Three New Bed Jackets

After my story the other day about my sister Lisa and the three quilts it seems sort of ironic to be making this post but suffice it to say I have been working on these three jackets for a lo-o-o-o-ong time and finished them all recently. All three are basically the same design --- one I have used over and over and over. But I use different yarns and diffeent lace patterns for the stitches so they are each a bit different.

The first one is made of recycled silk and rayon from Haiti that I bought on eBay:
It is a lovely weight and will probably be wearable in summer with a camisole top. The lace pattern is a simpleeyelet lace for most of it with a feather design around the bottom. I crocheted the edges around the cuffs and the front and neck with a little picot edging.

The second one is also made of rayon only in a heavier weight and a thick'n'thin texture. It is a beautiful shade of lipstickred with black and has a gorgeous sheen to it. It reminds me of banana silk.
Again I used the eyelet stripe for the top and a different feather lace fort the bottom with the same crocheted picot edging. This one is somewhat warmer than the previous one and I wear it around the house with a long-sleeved teeshirt on these cold winter days. It has a gorgeous drape to it.

And finally there is my favorite. It is made of KnitPick's Crayon in Periwinkle.
Crayon is a lovely, soft pima cotton that is softer than cashmere or silk with a lovely luster. it is light in weight and will probably be wearable in summer, too, with a camisole. I don't know the name of the top lace. It is from Beautiful Lace Patterns. The bottom is just classic Old Shale which is very lacy however I discovered after it was finished that if didn't have enough weight at the bottom to drape well so I crocheted a few rows of double crochet around the bottom. I also added the picot edging.

So those are my latest creations. I love them. They certainly dress up a pair of jeans and a teeshirt.

Thanks for reading.