Phildar Swing Jacket Swatches

After some humming and haawing I’ve picked a yarn! I’m going with the YT Aran (in Maze) as I think it will do justice to the structured pattern of the Swing Jacket. It was also made affordable thanks to ebay, or it would be a seriously pricey garment!

The runner up was (and I surprised myself, normally not a fan of man-made yarns) the Sirdar Country Style. It’s very soft, showed up the pattern the most clearly, didn’t feel at all acrylicky and boy – so cheap!! I just think it would knit up too floppy for this project which is a shame.

Anyhow, going clockwise from the top is:
(green) RYC Cotton Jeans, (turquoise) Rowan Yorkshire Tweed Aran, (dark grey) Cygnet Wool Rich Aran, (turquoise) Sirdar Country Style, (pink) Rowan Scottish Tweed DK.

Yarny stats as follows:

Suggested yarn:
Quietitude (50% Wool, 50% Acrylic)
13 balls @ about £2.40 = £31 + shipping @ about £4.40 = £35

Needles: 4mm,
Stitches: 22,
Rows 34

Substitutes:
RYC Cotton Jeans (100% Cotton)

17 balls @ £3.75 = £64
Needles: 3.5mm,
Stitches: 22, Rows: 32

Scottish Tweed DK (100% Wool)

12 balls £5.25 = £63

Needles: 3.5mm
Stitches: 22
Rows: 36

Cygnet Wool Rich Aran (75% Wool, 25% Polamide)
9 balls @ £3.20 = £29

Needles: 3.5mm, Stitches: 22, Rows: 36

Yorkshire Tweed Aran (100% Wool)
8 balls @ £3.60 = £29

Needles: 3.5mm,
Stitches: 22,
Rows: 32

Sirdar Country Style (45% Acrylic, 40% Nylon, 15% Wool )

4 balls @ £3.75 = £15

Needles: 2.75mm
Stitches: 22
Rows: 36

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