Project Diary: Breacan Swing Coat, Fall 2010

re: Project Diary: Breacan Swing Coat, Fall 2010

AmyPalmer — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:26:11 GMT

BeKKnits, Judy P, and jordana2, thanks for the kind words!

Judy, the article actually says "Choose a size that gives you a little bit of ease on either side, no more than 2” negative or positive ease."

I chose to go with negative ease because I didn't want it to be TOO big around the bust area (I also knit loose and have a bad tendency to have things grow in the blocking process, so choosing a size down is one way I combat these habits). Some folks who knit tight, or prefer a looser fit, may choose to go with positive ease, but in this shape, too much positive ease will lose the gentle shaping.

Does this make sense?

re: Project Diary: Breacan Swing Coat, Fall 2010

jordana2 — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:34:44 GMT

Amy:

Thank you for sharing! Your coat is beautiful. I would like to see more articles like this in Knitting Daily.

re: Project Diary: Breacan Swing Coat, Fall 2010

Judy P — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:12:05 GMT

Just for clarification....the article says to allow 2 inches of ease but it says Amy made the size 42 1/2 but her actual measurements were 44" and the schematice was 44.75. Was that a preference ? It looks like it fit well.

re: Project Diary: Breacan Swing Coat, Fall 2010

BeKKnits — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:45:34 GMT

I love Project Diaries!!!!!!

Beautiful Coat!

re: Project Diary: Breacan Swing Coat, Fall 2010

AmyPalmer — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:26:46 GMT

Thanks Alice and Amontillada!

You don't really need to cut a separate length for reach row; I just worked those, back and forth, from the ball. I did cut a separate length for each vertical column; that is, the yarn that was only going UP, and not going across. Does that make sense?

As for preventing gaps, I wrote an earlier blog post (www.knittingdaily.com/.../intarsia-is-for-everyone.aspx) about this jacket, and part of it talks about how to twist the yarns up to avoid the gapping that can happen with intarsia.

Happy knitting!

re: Project Diary: Breacan Swing Coat, Fall 2010

Amontillada — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:28:54 GMT

The colors you chose are absolutely gorgeous! I need to remember your hints about cutting yarn lengths and splicing yarns--untangling all those strands is a mess for me! If I understand correctly, you're saying cut a separate length of yarn for each row and section of the color, rather than winding lots of bobbins to dangle from the back. I'll need to try that, since I have trouble preventing gaps on the ends of color sections with bobbins.

re: Project Diary: Breacan Swing Coat, Fall 2010

MonsterAlice — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:59:25 GMT

This is the sort of article (and Amy is a great model) that you should be doing for larger knitters like myself. What I needed to know about knitting the pattern in a larger size was made clear, and I got a good look at what the completed garment would look like on me..