Flared Jacket in Adriafil Velluto - Downloadable PDF

Flared Jacket Knitting Pattern in Adriafil Velluto – Free Downloadable PDF

This free downloadable PDF pattern from Adriafil provides full instructions for knitting a flared jacket, a stylish garment featuring a silhouette that widens toward the hem for a dramatic, fashion-forward look. The pattern is published as part of Adriafil's Magazine Dritto & Rovescio, a hand knitting pattern collection designed to showcase the brand's distinctive yarn ranges. The pattern is available as a downloadable PDF, making it immediately accessible for knitters ready to cast on.

About the Yarn: Adriafil Velluto

The jacket is specifically designed to be knitted in Adriafil Velluto, a super chunky weight yarn. Velluto is known for its luxuriously soft, velvety texture, which gives finished garments a rich, tactile surface quality. Because this is a super chunky yarn, the knitting works up quickly, making this project well suited to knitters who want impressive results in a shorter time frame. The pattern notes from Adriafil recommend using two balls of yarn simultaneously when working with fantasy or multicoloured yarns, in order to achieve the most even and consistent colour distribution across the fabric — a professional technique that helps avoid pooling or striping effects that can occur when working from a single ball.

Garment Design: The Flared Jacket

The central project of this pattern is a flared jacket — a structured outerwear piece characterised by its fitted upper body and a hem that flares outward, creating movement and volume at the lower edge. This silhouette is a classic in knitwear design and works particularly well in super chunky yarns, where the weight and drape of the fabric contribute naturally to the flared shape. The generous texture of Adriafil Velluto adds further visual interest to the finished garment, making it suitable as a statement piece for cooler seasons.

Construction and Techniques

The pattern is worked as a hand knitting project and draws on a range of standard and intermediate knitting techniques. Key construction methods referenced in the pattern instructions include:

• Shaping techniques to create the flared silhouette, including increases and decreases worked at specific intervals
• Slip stitch decreases, including slip 1, knit 1, pass slipped stitch over (skpo) and slip 1, knit 2 together, pass slipped stitch over — both used for neat, directional shaping
• Working into the back loop of stitches, a technique that creates a twisted stitch effect and adds texture or structure to specific sections of the fabric
• Yarn overs (yarnover/getter), used to create deliberate eyelets or as part of decorative stitch patterns within the design
• Right diagonal decrease stitches and left diagonal decrease stitches, referenced in the symbol key, which allow the knitter to control the lean direction of decreases for a polished finish

Stitches Used

The pattern employs a combination of fundamental and textural stitches appropriate for a super chunky fabric. Based on the symbol key provided in the PDF, stitches used include:

• Knit stitch (right side) — the foundational stitch forming the main fabric
• Purl stitch (right side) — used to create ribbing, texture panels, or reverse stocking stitch sections
• Stocking stitch (stockinette) — the smooth, classic knitted fabric formed by alternating knit and purl rows
• Knit 2 together (k2tog) — a standard right-leaning decrease used in shaping
• Slip stitch variations — for directional decreases and decorative detail
• Yarn over increases — adding stitches decoratively or functionally within the pattern

Needles and Materials

As a super chunky weight knitting pattern, large knitting needles are required to achieve the correct tension and drape with Adriafil Velluto. Knitters should refer to the tension/gauge swatch information within the PDF to confirm the appropriate needle