Meriden Jacket by Tabetha Hedrick

Meriden Jacket

Knitting
June 2013
DK (11 wpi) ?
17 stitches and 22 rows = 4 inches
US 7 - 4.5 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
1752 - 2409 yards (1602 - 2203 m)
Woman’s small/medium (large/X-large, 2X-large/3X-large) Instructions are given for smallest size, with larger sizes in parentheses. When only 1 number is given, it applies to all sizes. When a zero is used, no stitches are worked for that size.
English

Skill Level
Moderately Challenging

Finished Measurements
Lower edge: 49 1/2 (54, 63) inches (excluding edging)
Bust: 35 3/4 (45, 53 1/2) inches (excluding edging)
Length: 32 1/2 (33 1/4, 35 1/4) inches (excluding edging)

Materials

  • Rowan Creative Linen (worsted weight; 50% linen/50% cotton; 219 yds/100g per hank): 8 (9, 11) hanks raspberry #631
  • Size 7 (4.5mm) 16- and 40-inch circular needles
  • Size 8 (5mm) 16- and 32-inch circular needle or size needed to obtain gauge
  • Stitch holders

Gauge
17 sts and 22 rows = 4 inches/10cm in Meriden pat with larger needles.
To save time, take time to block swatch and check gauge.