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- Baby Surprise Jacket
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- Collars
- Adding A Hood
- Adding A Ruffled Edge and Cuffs
- Working The Jacket in Stockinette Or Stocking Stitch
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Gauge and Size
16 stitches per 4”/10cm = 22 ½” chest circumference 20 stitches per 4”/10cm = 18” chest circumference 22 stitches per 4”/10cm = 16 ½” chest circumference 24 stitches per 4”/10cm = 15” chest circumference 28 stitches per 4”/10cm = 13” chest circumference
Minor Pattern Changes
Avoiding picking up stitches on the wrong side of the row I used the instructions from Knitting Workshop to knit my BSJ and there is a minor change in the order of the knitting that I will make next time. In the section where the pattern says to work 10 ridges on the centre 90 sts and then pick up stitches and knit to the end, I work this as follows: Having finished after working a wrong side row, break the yarn. With right side facing rejoin the yarn at the first marked stitch and work 10 ri...
Casting off
Continue working your increases on the cast off row to keep the bottom corner of the button bands from becoming rounded.
Fold-Over Collar After sewing the shoulder seams, with the right side facing you, pick up 18sts along the front edge of the neck, up to the shoulder seam, 17 stitches across the back and 18 stitches down the other side of the front. Knit 8 ridges (15 rows) and cast off. For a deeper collar just knit more rows before casting off.
Instructions for adding a hood to the BSJ can be found in the letters section in Knitters Magazine #57, Winter 1999 Sophia of the Yarn Over Manhattan blog has used the Tomten hood on a BSJto very nice effect. Stella of knitknitfroghas also added a hood based on EZ’s mitered baby bonnet pattern which is available in the Opinionated knitter. The mite...
Ravelry user loves2knit4six has added a ruffled edge and cuffs to her BSJ using an adaptation of the edging on Jillian Moreno’s Boo coat on knitty.com
You can find a full list of changes to the pattern on the “Panda Man’s Knitting Corner” blog. Please note that you will still need the original pattern in order to use these changes.
Knitters Magazine Spring 1989 pp 26-27, ‘The Original Baby Surprise Jacket’ Knitting Workshop by Elizabeth Zimmermann Knitting the Baby Surprise Jacket DVD includes instructions for knitting a collar and matching bonnet The Opinionated Knitter by Elizabeth Zimmermann. The Opinionated Knitter also contains patterns for a matching bonnet, booties and...
Choose one or more below. The updated pattern includes Elizabeth's original Baby Surprise Jacket instructions, and now - thanks to Elizabeth's grandson Cully - there are new instructions for custom sizing the Surprise Jacket for anyone: baby, child, or adult.
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