Alka and Arts: Knitted Princess Jacket 5

Princess Jacket:

Fig 1

Hi friends,

It was a good thing that pick up point of our Kerala Kanya kumari trip (as I have mentioned in the last post) was Pune. Pune is such a wonderful city in every aspect; education, culture, arts etc. I always like shopping there. Shopping of anything right from saree, dresses to wool, tatting yarn, beads and many other material useful for any art. Since last 4-5 years, it never happened that I visited Pune and not visited the shop Samrat which my sister, Sandhya had introduced me seeing my love for creativity. Many things that are not available in Amravati can be purchased there.

This time I found a different yarn which looked like fur.

The yarn I found in Pune

Delicate thread

I picked up pink color, I saw the delicate thread which gave fur type look to the yarn in totality. I was in love with that. I didn't know, what I am going to do with this yarn but I purchased it.
After returning home and spending 3-4 days in cleaning and all, I thought about making a jacket with this yarn and here is the result. Waah! a lovely jacket! which I called Princess Jacket. Because that pink fur border is just value addition to the jacket.

Material required: 50 gm off white Vardhamaan 4 ply wool, this above referred pink color yarn, tapestry needle, same pink colored embroidery thread, knitting needle 4 mm, two press buttons and two show buttons.

Final size: Length 14", width 24", arm hole 6". Fits 1-2 years baby.

Gauge: 15 sts and 20 rows makes 3" x 3"

Instructions: Jacket is made in three parts.
Right front: Cast on 30 sts with off white yarn.
Row 1: (WS) All purl
Row 2: (RS) all knit
Row 3: all purl
Row 4: all knit
Row 5: (WS) Join pink yarn and I worked all purl as it is wrong side but then I saw that all fur threads goes to back side hence I tink the row and knit all sts (Remember on WS)
Row 6: (RS) Purl all sts by pink color
Row 7: All knit
Row 8: All purl

Row 9: With off white yarn work stockinette stitch till the length is 7.5". (Approximately after completing 50 rows)
Bind off 3-2-1 at the starting of each WS, continue stockinette stitch. After two more rows bind of 1 st at the starting of RS. Repeat this till 18 sts remain for shoulder.
Total length is 14".

Left Front: CO 30 sts Repeat as in right front till 7.5".
Then bind off 3-2-1 on each RS. Continue stockinette stitch. After two more rows bind of 1 st at the starting of WS. Repeat this till 18 sts remain for shoulder.

Back side: CO 65 sts with off white color. Till the height is 7.5" work same as left or right front.
Bind off 3-2-1 sts on each of right and wrong side.
Work stockinette stitch till the height is 13". Work only 18 sts for two more rows. Shift them on one holder. Bind off next 17 sts. Again work next 18 stitch for two more rows and then shift them on another holder.
Facing RS of both left front shoulder and back shoulder bind off 18 sts of using third needle.
Similarly bind off 18 sts of other shoulder.
Now for the border of armholes, I pick up 60 sts and work stockinette st for 4 rows, but then what I saw is that fur part is toward the neck which I don't like. So I again tink that and separately knit two pink borders for two arm holes with 60 sts and 4 rows then sew them.

I change this border

Border for arm hole.

Then make button band / neckband.

CO 5 sts with off white.

Row 1: All purl, Row 2: All knit, Row 3: With pink yarn knit all, Row 4: Purl all

Repeat rows 3 and 4 till the height is approximately 16".

Make such two bands, if necessary make two holes for buttons. I have sewed two press buttons and these two are only show buttons.

Now sew those bands and the sides.
Your princess jacket is ready!

Before I got those two beautiful buttons shown in first figure, I have made one bow for tying as follows.
Join off white yarn at the beginning of the neck shape. Work 3dc tog in one stitch on back side of the pink neck band. Then chains 70, also make small tassel and join at the end. Make one more tying cord on other side of the neck band.