Sailboat Colorblock Jacket in Tahki Yarns Donegal Tweed - Downloadable PDF

Sailboat Colorblock Jacket in Tahki Yarns Donegal Tweed by Pam Grushkin

About This Pattern

The Sailboat Colorblock Jacket is a classic, wearable knitting pattern designed by Pam Grushkin and published by Tahki Stacy Charles Inc. This downloadable PDF pattern produces a structured, seamed jacket featuring bold colorblock design elements worked in the beloved Tahki Yarns Donegal Tweed. The jacket is available in six sizes — Small, Medium, Large, XL, 2X, and 3X — with finished bust measurements ranging from 39 inches (99 cm) to 58 inches (147.5 cm) and lengths from 24½ inches to 27 inches, making it a versatile garment for a wide range of body types.

Design Overview

The Sailboat Colorblock Jacket is a sophisticated yet approachable outerwear piece that combines two carefully chosen colorways of Donegal Tweed to create a striking colorblock effect. The design features a clean, structured silhouette with defined fronts, a back, and set-in armholes. The jacket is worked flat in separate pieces that are later seamed together, giving it a polished, tailored finish. Garter stitch borders frame the fronts and edges, adding textural contrast to the smooth Stockinette stitch body.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Tahki Donegal Tweed — 100% wool, 3.5 oz (100g) per skein, approximately 183 yards (167m) per skein
• Main Color (MC): Color #872 Embers — 4 (5, 5, 6, 6, 7) skeins depending on size
• Contrast Color (CC): Color #863 Dark Red — 2 skeins across all sizes
• Needles: Two size 9 (5.5mm) circular needles — one 40 inches (100cm) long and one 24 inches (60cm) long, or size needed to obtain gauge
• Notions: Waste yarn, stitch markers, and a yarn needle for finishing and seaming

Yarn Spotlight: Tahki Donegal Tweed

Tahki Donegal Tweed is a worsted weight, 100% pure wool yarn celebrated for its characteristic flecked tweed texture, which adds depth and visual interest to even the simplest stitch patterns. Its rustic charm pairs beautifully with colorblock designs, as the natural variation in the yarn's surface gives each color area a rich, organic quality. The wool fiber provides excellent stitch definition, warmth, and durability — all ideal qualities for a structured jacket intended for everyday wear.

Gauge

The pattern is worked to a gauge of 15 stitches and 22 rows over 4 inches (10 cm) in Stockinette stitch using size 9 (5.5mm) needles. As always, checking gauge before beginning is essential to achieving the correct finished measurements across all six sizes.

Techniques Used

This jacket is worked using a seamed, worked flat construction method, meaning the individual pieces — left front, right front, and back — are knitted separately and then joined. The pattern includes a clever technique of placing live stitches on waste yarn and then joining the fronts and back onto a longer circular needle to work the body together from a certain point. Key techniques and abbreviations used throughout the pattern include:

• K2tog (Knit 2 Together): A right-leaning decrease worked through the front loops of two stitches simultaneously
• M1L / M1 (Make 1 Left): A left-leaning increase created by lifting the strand between needles from front to back and knitting through the back loop to prevent a hole
• M1R / M1Rp (Make 1 Right): A right-leaning increase created by lifting the strand between needles from back to front and working through the front loop
• Ssk / Ssp (Slip, Slip, Knit or Purl): A left-leaning decrease worked by