All Tangled Up - Knitting from Across the Pond

Smock Jacket

One of my very favourite Debbie Bliss designs. There are several variations, this one is a DK weight with a bit of cabling, and embroidery that really finishes it off nicely.

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Celtic Knits
Debbie Blis
Jaeger Baby Merino DK
350g
1.2 meters bias tape, 7 buttons
3.25, 4.0 mm
120meters/50g
Liberty Yarn Sale, Summer 2002
Cranberry
3-4 year old
13 Sep 2005
21 Oct 2005
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Alex

It's the 5th smock jacket that I've done, so for me a tried and true pattern, that looks wonderful.

Always do the embroidery as you go along, (when you finish a piece) to avoid having to do it all at once.

Not just knitting but sewing too

Project Notes

I added some bias tape to the button band and the collar to give the knitting a bit of support. It made sewing the buttons much easier and added a more personal touch. I also lengthened the collar by an extra repeat of the trellis thingy, to avoid having the collar flip up in back.

Not just knitting but sewing too

These were the closest colour buttons that I could find. I bought an extra and sewed it into the seams. They were a very good deal at Peter Jones, only 10p a button.

The bobbles look much nicer after the rest of the jacket was blocked.

The front ...

and the back... and all those bits of trellis, smocked up.

The final artistic shot.... soft focused hung on a chair.. as a mother might do for a child after taking it off.

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