ending with a knit row.

Next row (WS) - Cast off 3sts at beg of row.

Cont in stocking st until Front measures 27 (28, 28 28) cm.

Tie a coloured scrap yarn (on pocket side) to mark beg of armhole as there is no armhole shaping.

Continue in stocking st until measures 34 (37, 38, 39) cm, ending with a purl row.

Neck Shaping -

Cast off 3 (3, 4, 4) sts at beg of next row, then 1st at neck edge on alt (RS) rows until 16 (18, 20, 22) sts rem.

Continue in stocking st until Right Front measures 47 (50, 51, 52) cm, cast off.

Left Front

Using MC and 8 mm needle, cast on 22 (25, 27, 30) sts.

Work as for the Right Front, reversing shaping, AT THE SAME TIME make eyelets on RS rows as follows:

Eyelets -

On 5th row, then every following 8th (10th, 10th, 10th) row, knit to last 4sts, K2tog, yo, K2.

Hood

Sew shoulder seams. With RS facing, using MC and 8mm circular needles, starting at Right Front neck and working around neckline, pick up 40 (42, 42, 44) sts.

1st row (WS) - P16 (17, 17, 18) sts, pm, P8, pm, P16 (17, 17, 18) sts.

2nd row - Knit to marker, M1, sm, K8, sm, M1, knit to end.

3rd row - Purl.

4th row - Knit.

Work 1st - 4th row 5 times ... 50 (52, 52, 54) sts.

Cont in stocking st for 3 rows, ending with a purl row.

Hood Shaping -

1st row (RS) - Knit to 2sts before marker, K2tog, sm, K8, sm, K2tog, knit to end.

2nd row - Purl.

Rep last 2 rows 6 times total ... 38 (40, 40, 42) sts.

13th row - Knit to 3sts before marker, K3tog, sm, K8, sm, K3tog, knit to end.

14th row - Purl.

Rep last 2 rows 3 times in total ... 26 (28, 28, 30) sts, cast off.

Fold Hood in half, RS tog and seam top of Hood.

Sleeves

With RS facing, using 6 mm needles and CC held double, pick up 49 (53, 57, 57) sts between markers on Front and Back that mark armhole.

Beg Patt -

1st row (RS) - K1, *(K1, P1, K2), rep from * to end.

2nd row - *(P1, K3) rep from * to last st, P1.

Last 2 rows form 'Mistake Rib' patt, work 15 rows patt starting with 2nd row.

On next row (RS), and every following 16th row, maintaining patt placement, dec 1st at either end of row, until 41 (45, 49, 49) sts rem.

Cont in patt until Sleeve measures 40cm from beg, or 5cm less than desired finished length.

Cuff -

Change to 4 mm needles and single strand of CC, cont in patt for 5 cm, cast off.

Pockets

With RS facing, using 6 mm needles and CC held double, pick up 15sts along edge of pocket attachments.

1st row (WS) - Purl.

Work in stocking st until pocket measures 20 cm from beg. Cast off.

I-Cord Ties

Using 6 mm needle and CC held double, cast on 4 sts.

*K4, do not turn work. Slip 3 sts back to left needle, rep from * until I-cord measures 50 cm or desired length. Cast off.

Finishing

DO NOT PRESS. Join side seams, around pockets, and sleeve seams. Pockets can be carefully stitched to the inside of Fronts preventing them showing below the bottom edge of Jacket. Weave in ends. Attach I-cord ties to Right Front to correspond with Eyelets on Left Front.