When I gifted the first of this original Wassily01 Boxy Japanese Jacket to my friend last year as a belated birthday present, it was too small for her. So this year, I have used exactly the same pattern but with different yarns and hook sizes to create this Extra Large and roomy Japanese Boxy Jacket. I hope this time, we have a successful fit.
Wassily01A Japanese Boxy Jacket XL (CH0526A)
Pattern Availability
Status: n/a Gift to Christine in XL size
Basic Pattern Info
| Size: | Loose Fit. XL (Extra Large) This should comfortably fit AU size 16 and above. |
| Crochet Terminology: | American and/or pictorial crochet symbols |
| Yarn: | 2 yarns worked together: 1) 8ply acrylic (mix of Paintbox, Stylecraft, Heirloom Dazzle) and 2) superfine/fingering alpaca blend yarn (ICE Caress Baby Alpaca 30% alpaca, 31% extrafine merino, 36% Polyamide, 3% elastan) |
| Manufacturer’s Recommended Needle Size: | DK yarns – 4mm Superfine/Fingering yarn – 2 or 3mm |
| Hook(s) Used: | 4mm (used 3mm in original Wassily01 Jacket) |
| No. of Cols: | (2 or more) |
| Crochet Technique(s): | Linked C2C (Normal C2C can also be employed but expect some size difference) |
| Final Nett Wt (approx): | 1.25kg |
| Work Time: | 3wks approx |
| Level: | Intermediate to Advance or anyone familiar with Need to be comfortable working off charted/graphed patterns |
Brief Summary of Changes
What follows is only a brief summary; more to remind myself than anything else. Please refer to the original Wassily01 Japanese Boxy Jacket blog for full photos and steps.
I followed the graph and pattern as per Wassily01 Boxy jacket.
To make this bigger XL size, I worked the stated 2 yarns weights together for each colour.
Note: I deliberately chose the fine yarn to have a good alpaca content. Not only is alpaca yarn very warm but almost as importantly, it is a very light yarn (due to its hollow structure, I believe). I wanted to minimize the final weight of the garment as it can get pretty heavy if I just used any old thicker yarn to achieve the larger size.
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- DK (8ply)
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- Fingering (4ply)
I used a larger hook (4mm instead of 3mm) for most of the body.
As is obvious, I changed the colours.
Wassily01A Japanese Boxy Jacket XL (CH0526A)
Tip: print out the original legend. And stick in the yarns wrt the new colour palette. This helps a lot, believe me!
The front and neck border is worked in CMC (Clean Mosaic Crochet) using a different mosaic crochet pattern from Barbara Walker’s book of (mosaic knitting) patterns. I also used a thicker yarn (Aran wt; Creative Corner) but still with 4mm hook for the border.
Comparison of Sizes
I absolutely LOVE your Chinese Box Top sweater! It is so creative and just makes me smile when I look at it. I’m just starting on the XL version of the Wassily01 Japanese Boxy Jacket (thank you for posting the larger size!), and will try to do the math to create a larger version of the Chinese Box Top sweater as soon as I finish Wassily. Thanks for being such an inspiration!