Kimono Jacket 
Kimono Jacket
Done! at last! I started this project a month ago (or maybe more, I don't really remember...) and now my VKB blue Kimono jacket is done (this name is as good as another, isn't it?). As usual for that type of project, I was starting to be bored and willing to have it done quickly in the end. There's only the tie-ribbon left to buy and attach to the fronts.
Design :
It's a variation of Mrs Who’s shrug schematics, except that
- I used a different stitch, a thick solid one,
- for the upper part of the body, the one to be the collar, I used a different stitch, that imitates knit fabric, for a more kimono-like touch.
Problems…
The stitch I used has a wrong side!!!
I should have crocheted and sewn the sides of a rectangle to prevent the wrong side from showing in the back, like it does with the crocheting-arms-in-the-round-and-back-in_rows method I used.
Moreover, the first method of increases I used leaves a wide gap (ok, maybe I'm exgerating a bit) in the fabric. Well, never mind! It's warm and cosy as it was intended to be... Next time I'll be less of a lazy show-off and do things properly, maybe I'll even follow a pattern... maybe.
Follow up:
Stitches :
- back post single crochet
- star stitch
This is the method I would have used from the start had I spent more time thinking of it beforehand!
Supplies :
a thick yarn (WPI =12, WPCm = 5), 6 or 700 g ; finish object: 80 cm high, 120 cm wide, crochet hook n°5.
I'm wipping up a noodle-twirly scarf to match, except I started it with a series of circles, not a chain, I hope the result will be wavy-twirly 
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