I was looking through the baby clothes at Marks and Spencer for ideas when I came across a lovely garter stitch jacket. This is my version. The jacket is knit in garter stitch throughout, with the back and sides knit in one piece then sleeves joined to knit the yoke. If you want a longer jacket just follow the colour pattern by knitting a few more rows in blue then the same in the striped pattern. There's a downloadable PDF pattern at the end of this post if you want a printed version
I love my hobby of designing patterns and posting them
online. But I often can’t find anyone
who has the time to test my patterns, although I do knit them up a few times
myself. So mistakes can slip by,
especially typos when transferring the pattern to my blog. So, please, please, if you find and errors or
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Actual measurements:
Jacket: Chest 14”, Length
centre back 6.5”, Sleeve seam 3”
Materials: 50g dk blue 50g dk white
Needles size 3.25, 3.75 and 4mm, 4
small buttons
Tension: 22sts - 28 rows to 10cm (4in) in garter stitch using no 8
needles
Abbreviations: inc: increase, dc: decrease, beg: beginning, sts: stitches,
tog: together, re: repeat. Yf: yarn forward, ssk: slip next 2 sts onto right
hand needle, insert left hand needle into the front part of both stitches then
knit them together (or use s1k1psso), m1: slip loop between sts onto left hand needle
and knit into back
The jacket is knit in garter stitch
(every row knit) throughout
Sleeves
Using 3.75m needles and blue cast on 29sts
knit 8 rows
Change to 4mm needles
Knit 8 rows, increasing 1 stitch at
each end of first row 31sts
Join white
Knit 2 rows white
Knit 2 rows blue
Repeat last 4 rows 4 times (20 striped rows in total)
Fasten off blue and continue with
white
Shape Armholes
Cast off 3sts at beg of next 2 rows
Leave 25sts on a holder
Back and fronts - knit in one piece
Using no 3.75 needles and blue cast on
87sts
knit 4 rows
Change to 4mm needles
Knit 16 rows
For a longer jacket knit 4 more
rows here and 4 more rows of stripes
Join in white
Starting with white, work 16 rows of
striped pattern as given for sleeves
Buttonhole row: k1, k2tog, yf, k7, yf, k2tog, knit to end
Work 4 rows following striped pattern
Fasten off blue and continue with white
Shape Armholes (wrong side facing)
k21, cast off 6sts, k33, cast off 6sts,
k21
Join in sleeves and shape raglan
Row 1 k21, knit across 25sts of first sleeve, k33,
knit across 25sts of second sleeve, k21 125 sts
Row 2 and every alternate row: knit
Row 3 k19, k2tog, ssk, k21, k2tog, ssk, k29, k2tog,
ssk, k21, k2tog, ssk, k19 117sts
Row 5 k18, k2tog, ssk, k19, k2tog, ssk, k27,
k2tog, ssk, k19, k2tog, ssk, k18
109sts
Row 7 (buttonhole) k1, k2tog, yf k7,yf, k2tog, k5, k2tog, ssk, k17, k2tog, ssk, k25, (k2tog, ssk, k17) 2 times 101sts
Row 9 k16, k2tog, ssk, k15, k2tog, ssk, k23,
k2tog, ssk, k15, k2tog, ssk, k16
93sts
Row 10 knit
Row 11 cast off 10sts, k5, k2tog, ssk, k13, k2tog,
ssk, k21, k2tog, ssk, k13, k2tog, ssk, k15
Row 12 cast off 10sts, knit to end 65sts
Row 13 k2tog, k2, k2tog, ssk, k11, k2tog, ssk, k19,
k2tog, ssk, k11, k2tog, ssk, k2, k2tog
55sts
Row 14 knit
Row 15 k2tog, k2tog, ssk, k9, k2tog, ssk, k17,
k2tog, ssk, k9, k2tog, ssk, k2tog 45sts
Row 16 knit
Row 17 k2tog, ssk, k7, k2tog, ssk, k15, k2tog, ssk,
k7, k2tog, ssk 37sts
Row 18 k3, (k2tog, k4) 5 times, k2tog, k2 31sts
Fasten off yarn and leave 31sts on
holder
Hood
Using 4mm needles and right side facing
re-join white yarn at right front neck edge, miss 8 cast off sts, knit into each
of next 2 cast off stitches, then pick up and knit 5sts up right front, knit
across 31sts on holder as follows: k10, inc in next 11sts, k10, pick
up and knit 5sts down left front, knit into each of next 2 cast off stitches (56sts)
Next row : knit
Shape sides
Row 1: k7 *yf, sl st from
left hand needle onto right hand needle, yb, sl st back on to left hand needle turn** (from * to ** will be referred to as wrt - wrap and turn)
Row 2: knit
Row 3: k10, wrt
Row 4 knit
Row 5: knit across all
stitches
Row 6 to 10: repeat rows 1 to 5
Knit 34 rows
Shape top
K26, k2tog, ssk, k26
Next row knit
Continue decreasing as set in last 2
rows to 48sts
Cast off using 3 needle cast off
Or cast
off and sew top seam
Ears
Using 3.25 needles and white cast on
13sts
Row 1: knit
Row 2: K6, m1, k1, m1, k6 15sts
Row 3:
knit
Row 4: K6, m1, k3, m1, k6 17sts
Row 5 knit
Row 6: k6, m1, k5, m1, k6 19sts
Row 7: knit
Row 8: K6, m1, k7, m1, k6 21sts
Cast off. Leave a strand of yarn for sewing
To finish
Sew sleeve seam, sew on 4 small buttons to match buttonholes
Fold ears and sew up cast on edge. Fold sides into centre to make an ear shape and
slip stitch in place along bottom edge.
Sew ears onto hood as shown in photo.
Fasten off all ends
