Fairisle club 11 - Heirloom Jacket - Marię Wallin

I'm excited to be able to give you all the information regarding Fairisle Club 11 - the Heirloom Jacket. I am so happy with this design and thoroughly enjoyed knitting it! Georgia looks amazing wearing it and the design sits perfectly in the beautiful Swaledale landscape!

Below are all the details regarding the design, pricing and booking. I hope you will be able to join me on this very special journey into Fairisle knitting and creating your very own Heirloom Jacket.

The Heirloom Jacket is knitted using 17 colours of British breeds and is made up of 8 sections. Sections A, B and C are knitted in the round with steeks for the centre front and armholes. Section D is the front insert panel, which is worked from the steeked edge of Section C and is knitted flat. Section E, the front bands, are worked from the live stitches of Section D and the steeked centre front edge of Sections A & B. Section E is knitted flat. 

The sleeves are made up of two parts. Section F is the underarm sleeve, which is worked from the armhole down in one piece and is knitted flat. Section G is the sleeve overarm and this is worked from the side edge of Section F and then joined to the back of the underarm section by Kitchener stitch, Section F is also knitted flat. Finally Section H is the cuff and this is worked from the live stitches on Section F and from the side edge of Section G. and is knitted in the round.

The Heirloom Jacket has no back neck! This means, the two front band sections meet at the centre back. This causes the garment to 'ride up' at the front when worn which gives a very flattering look. I have used this shape many times in previous Fairisle Club designs, such as Lerwick - Fairisle Club 3, Ottoman - Fairisle Club 9 and a few of the designs within my book collections, notably Yell from Shetland.

SIZING

Fairisle Club 11 Heirloom Jacket will be available in two sizes:
Size 1 - to fit S, M, L & XL
Size 2 - to fit XXL, 2XL & 3XL

Finished flat measurements are:
Size 1 - *Chest 68cm (26¾ in), Length 57cm (22½ in), Underarm 40.5cm (16 in)
Size 2 - *Chest 74cm (29¼ in), Length 60cm (23½ in), Underarm 41.5cm (16¼ in)

*Please x 2 for the 'in the round' chest measurement.

The design is designed to be worn oversized on the smaller sizes and more fitted on the larger sizes.

For Size 1, the finished jacket will have an oversized fit for S and M sizes and more fitted for L and XL sizes
For Size 2, the finished jacket will have an oversized fit for XXL sizes and more fitted for 2XL and 3XL sizes 

NEEDLE SIZES

1 pair 2¾mm (no 12) (US 2) needles
1 pair 3¼mm (no 10) (US 3) needles
2¾mm (no 12) (US 2) fixed circular needle - 100cm fixed length
3¼mm (no 10) (US 3) fixed circular needle - 100cm and 80cm fixed lengths
Set of 4 double-pointed 2¾mm (no 12) (US 2) needles or fixed circular needle - 23 or 25cm fixed length
Set of 4 double-pointed 3¼mm (no 10) (US 3) needles or fixed circular needle - 23 or 25cm fixed length

Fairisle Club 11 is a complete kit, comprising of all the British Breeds yarn (35 balls for Size 1, 41 balls for Size 2), a Textile Garden pin (as shown in the photographs), the full printed pattern booklet and an exclusive Fairisle Club 11 canvas project bag. All this will be presented in one of our new high quality reusable kit boxes and will sent out in doubled walled postal boxes to fit.

Links to the digital Heirloom Jacket PDF pattern will be included in the Welcome email when the knitalong starts along with a special 10% discount code to use any time on any kit or book purchase from the shop within one year. 

The club will be supported by comprehensive instructional videos covering in detail each of the 8 sections that make up the Heirloom Jacket, these will be released by email updates. As each section and the corresponding videos are released in intervals, you will be able to knitalong with Marie at your own pace referring to the videos when you wish. Only Fairisle Club 11 members have access to these videos.

Members will be invited to the Fairisle Club 11 Ravelry feed in Marie’s Ravelry group. In this feed you will be able to chat with other members and receive help. On the release of each section, Marie will be available for a Q & A Knit Video Chat, the date and time for each will be released with the relevant email update.

By joining Fairisle Club 11, you will be a member of the Fairisle Club and therefore able to buy the digital patterns or yarn kits of any of the previous projects.