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• Photo of the stitch pattern

• Pattern used is slightly amended from design G in the Sirdar White Book:
  • used 2.5mm hook instead of 3mm for neater chains
  • on the border at the bottom made one link per 4 DC rather than per 5 DC
  • Made the body width 38 patt instead of 35 patt to go a size above the maximum listed (ie to 44/46 in bust)
  • Added 6-patt-wide panels at sides to increase bagginess (after trying on) - without the waist shaping where you go down to 4 ch/loop instead of 5

• Yarn used - Jaeger Siena 4 ply pure cotton shade 418 (black) dye lot 0050, bought from John Lewis. Ran out of yarn so the sleeves are in dye lot 5B2.

I am completely making up the sleeves, since I don't like the flared shaping on the ones in the pattern.

• Start with 19 patt, work 19 rows ending with the one without half-patterns on the sides
• Increase row 1 - ch 4, turn, 1dc in first ch, ch 5, 1 dc in next 5-ch sp, cont to end.
• Increase row 2 - ch 6, turn, 1 dc in 3-ch half-patt space, ch 5, 1 dc in next 5-ch space, cont to end
• Note that because we increased half a pattern on each row, despite having done two rows we are back again on a row without half-patterns on the sides.
• Work one row as normal (20 patt)
• Repeat the increase rows once each, work one row as normal (21 patt)
• Work two rows
• Repeat the increase rows once each, work one row as normal (22 patt)
• Work four rows.
• Repeat the increase rows once each, work one row as normal (23 patt)
• Work four rows
• Repeat the increase rows once each, work one row as normal (24 patt)
• Work four rows

See Also: Kake's Projects