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BROOKLYN is an oversized (loose) jacket knitted seamlessly, top-down in St st, featuring optional side pockets and a choice of long sleeves or a sleeveless style.

You start knitting the upper back then fronts are picked on the bottom from shoulders and formed with shorts rows. Then, the body (back and front) is first worked back and forth.

Stitches are picked up to knit the button band and collar. Sleeve stitches are picked up and worked in the round.

SIZES: 1 (2 - 3) 4 (5 - 6) 7 (8 - 9) 

Finished bust circumference approximately: 42.5 (44 - 45.5) 47.25 (49 - 52) 55 (58.25 - 61.5) inches or 108 (112 - 116) 120 (124 - 132) 140 (148 - 156) cm.

Recommended ease: 10 to 13.75 inches or 25 to 35 cm of positive ease.

To select your best size, measure your full bust and add your desired ease, then choose the finished bust circumference closest to that number.

Sample is shown in size 4 with 10.25 inches or 26 cm of positive ease.

GAUGE: 17 sts x 26 rows for 4 x 4 inches or 10 x 10 cm in st st.

YARN: this jacket is knitted with one strand of a DK weight yarn and lace kid silk held together.

The pocket lining is knitted holding together two strands of lace-weight mohair/silk and two strands of light fingering-weight yarn.

Long-sleeved version: approximately 1060 (1130 - 1230) 1260 (1350 - 1450) 1520 (1620 - 1700) yards or 970 (1050 - 1120) 1050 (1230 - 1330) 1390 (1500 - 1550) m of each yarn.

Sleeveless version: approximately 970 (950 - 1030) 1210 (1270 - 1360) 1420 yards or 890 (950 - 1020) 1150 (1130 - 1200) 1270 (1350 - 1420) m of each yarn.

If you prefer, you can knit this sweater with only one strand of a Worsted ou Aran weight yarn.

Pocket linings: approximately 140 yards or 125 m of each yarn in total.

MATERIALS: needles sizes sizes 4 mm/US 6 (ribbing and button placket), and 4.5 mm/US 7 (body and sleeves) 80 cm/32 inches, tapestry needle, cable to hold live stitches, 2 stitches markers, a tape measure and 6 buttons of about 25 mm.

NOTE: the pattern is knitted in fil Nature (70 % lwool from Ile de France, 30 % Merinos from Arles – 100 g = 247 m) from Laine du Valgaudemar color marron and KMS (72 % kid mohair, 30 % silk – 25 g = 420 m) color Cigarettes and coffee from Yarn By Simone.

Techniques: St st, 1/1 ribs, M1L, M1R, k2tog, ssk, long tail cast-on, german shot rows, Italian bin-off, invisible seam.