Iku

A seamless jacket adorned with a lace pattern at the center of the body, named Iku, Japanese for nourishing. The body is shaped for the bust and worked in one piece from the bottom to the armholes, while the sleeves are worked top down in stockinette stitch to make the lace pattern stand out. The jacket ends in a crew neck that is crowned with an I-cord and a button band. Iku is knitted in the soft Norwegian lambswool yarn Sol from Hillesvåg Ullvarefabrikk.

Yarn: Hillesvåg Ullvarefabrikk, Sol lamullgarn (100% lambswool, 290 m/317 yds, 100 g).

Sample is knitted in Melert lys beige 449; 4 (4, 5, 5, 5) (6, 6, 7, 7) skeins;

984 (1078, 1172, 1266, 1414) (1562, 1710, 1858, 2006) m.

Gauge: 21 sts and 30 rows in St st using 3.5 mm/US 4 needle measures 10 cm square after blocking.

Notes: The jacket is worked seamlessly from the bottom up with set in sleeves worked top down. The body is worked flat in one piece while the sleeves are worked in the round.