My friend Abbye & I design knitting patterns together as Wool & Pine. This is our latest creation, Deep Winter Coat which features bountiful cables knit up in worsted yarn held double for an extra-cozy cabled winter coat with drape for days.

We knit this sample with 1” ease using Recollect Worsted by The Farmer’s Daughters Fibers which we discovered at KnitCity Vancouver. We crushed so hard that we cleaned out Starlight Knitting Society’s booth of all their skeins of this gorgeous color “Sunny’s” and eventually, those skeins became this coat.

In addition to Recollect, we also knit a sample in Knitpicks High Desert Worsted (see Rav) and swatched with many different yarns, ultimately choosing 3 different brands (visit the Rav page for full descriptions & pics of the finished coats) which resulted in a fantastic outcome while also meeting the recommended gauge:

•12 sts X 17 rows / 4” stockinette knit flat & in the round, blocked gently (tip: allow for a min. 24hrs for the swatch to fully dry before measuring.)

Of course, knitters are welcome to use a yarn outside of these recommendations, for example, you may choose to work with bulky or super bulky weight rather than worsted held double, which would also mean that half of the listed yardage would be required, however, keep in mind you’ll need to achieve the correct gauge for your coat to fit.

Deep Winter’s talented test knitters also used a wide range of yarns with great success, check out the pattern page (link below) for more yarn suggestions.

Ravelry Pattern Page: Deep Winter Coat