Knit Brown Jacket
You’ll need:
500g of brown Bambino yarn (25% wool, 75% acryl; 130m/50g);
Knitting needles 3.
Size: S-M.
Used Patterns
Stockinette stitch: in RS row – knit sts, in WS row – purls;
Garter stitch: knit sts;
Main pattern: 1 knit st, 1 purl by turn, replace the pattern to 1 st in every row.
Stitches control: 21 sts x 40 rows = 10 x 10 cm.
Instructions
Back
Cast on 92 sts and work with garter stitch for 8 cm. Then, work with the main pattern, decrease 3 x 1 st in every 10th row from both sides for better fitting. At 15 cm height from the beginning of work, there should be 86 sts on the knitting needle. Knit 5 cm straight, then, increase 4 x 1 st in every 14th row. At 42 cm height from the beginning of work, there should be 94 sts on the knitting needle. Bind off 1 x 4 sts, 1 x 2 sts, 2 x 1 st from both sides for arm-hole = 78 sts. At 18 cm height of arm-hole, bind off the central 4 sts for neck-hole. Then, finish each side separately, decrease 1 x 4 sts, 1 x 3 sts from inwards. At the same time, bind off 2 x 10 sts for shoulder chamfer from the opposite side.
Left Front
Cast on 44 sts and make 8 cm of garter stitch straight. Then, make 2 rows of stockinette stitch. Then, continue work with garter stitch on the first 8 sts for placket and make the rest sts with main pattern. Decrease 3 x 1 st in every 10th row from the right side for better fitting. At 15 cm height from the beginning of work, there should be 41 sts on the knitting needle. Knit 5 cm straight, then, increase 4 x 1 st in every 14th row from the right side. At 27 cm height from the beginning of work, make 18 rows of garter stitch on all the sts. Then, return to the main pattern, making 8 sts of placket. Increase 1 st in every row from left side for collar. At 42 cm height from the beginning of work, make arm-hole from the right side and make it in the same way, as back, continue increasing sts for collar from the left side.
At the same height, make the last 2 sts of main pattern together in every 14th row from the left side before collar with garter stitch. Make such decreases x 9 times. When there are 30 sts of garter stitch, start making decreases in every 4th row. When the quantity of sts is 35, knit these sts straight. At 18 cm height of arm-hole, bind off 2 x 10 sts for shoulder chamfer. Make the rest 35 sts of garter stitch, the first 20 sts – loosely, the last 15 sts – tight. Make 10 cm (= 40 rows), then, bind off all the sts.
Right Front
Make in symmetry to left front.
Sleeves
Cast on 52 sts and make 8 cm of garter stitch. Then, make 2 rows of stockinette stitch. After that, work with main pattern, increase 8 x 1 st in every 14th row from each side for sleeve chamfers. At 47 cm height from the beginning of work, there should be 68 sts on the knitting needle. Then, bind off 1 x 4 sts and 20 x 1 st from both sides for sleeve caps. Bind off the rest 20 sts.
Assembly
Make shoulder and back collar seam. Sew collar to the back neck-hole. Sew up the sleeves, make side and sleeve seams. For belt, cast on 110 sts and make 20 rows of garter stitch, bind off the sts. Make 2 such details and sew them to front, as it’s shown in the photo below.