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 Girl's
Green Jacket
By Suzann Thompson
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to Instructions for Green Jacket
 Knitted
Upholstery
By
Suzann Thompson
By stabilizing
your knitting with fusible interfacing, and then stitching at
1" intervals, the fabric becomes sturdy enough to use for
simple upholstery projects. This project was described in U-Make-It,
Spring 2000.
 Summer
Guest Hand Towels
© 2001 by Suzann Thompson
knitting,
crochet, appliqué
purchased towels, easy-care yarn and fabric
Appliqué
seaweed and sand set off the knitted fish and the crocheted basket
starfish in these pretty guest towels.
 Knitted
Tote Bag
© 2003 by Suzann Thompson
knitting,
sewing, embellishment
acrylic yarn, cotton lining and binding, buttons
Instructions in Ultimate Knitting Magazine, Fall 2003; many thanks
to Caron Yarns
I knitted
the fabric for this tote bag, but bags are even easier to make
from old sweaters. For quick and easy knitting like this, I use
the Ultimate Sweater Machine. It is a great knitting tool.
(Instructions
in Ultimate Knitting Magazine, Fall 2003)
Girl's
Green Jacket
By Suzann Thompson
Turn a nice
jacket into a stunning one by adding cuffs and collar made of
Lion Brand Fun Fur, knitted in simple garter stitch.
Yarn and
Fabric:
Lion Brand® Fun Fur Prints (100% polyester; 57 yd / 1-1/2
oz (52 m / 40 g)), 1 skein. Color 207, Citrus, was used in the
sample.
Size 10-1/2 US knitting needles or size needed to obtain gauge.
Girl's collarless, long-sleeved jacket pattern. Butterick 3921
was used in the sample.
Fabric to match Fun Fur and notions as noted in pattern.
Sulky Polydeco to match fabric and yarn
Tapestry and hand-sewing needles
Ruler
Fabric marker with disappearing ink
Note: the
front edge of a sleeve has a single notch in the sleeve cap; the
back edge of the sleeve has a double notch in the sleeve cap.
Gauge: in garter stitch (knit every row), 8 sts = approximately
1-1/2"
1. Cut pattern
from fabric. With fabric marker, draw straight lines across the
sleeves (two or three lines at one time is best). The lines should
be about 2" apart, from the top of the sleeve to the hem.
If the sleeve has no elbow ease, draw the first line at the notch
just under the sleeve cap shaping. Work up and down from that
line. If
the sleeve has elbow ease, as in Butterick 3921, draw a straight
line between the dots at the top of the ease. Draw another line
between the dots at the lower edge of the ease. Mark the point
halfway between the lines on the back edge of the sleeve between
the two dots. Then mark the point halfway between the lines on
the front edge of the sleeve between the two dots. Draw a line
across the sleeve between the two marks. Placing the ruler along
the grain, measure the distance between the lines at the front
edge of the sleeve. This will be the distance between the remaining
lines of the sleeve. (For Butterick 3921, size 10, the lines were
1-7/8" apart.)
2. Set sewing
machine for a zigzag stitch, 1.5mm wide and 2mm long. Use a regular
presser foot (NOT a ribbon foot) to slowly sew yarn to the sleeves
along marked lines. Smooth the Fun Fur eyelashes to one side,
and sew the core of the yarn to the fabric. Always sew yarn onto
sleeve in the same direction. Use a pin to tease out eyelashes
that are caught under the presser foot or in the stitching.
3. Sew and
finish the jacket, following the pattern instructions.
4. Knit collar:
Cast on 8 sts. Knit every row until piece is long enough to reach
around the jacket neck. Bind off. Darn in yarn ends with tapestry
needle.
5. Knit cuffs:
Cast on 8 sts. Knit every row until piece is long enough to reach
around the bottom edge of the sleeve. Bind off and cut yarn, leaving
a 6" tail of yarn. Repeat for the second sleeve. Use the
6" yarn end to sew the cuff ends together. Darn in the yarn
ends.
6. Pin collar
and cuffs in place. Hand sew collar along neck edge. Hand sew
cuffs along the bottom edge of the sleeve. Hand sew cuff to sleeve
along the upper edge of the cuff, about 1-1/2" from the bottom
edge of the sleeve.
Contact Suzann
at textilefusion@email.toast.net
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