Damenjacke und Minirock mit Häkelbordüren in Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 85 - S7042 - Downloadable PDF

Knitted Ladies Jacket and Mini Skirt with Crochet Borders in Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 85 – Pattern S7042

This free downloadable PDF pattern from Schachenmayr presents two coordinating women's garments: a fitted ladies' jacket and a mini skirt, both knitted in Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 85 and finished with decorative crochet borders. The combination of knitting and crochet techniques gives the set a polished, refined look, making it an excellent project for knitters who are comfortable with shaping and want to explore mixed-craft finishing. The pattern is written for two sizes: 34/36 and 38/40.

The Ladies' Jacket

The jacket is the more complex of the two pieces, featuring classic tailored shaping through waist decreases and increases, armhole shaping, and a shaped neckline. It is worked flat in separate pieces — a back, a left front, and a right front — which are then seamed together. The construction follows a traditional set-in-sleeve approach with carefully structured shaping at every stage.

Construction and Shaping

The back piece begins with a cast-on of 68 (74) stitches in black and is worked in stocking stitch (glatt rechts), beginning with a wrong-side row. Waist shaping is achieved through paired decreases on both sides: a psso-style decrease (slip one stitch knitwise, knit one, pass slipped stitch over) is used at the beginning of right-side rows, and a k2tog decrease is used near the end, creating clean, symmetrical shaping. Decreases are worked once in the 3rd row, then five times every 2nd row, reducing the stitch count to 56 (62) stitches at the waist. Increases are then worked by knitting twisted stitches from the horizontal bar between stitches (aus dem Querfaden), first every 4th row nine times, then with a variation for the larger size, building back up to 74 (84) stitches for the bust.

At 24 cm height, armhole shaping begins with a cast-off of 3 (5) stitches on each side, followed by decreases every 2nd row — twice 2 stitches, then four times 1 stitch — leaving 52 (58) stitches. The neckline is shaped at 41 (43) cm by casting off the central 16 (18) stitches, with further decreases of 5 stitches then 3 stitches on each side every 2nd row. The remaining 10 (12) shoulder stitches are cast off at 44 (46) cm.

The left front begins with 32 (35) stitches and mirrors the back's waist shaping along the right edge, growing to 35 (40) stitches. Armhole shaping matches the back, while the neckline is shaped along the left edge with a gradual sequence of decreases: once 1 stitch, then five times every 2nd row, then eight (nine) times every 4th row, using k2tog decreases. The right front is worked as the mirror image, with neckline decreases reversed accordingly.

Techniques Used – Jacket

• Stocking stitch (glatt rechts): knit stitches on right-side rows, purl stitches on wrong-side rows — the primary fabric of the jacket
• Waist decreases: psso (slip, knit, pass over) at the beginning of rows and k2tog near the end for symmetrical tapering
• Waist increases: twisted make-one increases worked from the horizontal bar (verschränkt aus dem Querfaden) for neat, gap-free shaping
• Armhole and neckline shaping: cast-offs and paired decreases worked over multiple rows
• Crochet border finishing: decorative crochet edging worked with a crochet hook, adding a contrasting or tonal border detail

Materials – Jacket

• Yarn: Schachenmayr Merino Extrafine 85 in Black (Fb 00299) — 450 g for size 34/36,