Opulent Loop Stitch Jacket
By Theodora Burrow
Find the complete pattern in Inside Crochet Issue #173
This design is the ultimate in dopamine dressing, a big, warm hug of a jacket. It’s a riot of colour and texture, a technicolour dream, in the softest mohair with pops of gold lurex.
Materials
* Debbie Bliss Nell, 78% mohair/13% Merino wool/9% polyamide, 50g/100m/109yds
Yarn A: Cloud 01 x 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) balls
Yarn B: Mist 02 x 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) balls
Yarn C: Midnight 03 x 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) balls
Yarn D: Lilac 05 x 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) balls
Yarn E: Aqua 06 x 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) balls
Yarn F: Jade 07 x 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) balls
Yarn G: Willow 08 x 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) balls
Yarn H: Rose 09 x 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) balls
Yarn I: Sunset 11 x 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) balls
Yarn J: Corn 12 x 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) balls
* Lincatex Gold Rush DK, 80% viscose/ 20% metallised polyester, 50g/100m/109yds
Yarn K: Light Gold 04 x 4 (4, 6, 6, 6) balls
(use held double)
* 6mm hook
* Stitch markers (optional)
* Three snap fasteners, 15mm/½in (optional)
Yarn Alternatives
You can use any chunky-weight mohair yarn that works to the same tension to achieve a similar effect.
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