Asymmetric jacket with a tailored fit uses embroidery and beading for an elegant, vintage effect.

“This jacket knitting pattern is an homage to couture tailoring, and a lovely vintage evening dress I saw, heavily embroidered with threads and glass beads,” says Judy Furlong. The shaping is achieved with decreases positioned within the lower section colourwork, side shaping, darts and short-row shaping at the bust. The decoration is a combination of intarsia and duplicate stitch – the beads are stitched on. “The yarn for the duplicate stitch is firmer and finer than the main yarn – don’t pull these stitches too tight but rather let them sit on top,” Judy says.

Materials
T B Ramsden yarns
Yarn A: Wendy Merino – shade: Wind Chime (a pinkish beige)
100% Merino wool, 116 metres/50g
8:9: 9: 10: 10: 10: 11: 11: 12 x 50g balls
Yarn B: Wendy Merino – shade: Jet (black)
100% Merino wool, 116 metres/50g
2 x 50g balls
Yarn C: Twilleys Goldfingering – shade: 31 (black)
80% viscose, 20% metalised polyester, 100 metres/25g
1 x 25g balls
Bergere de France
Yarn D: Toison – shade : Tsarine 200.421 (blackish grey, slightly fluffy)
77% acrylic, 20% worsted wool, 3% polyamide, 70 metres/50g
1 x 50g ball

Also required are 200 size 6 seed beads and 3 small - approx. 1cm - buttons.