This women’s jacket is worked from the bottom hem up to the armholes in one pieces. The garment is thendivided at the armholes and shaping is worked for the front halves and the back. The sleeves are worked in the round up to the underarm, and then worked back and forth to shape the sleeve caps. The bottom hems of the garment and the sleeves are trimmed with a stranded colorwork pattern, and the center back features a large thunderbird motif worked in intarsia. The front neckline is slightly V-shaped and the front bands are trimmed with a simple 3-color stranded pattern that mirrors part of the bottom hem border motif.

All colorwork is presented in chart format ONLY.

This pattern is also available as part of the 6-piece Santa Fe Collection on Ravelry as an eBook download.

You will need 5 (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) balls of the MC; 2 (2, 2, 3, 3, 4) balls of CC5, and 1 (1, 1, 1, 2, 2) ball(s) each of the remaining contrast colors to knit pattern as written.

Inspiration: Named after the legendary American frontierswoman
and explorer, the Calamity Jane mine was discovered in 1895 in Sierra County, New Mexico. Its primary commodities were lead and silver, although some copper and gold were also found in small quantities. It is no longer a working mine but is an interesting historical landmark from the late 19th century.