Pattern description from Knitting Workshop: “The little old TOMTEN JACKET (yes, Swedes, I know that the ‘en’ is redundant) is getting on for 44 years old the age of our oldest child, although all three of them wore it. Tomten is found in Chapter 5 of Knitting Without Tears on pages 87-91. “To make a jacket for a size 12 woman (37” around), use about 6 skeins of very thick wool at a gauge of 3 sts to 1”.”
“Thicker wool at a gauge of 4 stitches to 1”, about 4 skeins of it, yields a jacket for a child or 2 years old and up, about 28” around. “With about three skeins of worsted, at a gauge of 5 stitches to 1”, you will come up with a jacket for a child of about 6 months and up, 22” around. “Size, when using the directions given will depend on the thickness of the wool used, and the resulting gauge. Its only seams are the underarm sleeve seams. “This versatile hooded sweater is worked in garter stitch, back and forth on two needles, and contains not one stitch of purls.
By adjusting yarn weight and gauge, you can knit Tomten in sizes for babies to adults.įrom Knitting Without Tears: “Tomten is a small Swedish elf who specializes in good deeds, and your child will resemble him strangely, if you put a Tomten jacket on him or her. Summary: Tomten is a modular garter stitch jacket, knit in one piece with seams only on the underarm sleeve. Print version comes in a 3-hole, archival quality sheet protector. Everything you need for any version of the Tomten! There are details on Garter stitch weaving, knitting up stitches, EZ’s Phoney Seam, three different choices for I-Cord buttonholes, After-Thought Pockets, sewn casting-off, One-Row buttonholes - plus three choices for uniting the underarm seam. Decide if you prefer a hood, collar, or a shaped cardigan neck.
This SPP includes expanded instruction and multiple sizes for babies, children, and adults based on 3 different gauges. The Tomten Jacket is one of Elizabeth Zimmermann’s truly iconic designs.
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