The hooded Landgate is chic yet workaday and features a drawstring waist and side and front pocket options. Merchant & Mills’ first pattern for both men and women. Please note this is a 'pull over your head' jacket so you will need room to maneuver!

All decorative top stitching is optional. For the men's pattern you lengthen the pattern where indicated.

All seam allowances are 1.5cm unless otherwise stated. Skill level: Intermediate.

Suggested fabrics: Cotton canvas, drill, denim, oilskin, linen and soft wool.

You will also need:

• Matching thread

• 2 ¼-3 ¼ yards (2-3 m) of 5/8”-1” (15-25 mm) webbing or drawstring cord

• Two ¼" (7 mm) internal diameter metal eyelets (you can make buttonholes as alternatives to eyelets)

• ½ yard (0.5 m) fusible interfacing for pockets and buttonholes/eyelets (not for oilskin)

• ½ yard (0.3 m) lining fabric (for side pocket bags)

• Two ½" (1.3 cm) buttons for pocket flaps (optional)

• One 6" (16 cm) metal zipper (for sizes XS-M) or 7" (18 cm) metal zipper (for sizes L-XXL)

Merchant & Mills patterns are now printed within Europe, the pattern paper is 70gsm white (FSC-certified) and is made only 180km away from the printers. Instructions now come in booklet format rather than A3 sheets. The paper is PEFC/01-31-126certified.

Carolyn Denham and Roderick Field began Merchant & Mills in 2010 with the intention of bringing style and purpose to the overlooked world of sewing. Merchant & Mills continues to grow steadily, evolving and developing as experience and ideas demand. Carolyn and Roderick now travel the world in search of unique and beautiful fabrics, finding aesthetic and practical inspiration along the way. Merchant & Mills products are stocked in the world’s most respected outlets and the company has successfully collaborated with London’s V&A Museum and Alexander McQueen.