Fall Flower in Rowan Felted Tweed DK (DE) - ZB303-00005-DEP - Downloadable PDF

Kaffe Fassett Fall Flower Jacket in Rowan Felted Tweed DK – Pattern Summary

About This Design

Fall Flower is a striking knitted jacket designed by the celebrated colorwork artist Kaffe Fassett, published by Rowan under pattern reference ZB303-00005-DEP. This pattern is presented in German and is available as a downloadable PDF. It is rated as an intermediate difficulty project, making it well suited to knitters who are comfortable with shaping, colorwork, and reading multi-row stitch charts. The jacket is a substantial, wearable garment that showcases Kaffe Fassett's signature approach to rich, layered color and botanical motifs — in this case, an autumnal floral design that gives the piece its name.

What Is Being Made

The pattern produces a knitted jacket worked in multiple pieces, including a back panel (Rückenteil) and additional sections constructed separately and seamed. The garment is sized across a wide range of bust measurements, covering nine sizes:

• Bust to fit (cm): 71–76, 81–86, 91–97, 102–107, 112–117, 122–127, 132–137, 142–147, and 152–157
• Actual knitted bust measurements (cm): 92, 102.5, 111.5, 121.5, 132, 142.5, 151.5, 161.5, and 174

This generous size range makes the pattern accessible to a wide variety of body types, reflecting Rowan's commitment to inclusive sizing in their designer collaborations.

Yarn and Materials

The jacket is knitted in Rowan Felted Tweed DK, a beloved yarn in the Rowan range known for its rustic, slightly felted texture and the subtle depth of color it lends to colorwork designs. Felted Tweed DK is a DK weight yarn sold in 50 g balls. The pattern specifies three named colorways used together to create the Fall Flower palette:

• Color A – Boulder 195: required in quantities of 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, or 4 balls depending on size
• Color B – Scree 165: required in quantities of 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, or 3 balls depending on size
• Color C – Watery 152: quantities referenced in the pattern for the colorwork sections

These three shades — earthy Boulder, muted Scree, and cool Watery — combine to evoke the tonal richness of an autumn landscape, entirely in keeping with Kaffe Fassett's well-known aesthetic of nature-inspired color harmony.

Needles

The jacket is worked on 4 mm knitting needles (Ndl Nr. 4), which is the standard needle size recommended for Rowan Felted Tweed DK to achieve the correct gauge.

Tension and Gauge

Achieving the correct tension is essential for this pattern, particularly given the fitted nature of a jacket. The stated tension is:

• 23 stitches and 30 rows = 10 x 10 cm, worked in the main stitch pattern (Mst) on 4 mm needles

Knitters are strongly advised to work a tension swatch before beginning, as even a small discrepancy in gauge can significantly affect the finished measurements across such a wide range of sizes.

Techniques and Construction

The jacket is constructed in separate pieces that are later seamed together, a traditional approach that allows each section to be worked flat. The back panel instructions demonstrate several key construction techniques:

• Hem and fold line: The lower edge begins with 8 rows of stocking stitch (knit on right side, purl on wrong side), followed by a purl row on the right side to create a neat fold line (Bruchlinie) for a turned hem — a clean, professional finishing technique
• Stocking