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
I think you’ve made a great choice although all the swatches look good. Country style is surprising isn’t it? I’ve been impressed with how natural it feels in the past too. I went with ordering the Quietude and am starting to regret it as it feels SO acryllicy! I really should have known that from the fibre content but I was hopeful that it might be another surprising yarn. The YT will be so much nicer and great that you got it so cheap as well.
thanks for posting these, it’s super helpful. I have the pattern now but have been very confused on what yarn to do it in!