Be amazed! This jacket is knitted in a single piece. The secret is in the
fabric. Knitting takes less than an hour. Binding off and seaming may take another hour. But you can truly wear it tonight and it looks great on all kinds of figures. This is a garment thatlooks prettier on a real body than on a dress form because it needs arms and shoulders to complete the line.Gauge is difficult to pin down because
this fabric stretches in both directions. However that’s exactly what we want to make this design work. Japanese standard gauge machines with ribbers and Passap double bed machines may be used.

This is part of an entire book on Turtleback style jackets. The table of contents for the book, Snug as a Bug is shown below.

how cocoons work: sizing, fabric, casting on and binding off………p3
universal classic pattern……………………………………………………….p7
charts for filling in the universal pattern with any of yarn on any machine to get any size of cocoon…………………………………….p 8-9
record keeping sheet………………………………………………………..p 13
universal skinny sleeve shrug pattern…………………………………..p10
universal shrunken shrug pattern………………………………………..p26
SPECIFIC PATTERNS
Classic Turtle back…………………………………………………………….p14
Pattern is for Passap and Japanese standard gauge machines.
Aran Wrap………………………………………………………………………..p17
Any gauge of machine with a ribber can make this pattern. Passaps can make a version using another single bed tuck stitch. Pattern is written with bulky numbers plus charts to substitute any gauge in the pattern blanks. Single bed tuck with ribbed edges.
Over the Top Shrug with sleeves………………………………………..p21
Any gauge of machine with a ribber and full fisherman’s rib capacity can make this design. Passaps can make it too. Tamm Bebe yarn will work on all.
Shrunken Shrug………………………………………………………………p24
Any gauge of machine with a ribber, including Passaps can make this. This design uses Tamm Bebe which works on all machines.
Easy Lace Wrap………………………………………………………………p27
Any gauge of machine with a ribber, including Passaps can make this. Pattern is written for standard gauge & fine yarn with instructions for changing gauge included.
Sleek Sleeves
A skinny, sleeves-only shrug for all machines with ribbers using Bebe yarn……………….p29
great for ballerinas and evening wear!

MACHINE NOTES:
machines with 8 mm-9 mm needles spacing are considered bulky
machines with 6.5-7 mm spacing are considered mid-gauge
machines with 4.5-5 mm spacing are considered standard gauge.
Machines with 3.6 mm needle spacing are considered fine-gauge.
The patterns have not been tested for fine gauge machines