The top pic is the jacket after flipping two edges. The lower pic is the seemingly randomly shaped piece of knitting after casting off.If you haven't tried one of these before, you really should. If you do exactly what Elizabeth Zimmerman's instructions say ( and they do seem odd ) you will get the required result.
I love making this jacket and have now made three. Stripey sock wool gives a great result - I made one in Opal DK sock wool in the Flamingo colourway in the summer for a friend's baby. It has been worn a lot and said friend has been accosted by total strangers saying how much they liked his daughter's jacket. He was minding his own business having a coffee in Richmond last weekend when a mad woman (his words) approached him and said she recognised the pattern. On a previous occasion a man told him that he knew what the yarn was - that got him really worried! I've tried gently explaining that knitters do tend to strike up conversations about these things.
There is an adult version but I haven't tried it yet. Happy knitting!
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