I want to make a coat out of this wool/nylon (75%/25%) blend but I haven't found a crochet stitch that both shifts the colours in an attractive way and *doesn't* eat up so much yarn that I can't make anything big enough to serve as a winter coat.

So knitting it is. But I don't like the way stockinette stitch stripes with short colour changes, and, frankly, knitting stockinette is boring. Plus, being able to scrunch up the fabric a bit should help make it a bit warmer. (I'll probably still need to make a lining because the fibre is a bit scratchy, but that's not a problem.)

I want to use a combination of geometric and organic shapes because I like the way that looks. However, this fibre has virtually no sheen and the short colour changes can obscure subtle stitch patterns. This is one of the stitch patterns I have been experimenting with. Will I use it? We'll see.

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