Islay Jacket Pattern Cheap

Description

Islay Jacket Pattern

• Pattern Notes
• Yarn Specs
• The Brand

• Online Download – the pattern will be emailed to you upon purchase.

  A wonderfully patterned and textured short jacket, Gansey inspired, with special button holes and edging. For experienced knitters.

  Beautifully shaped cross over textured jacket with rope cables, lace and print of the hoof patterns. Sleeves knitted in the round. Gussets on larger size for a perfect fit. Lots of lovely shaping with increases within each panel of stitches. Three button holes.

  SIZES
  Small (Medium, Large)

  YARN
  Di Gilpin Lalland, 100% Scottish lambswool, 50gr/ball. Pattern uses two balls knitted together.
  7 (8, 9) balls

  NEEDLES
  1 pair of 4mm needles (UK 8, US 6),
  1 extra 4mm needle,
  1 circular 4mm needle or set of dpns
  1 circular 3.75mm needle or set of dpns, and 1 cable needle and small stitch holders

  TENSION
  Measured over 4 ins (10cms) in stocking st., on 4 mm needles, 24 sts and 32 rows.

  FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
  Sizes – Inches (cms):

  	Small	Medium	Large
  Length	18 (45.5)	19 (48)	19 (48)
  Sleeve Length	16 (40.5)	16.5 (42)	16.5 (42)
  Chest	36 (91.5)	39 (99)	42 (107)

• Ingredients: 100% Lambswool

  Length: 175 meters (191 yards)

  Weight: 50g

  Gauge: Light DK  / Sport Tension of 10cm x 10cm: 25 stitches and 30 rows in stockinette stitch on 3.75mm needles 3.25 – 4mm (US 3 – 6)

• To create original and intensely beautiful pieces of hand knit which not only protect us and tell a story, but transport us in the wearing, into a dream time inspired by the ever-changing land and seascapes of Scotland. To have the wearer feel the spirit of the wild free mountains, and islands, wherever they may be.

  My knitwear design studio has its origins in a semi-ruined croft on the Isle of Skye. I had settled there in 1983 with little more than a rucksack containing a tent, wool and knitting needles.

  I have worked with many Yarn companies over the  years and created for Rowan the Rowan Scottish Tweed, which was made at the Harris Tweed mill in Carloway, Isle of Lewis. I wrote a book of designs in this amazing yarn, ‘Shorelines” with patterns focused on intarsia, colourwork and gansey knitting.

  From those early beginnings, I have developed an international fashion brand, working with leading designers including Graeme Black, Erdos 1436, Hancock VA, Mark Fast, Topshop Unique, Cabbages & Roses, Sophia Kokosolaki and Nike.  Read more about our Collaborations. 

  Now based at Comielaw Farm on the Balcaskie Estate we have a beautiful showroom and design studio alongside a work room for classes and a kitchen. 

  We have recruited a great team of skilled home-knitters based across Scotland. There is a core specialist team, who live within a 15-mile radius, to create the one-off pieces and special commissions desired by private clients, fashion designers and the catwalk.

  A single Di Gilpin garment could take us as long as two months to create, hand-knitted in the finest Scottish yarn, inspired by our rich cultural heritage and provenance, making it among the most intricate and show-stopping pieces of couture available anywhere in the world. 

  For the past few years we have been working in tandem with La Fetiche, a Paris Glasgow Fashion label founded by April Crichton and Orely Forestier.