Virginia Jacket is my re-imagination of Marianne Isager’s classic design Ringe and a part of the Isager Archives Collection 2025. The original design is characterized as a shorter and more fitted jacket and longer sleeves with the beautiful honeycomb pattern. I kept the original construction and pattern but gave Virginia a more over-sized and cape-like style. Virginia is worked with tweed, which naturally has a lot of depth to the colors, emphasizing the beautiful contrast between the stripes. Virginia Jacket is my interpretation of a meeting between Marianne’s fantastic design expression and my own design interpretation.

CONSTRUCTION
The jacket starts with casting stitches on at the bottom of the back piece. From here, the piece is worked straight up, where new stitches are cast on for both sleeves, which are worked together with the back. Later, neck stitches are bound off and each shoulder/front piece/sleeve is worked individually. At the end, the jacket is sewn together on the sides and sleeves, after washing and blocking.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL
The difficulty level of Virginia Jacket is medium to difficult. The pattern requires using backwards loop method and keeping track of several things at once.

SIZES
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Circumference approx.: 116 (135) 147 cm / 46 (53) 58 “
Length from neck to bottom of back: 50 (58) 62 cm / 20 (23) 24.4. “
Length from under armhole: 26 (30) 34 cm / 10 (12) 13.3 “
Sleeve length (from body): 24 cm / 9.4 “
Armhole height: 26 (30) 30 cm / 10 (12) 12 “

All measurements are after washing and blocking.

SIZING GUIDE
The Virginia Jacket shown in the pictures is size 1, which gives the model a positive ease of approx. 36 cm. Sizing can either go up or down, depending on personal preference. A minimum positive ease of 10 cm / 4 “, and a maximum positive ease of 45 cm / 17.7 “, is recommended.

YARN AND GAUGE
Two strands are held together: 1 strand Tweed and 1 strand Silk Mohair for each color. Tweed can be replaced by Jensen from Isager Garn for a more even appearance, which can be held together with Silk Mohair or without, if a mohair-free alternative is desired. Always check to make sure that the gauge is correct.

COLOR A:
3 (4) 4 balls / 150 (200) 200 g Tweed (200 m / 50 g, 70 % wool and 30 % mohair) shown in col. Navy
3 (4) 4 balls / 75 (100) 100 g Silk Mohair (212 m / 25 g, 75 % super kid mohair and 25 % silk) shown in col. 47

COLOR B:
3 (4) 4 balls / 150 (200) 200 g Tweed (200 m / 50 g, 70 % wool and 30 % mohair) shown in col. Sand
3 (4) 4 balls / 75 (100) 100 g Silk Mohair (212 m / 25 g, 75 % super kid mohair and 25 % silk) shown in col. 6 RMS

YARN ALTERNATIVE
The jacket can be knitted in a yarn alternative with 3 strands (silk mohair can be omitted if preferred): 1 strand Merilin, 1 strand Highland and 1 strand silk mohair, all 3 strands held together in each color. Shown in the first 6 pictures

COLOR A:
3 (4) 4 balls / 150 (200) 200 g Highland (275 m / 50 g, 100 % wool)
3 (4) 4 balls / 150 (200) 200 g Merilin (208 m / 50 g, 80% wool and 20 % linen)
3 (4) 4 balls / 75 (100) 100 g Silk mohair (212 m / 25 g, 75 % super kid mohair and 25 % silk)

COLOR B:
3 (4) 4 balls / 150 (200) 200 g Highland (275 m / 50 g, 100 % wool)
3 (4) 4 balls / 150 (200) 200 g Merilin (208 m / 50 g, 80% wool and 20 % linen)
3 (4) 4 balls / 75 (100) 100 g Silk mohair (212 m / 25 g, 75 % super kid mohair and 25 % silk)

Gauge: 19 stitches x 34 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 “ on 4.5 mm / US 7 in mosaic pattern, after washing and blocking.

Recommended needles
Circular needle 4.5 mm / 7 US (60, 80 – 100 cm / 24, 32 – 40 “)