Diagonal Twist Princess-seam Jacket
So the zipper finally arrived yesterday and I could get to install it. At first, I was thinking this time it would be easy with the sewing machine. Yes, it was easy ... but not because of the sewing machine. You see, the thing with installing a zipper is that the first time is the hardest and the most intimidating. You don't really have the slightest idea of how to do it ... you do lots of researching ... and you are still not sure if you get it right ... but you just go ahead and see what happen ... and then it is done, good or bad. Then, when you need to do it the second time, you suddenly find that a lot of the nervousness is not there anymore. Nice!
Now with the sewing machine. Mainly two problems. First, I couldn't control how close to the teeth I could get. With hand sewing, I could get this:
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Pattern: Diagonal Twist Princess-seam Jacket designed by Teva Durham from Loop-D-Loop
Lots of people took a great liking to this pattern when they got the book because the jacket is really lovely. But as I've told you before, so far no one has made one ... I wonder why.
I made basically no modification except lengthening body and the sleeves a bit to suit me. I like having the zipped version more. Besides, I am glad that I got a 2-way zipper ... seems way cool.
Yarn: Classic Elite Gatsby (70% Wool, 15% Viscose, 15% Nylon) Colour: 2185
I made the small size and used 8.5 balls. I don't use bulky yarns very often, but this Gatsby is a lovely yarn. Since it has been discontinued, the choice of colours is very limited now. I chose to use the same yarn as the one in the book because I was not sure if it would be easy to adapt the pattern for a different gauge. Now that I have finished making the jacket, I found that it was really not too difficult.
Gauge and Needles: I used Denise US15 and got a gauge slightly tighter than 12 sts = 4" over Diagonal Twist Rib.
Start date: 12-09-2006
Finish date: 12-29-2006
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