Damenshirt mit Beanie in Schachenmayr Cotton Bamboo Batik - S8415 - Downloadable PDF

Damenshirt mit Beanie in Schachenmayr Cotton Bamboo Batik – Pattern S8415

This free downloadable knitting pattern from Schachenmayr presents two coordinating accessories in one: a women's pullover shirt and a matching beanie hat, both worked in the brand's own Schachenmayr original Cotton Bamboo Batik yarn in the colorway Ocean Color Fb 00092. The pattern is published as a downloadable PDF and is available at no cost, making it an excellent choice for knitters looking to create a complete, coordinated warm-weather outfit.

What Is Being Made

The pattern covers two distinct projects:

• A women's pullover shirt featuring an openwork (ajour) body, a ribbed hem band, and shaped shoulders with a rounded neckline. The shirt is worked flat in separate pieces and includes sleeve increases worked directly into the lace pattern.
• A beanie hat worked in the round, sized to fit a head circumference of approximately 48 to 52 cm, making it suitable for most adult heads.

Sizes Available

The shirt is offered in five women's sizes: 32/34, 36/38, 40/42, 44/46, and 48/50. Throughout the pattern instructions, figures are listed in sequence from smallest to largest size, separated by hyphens. Where only a single figure appears, it applies to all sizes.

Techniques Used

• Flat knitting – The shirt back (and corresponding front) is worked back and forth in rows on straight needles.
• Circular knitting – The beanie is worked entirely in the round on a circular needle.
• Ribbing – A 1×1 rib (Rippenmuster 1/1) forms the hem band of the shirt, worked over 5 cm before transitioning to the main body pattern.
• Lace / Openwork knitting – The body of the shirt is worked in an Ajourmuster (openwork lace pattern) following a printed chart. Right-side rows are read from right to left; wrong-side rows are either purled entirely or read from left to right as indicated. The four-stitch pattern repeat is worked continuously across the row, with the 26-row sequence repeated throughout.
• Sleeve shaping and increases – After 32 cm from cast-on, sleeve stitches are increased by 2 stitches on each side simultaneously, followed by five further single-stitch increases every other row, with all new stitches integrated into the lace pattern.
• Shoulder shaping – At a total height of 55–56–57–58–59 cm, stitches are bound off in stages on both sides to create angled shoulder seams. Neckline shaping is worked at the same time, with center stitches placed on hold and each side finished separately.

Stitches Used

• 1×1 Rib (Rippenmuster 1/1) – Alternating one knit stitch and one purl stitch, used for the hem band of the shirt.
• Stockinette stitch (Glatt rechts) – Knit on right-side rows, purl on wrong-side rows; used as a base reference and for certain structural sections.
• Openwork / Lace pattern (Ajourmuster) – Worked from a chart over a four-stitch repeat across 26 rows, creating the decorative, airy fabric of the shirt body. Wrong-side rows not shown in the chart are purled across.
• Stockinette in the round – Every round knitted for the beanie, producing a smooth fabric.

Gauge

The stated gauge for this pattern is 23 stitches and 30 rows in the Ajourmuster = 10 × 10 cm, measured on 3.5 mm needles (size 3.5). Achieving this gauge is important for the shirt to match the intended sizing across all five size options.

Materials Required

• Yarn: Schachenmayr original Cotton Bamboo Batik in