Billa Jacket by Ambah O'Brien

Billa Jacket

Knitting
November 2013
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 5 - 3.75 mm
660 - 1500 yards (604 - 1372 m)
Child 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 & 16. (chest: 23 (26, 27.5, 29.5, 31, 34, 35.5, 36.5)"/57.5 (64.5, 68, 73.5, 77.5, 84.5, 88, 92) cm )
English
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Billa is a hooded jacket for children and teens Choose from Billa, a 3-color design with scalloped detail or Dry Billa, a single color version with a contrasting zipper. This jacket is worked from the top down, and the hood and body are a single piece with raglan increases at the shoulders and the twisted-rib zipper bands built in. The sleeves are picked up and knit, and the hood is finished with a 3-needle bind off, so there is no seaming involved.
Neatly fitted under the arms, Billa is designed for comfort and action.
Billa is an Australian Aboriginal word meaning river.

SIZES:
Child 2 (4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16)
Shown in Size 12 with 4”/10 cm ease at chest and 2.5”/6.5 cm ease at upper arm.
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS:
Chest: 23 (26, 27.5, 29.5, 31, 34, 35.5, 36.5)“/57.5 (64.5, 68, 73.5, 77.5, 84.5, 88, 92) cm
Length (shoulder to hem): 12.5 (13.5, 15, 17, 19, 20.5, 21.5, 23)”/31 (34.5, 38.5, 43.5, 48.5, 52.5, 55, 59) cm

MATERIALS:
Yarn:
8-ply / DK, or 9-ply / Light Worsted
weight yarns that achieve gauge.
Billa: Main Color (MC): 440 (440, 660, 660, 660, 880, 880, 880) yds/ 402 (402, 603, 603,603, 804,804, 804) m
Color A (CA): 220 (220, 440, 440, 440, 660, 660, 660) yds / 201 (201, 402, 402, 402, 603, 603, 603) m;
Color B (CB): 220yds/201m (all sizes).

Dry Billa: 660 (660, 880, 1100, 1100, 1320, 1540, 1540) yds / 603 (603, 804, 1005, 1005, 1206,
1407, 1407) m.

Samples shown in
Billa:
(MC) Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash (100% wool;220 yds/201m per 3.5 oz/100g ball) In the Navy (CA) Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash (100% wool; 220 yds/201m per 3.5 oz/100g ball) Silver Grey (CB) Madelinetosh DK Twist (100% Merino; 250
yards/229m per skein), Button Jar Blue

Dry Billa:
Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash (100% wool; 220
yds/201m per 3.5 oz/100g ball), Straw

Needles: 3.75mm/US 5 long circulars and dpns
Notions:
Tapestry needle to weave in ends.
Open end zipper – 12 to 24”/30 to 61 cm, depending on garment size
Stitch markers
Scrap yarn to hold sts

GAUGE: 22 stitches and 30 rows = 4 inches/10 cm in stockinette, blocked

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