Sunrise Circle Jacket - Completed
I finished my Sunrise Circle Jacket yesterday.
Pattern: Sunrise Cirlce Jacket by Kate Gilbert from Interweave Knits Web Patterns. I knit this as part of a knit along.
Guage: 18 sts & 27 rows = 4" ( I was off a bit from the pattern gauge of 18.5 sts & 28 rows = 4")
Yarn: 11 balls of Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed in Jewel. Love this yarn and the finished fabric.
Needles: 4.5 mm/US 7 addi turbos 24" and 32"
Start: 2-28-06
Finished: 3-25-06 (Included the blocking process, seaming, hemming and closures)
Size: 37"
Highlights: The back shaping is beautiful and ultra-feminine.
Lowlights: Too much finishing involved. The hemming, seaming and sewing in the snaps took me roughly 8 hours.
Notes: Instead of the toggle buttons (which I thought would be attract too much of the wrong kind of attention to my 'ahem' busty figure) I chose to use snaps as the closure for this jacket. I think I knit a size too large. The sleeves look really long in the picture, but it's actually too much ease in the armpit section that makes the sleeves look like that.
See more pics in the extended entry
The back (Wow, this is my best side):
Inside hem detail and snaps:
Instead of casting off the hem, I sewed the live stitches down. If you've knitted the Hourglass sweater from Last Minute Knitted Gifts, I used the neckband instructions from this pattern. Don't ask me why...
Comments
Really beautiful! I love the color and shaping. Such a nice job. And I like how you used snaps instead of toggles.
Posted by: Areli | March 26, 2006 01:06 PM
It looks wonderful! I especially love the color (it's very close to the one I am using).
Posted by: julia | March 26, 2006 01:39 PM
it looks gorgeous! the colour the fit, and the whole thing... and speaking from the perspective of my own, ahem, busty figure, the sweater is tres flattering
Posted by: Liz | March 26, 2006 01:57 PM
Absolutely fabulous! I just love it!
This one just jumped to the top of my fall sweater list!
Posted by: Leah | March 26, 2006 05:45 PM
Super amazing snappy job!!! And I really like the clean lines of the hidden snaps. Very well done!!!
Posted by: Shelagh | March 26, 2006 08:02 PM
congrats...looks great!
Posted by: jae | March 26, 2006 10:41 PM
Great job! And lovely color! If I may be so bold as to ask, what size did you knit? I'm about to start, but am worried about there being too much armpit ease in the larger two sizes. (My front porch definitely requires one of those two sizes...)
Posted by: Jessie | March 27, 2006 09:59 AM
It's well worth all those hours of finishing. Your jacket looks lovely.
Posted by: Mandella | March 28, 2006 01:40 PM
It looks fabulous! Nice job. I love your color choice.
Posted by: nicole | April 1, 2006 07:50 PM