Caramel Bog Jacket Revisited
The Caramel Bog Jacket has been one of my more intriguing designs. It was inspired by a class I had taken in 2006 at the CGOA Conference. Nancy Nehring had taught a design class called Just Rectangles that featured modular designs and how to combine squares and rectangles to make clothing. This was right up my alley! I love modular designs and decided to try my hand at the bog jacket. If you look up bog jacket on the web, you’ll find many historical references to this garment.
In years past, fabric was dear and hard-won. Each piece of cloth had to be woven or knitted by hand. The cheapest and easiest way to make a coat was to make a square piece of fabric and simply fold it and sew it in strategic places. There was no extra time or money to make fitted sleeves or to do fancy shaping. In the photo below you will see a paper example of how the bog jacket is folded. This will help you when you assemble your completed project.
The bog jacket pattern I made in 2007 is on Scribd. At the time, I was having a problem converting all my patterns from my old website to my blog. The bog jacket pattern would not format properly to be included on WordPress so I placed it on Scribd. Unfortunately, over the years Scribd has changed their policy and no longer allows downloads unless you contribute something yourself. So this week I got busy and re-wrote the pattern for pdf. The new link for the Caramel Bog Jacket is below.
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Shirley Valvo
June 13, 2012 at 8:57 am
Thank you for this post. I have been working on a similar jacket and trying to figure out how to put it together. This has been very helpful.
Wolf Crochet
June 13, 2012 at 9:17 am
I’m happy to hear that Shirley.
CBzzz
June 13, 2012 at 11:18 am
You do such great work and are so generous to share! Thank you!
ChrisB (just up the river from HBG.)
Wolf Crochet
June 13, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Thank you Chris! I really enjoy working on my hobby!
Stasia Gilday
June 13, 2012 at 10:53 pm
Thank you so much for revisiting this. It looks like so much fun to do. I’m really glad I don’t have to navigate Scribd to get this.
Wolf Crochet
June 14, 2012 at 12:21 pm
You’re welcome Stasia. It had to be done.
Brenda Vinette
July 1, 2012 at 6:42 pm
This is such a beautiful jacket and I thank you for making it possible for others to enjoy. I would love to try it, but how do you adjust for different sizes? Again thanks for your generosity.
bvinette@yahoo.com
Wolf Crochet
July 2, 2012 at 10:15 am
Hi Brenda! Thank you for your question! If you know your hip measurement, add 5″ and this will be the measurement of your jacket around your hips. Make a swatch to see how many stitches you make in 4 inches. Divide your hip measurement by 4 and multiply this result by the number of stitches you make in 4 inches. This is how many stitches you will need for your jacket. If you are using my pattern, then add another stitch and you are all set. For the sleeves, determine how deep you want each one to be. I always use 8″ but you might use less. Then simply adjust how wide you make the top part of the jacket. Hope this helps!
Barbara
August 22, 2012 at 7:38 pm
I’m 70 years old and am just learning to crochet. I have made some baby hats and one baby sweather which I found very easy to follow the pattern. It used a double crochet stitch through out the whole pattern. The sweather had no seams except opening for the sleeves. I got the pattern from you tube and followed step by step. I was really proud of myself that it turned out. I would love to be able to make this style pattern into an adult plus size but don’t even know where to begin. Do you have and sweather patterns that are super super easy to construct? Thanks so much for all your beautiful patterns.
Wolf Crochet
August 23, 2012 at 1:53 pm
Yes Barbara, I do! I have a sweater pattern that is made from two long strips of fabric. When you are finished making them, you fold them in half and sew them together at the sides and the back, leaving an opening for the neck and for the arms. To make these strips to fit you, just measure yourself around your widest part and and divide this measurement by 4. The result will be how wide you must make each strip of fabric. Then multiply your desired length by 2. The result is how long you will make each strip of fabric. The pattern is called the Up-Tempo Vest and you can use any yarn, any stitch, and any hook as long as you make your two strips to the measurements that I just described. The link for the pattern is here:
https://wolfcrochet.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/up-tempo-ves3.pdf
indigomoon3
December 17, 2012 at 12:20 am
Thank you so much for rewriting this pattern for pdf! I have been interested in making a bog jacket for years – I actually made something like that as a weaver. I`m a pretty slow knitter and find crochet works up so much easier for me. I was going to knit the Zimmerman bog but now prefer to try yours! Could you tell me what weight the cotton is? I would like to use some of my hand dyed superwash Merino wool which I find works up much like cotton. Thanks so much!
Wolf Crochet
December 17, 2012 at 9:54 am
Hi Indigomoon! The yarn I used was fingering weight cotton. But because the pattern is made to your own measurements, you can use any yarn you like. Just make yourself a gauge swatch and count your rows and stitches per 4″. Then simply start to crochet until your garment is the correct size!
indigomoon3
December 17, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Thanks so much I didn’t realize that as I’ve only done scarves in crochet…so I’m a real beginner. And if I have to change the size a bit, ie make is a couple inches larger….what should I do?
Wolf Crochet
December 18, 2012 at 8:12 am
Hi Again, I sent you a message on Ravelry about the sizing. As you proceed on your bog jacket, I’ll be happy to answer any questions.