Description
Chains Pattern by Helga Isager
MATERIALS AND MEASUREMENTS
MATERIALS
250 (300) 350 g Isager Tvinni col 3s
150 (175) 200 g Isager SIlk Mohair col 3s
8 buttons
MEASUREMENTS
Half chest width: 50 (55) 60 cm
Lenght to armhole: 50 (51) 52 cm
Height armhole: 20 (22) 24 cm
Sleeve to armhole: 38 (39) 40 cm
Sleeve circumfence top: 32,5 (34,5) 36,5 cm
Sleeve circumfence cuff: 22 (23,5) 25 cm
Height sleeve cap: 13 (14) 15 cm
CONSTRUCTION NOTES
Helga Isager found Åse Lund Jensen’s drawings of the long Chain Waistcoat and was inspired to use the pattern on a jacket.
The jacket is worked from the bottom up in one piece to the armholes. Fronts and back are then worked separately. Sleeves are set in.
RECOMMENDED NEEDLES
4 mm (US 6) and 3.5 mm (US 4) for rib edges
Cable needle