Zig Zag Jacket
Knitted sideways, this open-fronted jacket has dramatic multi-coloured patterning
Sideways-knit jacket in a zigzag stripe pattern
DESIGNER KAFFE
Fassett is renowned for his love of graphic patterning and exuberant use of colour. This striking jacket features a multi-coloured zigzag pattern across the body, paired with striped sleeves. The boxy design is knitted sideways in pieces for the left and right back, and the two fronts; it is finished with simple garter stitch bands for the fronts. Kaffe has used a black background for his design, to help the eight other colours of Rowan’s Felted Tweed yarn to really shine.
LEFT BACK
Using 3.75mm needles and waste yarn, cast on 161 ( 166: 172: 177: 182) sts.
Beg with a K row, work in st st for 3 rows, ending with WS facing for next row. Break off waste yarn and join in Yarn I.
Next row (WS): Purl.
Beg and ending rows as indicated, using the Fair Isle technique (stranding the yarn not in use loosely behind the stitches being worked), beg with chart row 7 and repeating the 10-st patt repeat 10 times across each row, cont in patt from Chart for Left Back and Fronts, which is worked entirely in st st beg with a K row, as folls:
Work 15 ( 15: 17: 17: 19) rows, ending with WS facing for next row.
SHAPE BACK NECK
Inc 1 st at end of next and foll 4th row, then on foll alt row, then at the same edge on foll row, taking inc sts into patt and ending with WS facing for next row.
165 ( 170: 176: 181: 186) sts.
***Place marker at shaped (neck) edge of last row (to denote neck shoulder point).
SHAPE SHOULDER
Keeping patt correct, dec 1 st at marked edge of 2nd ( 2nd: 4th: 4th: 4th) and
0( 0: 1: 5: 7) foll 4th rows, then on foll
29 ( 41: 40: 36: 34) alt rows, ending with WS facing for next row.
135 ( 128: 134: 139: 144) sts.
Size S only
Work 1 row, then dec 1 st at shaped shoulder edge on foll 2 rows.
Rep last 3 rows 5 times more, ending with WS facing for next row.
123 (-:-:-:-) sts.
All sizes
Work 1 row, ending after chart row
108 ( 114: 120: 128: 134) and with RS facing for next row.
Cast off.
RIGHT BACK
Carefully unravel rows knitted in waste yarn and slip 161 ( 166: 172: 177: 182) sts of first row of left back (the row in Yarn I) onto 3.75mm needles with RS facing.
Join in appropriate yarns, beg with chart row 1 and repeating the 10-st patt rep 10 times across each row, cont in patt from chart for Right Back, working in st st beg with a K row, as folls:
Work 15 ( 15: 17: 17: 19) rows, ending with WS facing for next row.
SHAPE BACK NECK
Inc 1 st at beg of next and foll 4th row, then on foll alt row, then at same edge on foll row, taking inc sts into patt and ending with WS facing for next row.
165 ( 170: 176: 181: 186) sts.
Complete as given for Left Back from ***, noting this section will end after chart row 102 ( 108: 114: 122: 128).
RIGHT FRONT
Using 3.75mm needles and yarn A, cast on 105 ( 110: 114: 119: 121) sts.
Beg and ending rows as indicated, using the Fair Isle technique, beg with chart row 1 of Chart for Left Back and Fronts and repeating the 10-st patt rep 10 times across
each row, cont in patt from chart, which is worked entirely in st st beg with a K row, as folls:
Work 2 rows, ending with RS facing for next row.
Cast on 4 sts at beg of next and foll 9 ( 9: 12: 12: 14) alt rows, then 5 sts at beg of foll
4( 4: 2: 2: 1) alt rows, taking cast-on sts into patt and ending with WS facing for next row. 165 ( 170: 176: 181: 186) sts.
Complete as given for Left Back from ***.
LEFT FRONT
Reading chart for Right Front in reverse
(by working odd-numbered rows as K rows reading chart from left to right, and even-numbered row as P rows reading chart from right to left), work as given for Right Front, reversing all shaping.
SLEEVES
Using 3.25mm needles and yarn A, cast on 55 ( 59: 61: 61: 65) sts.
Row 1 (RS): K1, *P1, K1; rep from * to end. Row 2: P1, *K1, P1; rep from * to end. These 2 rows form rib.
Keeping rib correct, now work in stripes as folls:
Join in yarn E.
Using yarn E, work 2 rows.
Using yarn A, work 2 rows.
Last 4 rows form striped rib.
Keeping striped rib correct throughout, cont as folls:
Inc 1 st at each end of next row.
57 ( 61: 63: 63: 67) sts.
Work 5 rows, ending with RS facing for next row.
Change to 3.75mm needles.
Inc 1 st at each end of next and 15 ( 13: 12: 8: 5) foll 4th rows, then on foll 0 ( 4: 8: 16: 22) alt rows, taking inc sts into striped rib.
89 ( 97: 105: 113: 123) sts.
Work 3 rows, ending with RS facing for next row. [Sleeve should meas approx. 24 ( 24: 25: 25: 25) cm.]
Cast off in rib.
MAKING UP
Block pieces gently, following any yarn care instructions on the ball band.
Join both shoulder seams from markers to armhole edges using back stitch, or mattress stitch if preferred. Mark points along side seam edges 16 ( 17 :19: 20 :22) cm either side of shoulder seams, then sew cast-off edge of sleeves to back and fronts between these points.
Join side and sleeve seams.
HEM BORDER
With RS facing, using 3.25mm circular needles and yarn A, beg and ending at base of front opening edges, pick up and knit 96 ( 101: 106: 113: 119) sts evenly along left front hem edge, 181 ( 192: 202: 216: 227) sts evenly along back hem edge, and
96 ( 101: 106: 113: 119) sts evenly along right front hem edge.
373 ( 394: 414: 442: 465) sts.
Cast off knitwise (on WS).
FRONT BAND
With RS facing, using 3.25mm circular needles and yarn A, beg and ending at cast-off edge of hem border, pick up and knit 105 ( 110: 114: 119: 121) sts evenly up right front opening edge (this is the initial cast-on edge), 60 ( 60: 62: 62: 65) sts evenly up right front slope (this is the shaped cast-on edge), 40 ( 40: 43: 43: 46) sts evenly around back neck edge, 60 ( 60: 62: 62: 65) sts evenly down left front slope, and
105 ( 110: 114: 119: 121) sts evenly down left front opening edge.
370 ( 380: 395: 405: 418) sts.
Work in garter stitch (knit every row) for 4 rows, ending with WS facing for next row. Cast off knitwise (on WS).
THIS BOXY DESIGN IS KNITTED IN PIECES FOR THE LEFT AND RIGHT BACKS, AND THE TWO FRONTS