“Frida Kahlo” is a series of knitwear designs inspired by Frida Kahlo’s paintings and colourful life. 
 
Frida’s colorful short jacket.
Jacket with stripes and roseborder.
-Sterk and Bling

SIZES
Small (Medium, Large, X-Large, XX-Large).

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Bust: 90 (96, 102, 116, 130) cm/35.5 (37.75, 40.25, 45.75, 50.5)”.
Length: 59 (60, 61, 63, 65) cm/23.25 (23.5, 24, 24.75, 25.5)”.
Sleeve length: 47 (48, 49, 50, 50) cm/19 (19.25, 19.25, 19.75, 19.75)”.

YARN
Du Store Alpakka, Sterk (40% finest alpaca, 40% merino, 20% nylon, 50 g, 137 m/150 yds)
Bling (100% polyester with sequins, 50 g, 349 m/382 yds) is held together with COL2 and col 7.
COL1: Sterk in Black 809: 6 (6, 7, 7, 7) skeins.
COL2: Sterk in Yellow-green 843 held together with Bling: 2 (2, 2, 3, 3) skeins.
COL3: Sterk in Wine red 832: 1 (1, 2, 2, 2) skeins.
COL4: Sterk in Pink 825: 2 (2, 2, 3, 3) skeins.
COL5: Sterk in Purple 817: 1 (1, 1, 1, 1) skein.
COL6: Sterk in Natural 808: 2 (2, 3, 3, 3) skeins.
COL7: Sterk in Saffran 858: 1 (1, 1, 1, 2) skeins.
Bling COL2: Green 3007 held together with COL2: 1 (1, 1, 1, 1) spool.
Bling COL7: Rust 3008 held together with COL7: 1 (1, 1, 1, 1) spool.
Note: COL2 and COL7: Each of these col is 1 strand of Sterk and 1 strand of Bling held together throughout.

NOTIONS
11 sparkly green buttons, waste yarn and yarn needle.
130 cm/1.26 yds of a nice ribbon to cover raw edgest at front.

NEEDLES
3.5 mm/US 4 and 4 mm/US 6 circular needle (80 cm/32” and 40 cm/16”).
3.5 mm/US 4 and 4 mm/US 6 DPNs.
Adjust needle size as needed to match gauge.

GAUGE
22 sts in stranded colorwork in st st using 3.5 mm/US 4 measures 10 cm/4” across.

NOTES
The body is worked in the round and steeked at center front. The steeks are secured using a sewing machine.

 
 
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